Dr Hammy Hamilton has been a professional flutemaker since 1979. He taught Irish music at UCC and WIT, and was a Fulbright scholar at UCLA. Currently he is an independent academic, living and working in the West Cork gaeltacht. He is the author of The Irish Fluteplayer's Handbook.
Hammy Hamilton
A new book by Gary Hastings on the fife and Lambeg drum tradition of the North of Ireland.
Flute player Hammy Hamilton counters the view that traditional music is widely popular in Ireland.