A massive thanks/GRMA to Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha for including three tracks from my CD Féileacán na Saoirse (Butterfly of Freedom) on her RnaG radio program Ceol Binn o na Beanna last night! #radio #trad #fiddle #irish #grateful #rnag #ceolbinn #galway #fiddle www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/c...

a truly special night in Memory of Maeve Joyce who touched so many hearts and lives with her outgoing, generous and joyous personality - An absolute honour to have been there with the Crane House Band - a most memorable for the one and only Maeve ❤️ www.facebook.com/share/v/186d...

Delighted to have been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by Research Ireland enabling me to focuse on the publication of my doctoral thesis “‘It was in the Air’: Micro and Macro Flows in the Changing Soundscape of Irish Traditional Music in Galway, 1961 to 1981” #music #trad #ethnomusicology #urban

youtu.be/spovEM52SMc?... most enjoyable tunes yesterday !

lovely venue and lovely gig and audience! clips to follow! 🙂 #gnandstein #irishmusic #konzert #trad #fiddle #concert #

Anna Falkenau (fiddle) & Sarah Markey (flute) @Galway, Ireland (traditional), #fiddle #flute #trad #reel #cupoftea #tunes #irishmusic #session The wonderful Sarah Markey joined me Tuesday last and reminded me of this great reel “The Cup of m.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6X...

looking forward to this New Year’s Concert in the beautiful, historic church of Gnandstein! #konzerte #concerts #irish #fiddle #song #folk #newyear #kultur #frohburg #kohrensalis

Wishing you all A Merry Christmas and loads of magic moments with family, friends, chats & tunes & tea! 🙂🎄✨🎶 youtu.be/0C6Xr2aEP68 #christmas2025 #Holidays #friends #tunes #Annafalkenau #sarahmarkey #cupoftea #session #trad #irish

Paddy’s Day & Eugene Levy & The Reluctant Traveller filming of S3 E6 @thethatch oranmore - myself, Mary Shannon, James Donoghue. check it out in ‘real’ on Apple TV…. 😎🎶🎶🎶🎶 #AnnaFalkenau #maryshannon #jamesdonoghue #eugenelevy #TheReluctantTraveller #ireland #traditional #galway #fiddle

Máirtín, Cathal and Seamie at Colis! 😃🤠#happybirthday #tighcoli #greatmusic #greatmusicians #galwaycity

a short clip of Madam Maxwell by Turlough O’Carolan, Tuesday last @ An Pucan, Galway #trad 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 #galway #fiddle #bouzouki #harptunes #WildAtlanticWay thanks to @JohnSteeleOlmstead for the vid

Gonzalo is back to playing ! 🎉 He ll be joining me today in An Pucán, 6-8pm 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 #galway #tunes #trad #wildatlanticway #asturian #fiddle #bouzouki

the wonderful Libby McCrohan on bouzouki joined me a couple of weeks ago… here a little clip… #session #connaughtmansrambles #jig #tune #fiddle #bouzouki #AnPucan #galwaycity #wildatlanticway

lovely tunes last night with Sarah Markey and George Grasso … somehow we avoided the Student Xmas day madness which had Galway in its grip yesterday! 🥹 here a photo from last week’s, credit: George Grasso #tunes #trad #session #happyspace #Galway

a little clip from Oschatz a Klosterkirche Concert a Sunday week ago #reelofrio #trad #fiddle #annafalkenau #berndluedtke #bouzouki

high tide!!

tunes tonight with myself, Sarah Markey and George Grasso and friends in Mac Neill’s/Eyre Sq … pop on in to escape the rain! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶#session #trad #galway #tunes #wildatlanticway

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh - Happy Halloween! 🙂

Wishing Catherine Connolly a successful election today! #vote #president #ireland youtu.be/EBNbapwdlGE?...

looking forward to tunes in MacNeill’s with Sarah Markey and George Grasso… pix from last week with Gonzalo pre-broken finger. what a mishap! can’t wait for his return!!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙂 #gonzalollao #sarahmarkey #annafalkenau #beckymiller #trad #irishmusic #galwaycity #wildatlanticway #session #livemusic

two jigs I love, Wednesday Visit by Paddy O’Brien and Ben’s Broga by Charlie Lennon from the Kinvara Fundraiser for Catherine Connolly for President! Great to see Catherine doing so well in the polls and more events happening around the country in next few days …. youtu.be/hO7g4m9audA?...

a lovely potpourri of clips from last week’s concert in support of Catherine Connolly’s run for president in Kinvara supporting www.facebook.com/share/v/1CNj...

