Commissioned by the Irish Traditional Music Archive, and funded by An Chomhairle Ealaíon, ‘Tommy Peoples: A Portrait of an Artist’ is a comprehensive online project which was compiled by Siobhán Peoples, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh and Conor Caldwell.
All three lead researchers are well-known fiddle players, and have worked extensively in research and performance of Irish traditional music throughout their careers.

The project contains extensive interview material from six renowned fiddle players who encountered Tommy in various ways through the years. These interviews, as well as further written discussion and transcriptions, provide substantial insight and analysis into Tommy Peoples’ personality, style and compositions.

The project additionally makes a select number of previously unreleased recordings available to the public. These selections are shared in the hope that they will highlight the innovation and technical mastery that underlined Tommy’s style as a fiddle player.

In building this project the researchers extensively referenced Tommy’s self-published book, “Ó Am Go hAm — From Time to Time: Tutor, Text, and Tunes by Tommy Peoples”, which gives a revelatory insight into his approach to fiddle teaching, composing and the philosophy that defined him.
The book is currently out of print but can be read in the ITMA library.

View the site at the link below:

“Tommy Peoples: A Portrait of an Artist”