Amala

This month we re-visited County Leitrim, a beautiful but relatively little-known county in the north midlands of Ireland, a place of lakes and rolling hills, of pretty towns…

In May 2018, we did a short but highly enjoyable tour in Newfoundland, a place with which Paul was already somewhat familiar, having played there on three previous…

In the summer of 2018, Amala was fortunate to take part in three Irish arts festivals, in County Clare, County Roscommon, and Dublin city. We really enjoyed the…

Harps ready for use in Reidun’s Harp Centre. L to R: pedal harp, cross-strung chromatic harp, Irish harp, Morley harp, lap harp (front), Gothic harp (rear).   Paul’s…

For both of us, it was a treat to be back in Liège – Reidun’s home for several years in the 1990s, and also the scene of Paul’s…

Saturday 28 April 2018 Our next gig was a private concert in the house of our friends Falk and Silvia in Der Alte Brauerei (old brewery) in Kornelimünster,…

Thursday 26 April 2018 Our 2018 Continental adventure began in Brussels, with a warm-up gig in La Porte Noire, an atmospheric basement bar in the downtown area. https://www.laportenoire.be/en…

The Blossom Harp Festival is a lovely small festival, now in its third year, held in Tuamgraney, County Clare, in a beautiful and historic area near the shores…

Our Belgian tour opened in Brussels on Wednesday, 14 June, with a lunchtime concert organised by the Irish Embassy as part of Tradfest Belgium 2017. It was held…

Reidun talks about this unusual instrument, which is featured on track 10 of our “resonance” CD. Playing it is a “work in progress”, but we hope it will…