Looking forward to Concerts in Germany Sunday 26 Oktober and Monday 27 Oktober Oschatz (Klosterkirche) & Schwerin (Paulskirche) in two beautiful venues, with the great Gonzalo Llao! #concert #touring #germany #Oschatz #Klosterkirche #irish #traditional #folkmusic #keltik #fiddle #bouzouki 🙂

looking forward to supporting Catherine Connolly’s run for president joining a fundraising concert in Kinvara, Tuesday coming , 7 Oct, with a lovely line-up of musicians. Would be great to see some of ye there!

such a lovely evening at the Crane! Best of times playing with Nuala and Cathal. Thanks to all of you who came out to hear us, huge thanks to Mick Crehan for having us, and dancer Becky Ní Éaillaithe #annafalkenau #nualakenndy #cathalocurrain #thecranebar #Galway #trad #folk #wildatlanticway

A big thanks to Dave Larkin for extensively plugging our upcoming Crane gig this Sunday evening @ 6pm, Tix at the doors #AnnaFalkenau #NualaKenndy #cathalocurrain www.mixcloud.com/Larkid7/lark...

hope ye all enjoyed Culture Night 2025- we had a blast! … Galway Ceili Club & ceol made the RTE Culture Night program (ca. 36:40) www.rte.ie/player/movie... #galwayceiliclub #Culturenight #endascahill #AnnaFalkenau #jaharmonicas #alilevack #lukeomalleytradband #rte #galwaycity #galwaycitycouncil

looking forward to a blast of tunes and dancing this Evening for Culture Night, with the Galway Céilí Club, at a number of locations along shop street, starting at Eyre Square, @6.30 #endascahill #JoelAnderson #alilevack #lukeomalley #galwayceiliclub #culturenight #galwaycitycouncil #annafalkenau

lovely rehearsal recently with the wonderful #NualaKennedy and #cathalocurrain … warning up for The Crane, Galway on Sunday week, September 28 @ 6pm (doors) - a family-friendly concert! www.eventbrite.ie/e/nuala-kenn... and from The Crane! #concert #trad #galway #irish #wildatlanticway #event

lovely company and lovely tunes last night! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙂 #galway #sessions #tunes #trad #annafalkenau #anacardon #jeremyjenkinson

very much looking forward to this gig at the Crane, Sunday, 28 September with myself, Nuala Kennedy and Cathal O Curráin. Starts 6pm, at a family-friendly time -: #concert #trad #music #familyfriendly #Crane #galway

very much looking forward to this gig at the Crane, Sunday, 28 September with myself, Nuala Kennedy and Cathal O Curráin. Starts 6pm, at a family-friendly time -: #concert #trad #music #familyfriendly #Crane #galway

brilliant new book out. scan the qr code for more info …

excellent new book out. scan the qr code for more info

lovely tunes were had last Sunday at Tig Choili, thanks to Holly Geraghty for the pic! #PadraigMacDonnchadha #AnnaFalkenau #Bennybodhran #JanThoelen #friends #Galway #trad #session

fab tunes and company last night! #GrantDermody #harmonica #Sarahmarkey #flute #gonzalollao #bouzouki #session #annafalkenau #fiddle #macneills #galway #trad #blues

what a magic night it was on Monday for Bernie and Holly Geraghty at the South Sligo Summerschool in Tubbercurry, celebrating their extraordinary contributions to traditional music in Mayo and beyond- Heartfelt congratulations again to Bernie and Holly! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 pic: Edel McLoughlin, Holly Geraghty

looking forward to joining the wonderful Holly and Bernie Geraghty on their special night tomorrow!! and enjoying a warm up in the finest of spots! what a lovely weekend! #Tubbercurry #tribute #hollygeraghty #BernieGeraghty #Southsligo #trad #Killary #greatscenery

Looking forward to tunes playing tonight in MacNeill’s /Hardiman with Pádraic Keane and Mick Connelly, from 8pm … 🎶🎶🎶🎶

lovely hols were had on Hiddensee - a special place! … and right back into teaching the USAC Summer School Irish Music Module at the Uni of Galway Campus - and off for a few tunes out West i gConamara anocht! 😊🎶🎶🎶

#Berlin #Minitour #AnnaFalkenau #NualaKennedy #Concert #Konzert #Berlin-Rahnsdorf #Today

beautiful venue last night in Löbnitz, Germany, and great first gig! Thanks to Matthias Taatz and all the lovely people involved! … on to the Schwind-Pavillion in Rüdigsdorf, nr Kohren-Salis, 5pm /17:00 start #tour #trad #AnnaFalkenau #NualaKennedy #germany #Löbnitz #Kohrensahlis #irishmusic

concert number 2 on Saturday in the beautiful Schwind Pavillion - magic acoustics and setting!

The first of our three concerts in Germany! Freitag, 13 Juni - in the beautiful Dorfkirche Löbnitz, nr Delitzsch. Please share if you know any folks near there! #AnnaFalkenau #NualaKennedy #Concerts #Germany #irishmusic #folk #trad

Mini Tour of Germany in Duo with the wonderful Nuala Kennedy, playing three beautiful venues - Friday June 13th, Saturday 14th, and Sunday 15th nr Halle, Leipzig, Chemnitz and in Berlin: Dorfkirche Löbnitz; Schwind Pavillion nr Gnandstein; Dorfkirche Rahnsdorf, Berlin. see some of ye along the way!

Loads of tasty tunes, beautiful people (-:), amazing weather, at the Cookoo Fleadh Kinvara! Thanks to Maeve and all the organizers! #festival #music #Kinvara #Cookoo #galway #tradmusic # AnnaFalkenau #StephGeremia #BrendanLarrissey #DenisLyddie #MaryShannon #DamianThompson #PatriciaMcCusker #Sextons

new duo with Gonzalo Llao … annafalkenau.com/anna-gonzalo/