Video: Raggle Taggle Gypsy @ Balver Höhle Irish Folk Festival

Rapalje is performing “Raggle Taggle Gypsy” at The Balver Höhle

The Balve Cave is the biggest cultural cave in Europe. It is located in Balve, Germany. And every year the Festspiele Balver Höhle organization is presenting the Balver Höhle Irish folk & Celtic Music Festival.

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Video: “Spancil Hill” at William’s

Inspired by the band ‘Bachelor’s Walk’,

I loved this song so much, that I really wanted to sing it with Rapalje!

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Video: Wat zullen we drinken @ Balver Höhle Irish Folk Festival

Rapalje is performing “Wat zullen we drinken” at The Balver Höhle

The Balve Cave is the biggest cultural cave in Europe. It is located in Balve, Germany. And every year the Festspiele Balver Höhle organization is presenting the Balver Höhle Irish folk & Celtic Music Festival.

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Video: “Home Is Where My Friends Are” at William’s

Welcome to my house and my kitchen!

While the meat is simmering, we are playing a song for you, written by me: Home is where my friends are

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Video: Irish reels with dance @ Balver Cage Irish Music Festival

Rapalje performs 2 reels: Sally Gardens & The Congress Reel

at The Balve Cave (German: Balver Höhle). The biggest cultural cave in Europe. It is located in Balve, Germany.

With to Irish hard shoe dancers and David Myles on Scottish Border Pipes

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Video: Would you like to see the home at Maceál’s from Rapalje?

At my place you can see our studio, our office, the merchandise storage

and the many presents our fans have gotten us over the years!

ADDRESS RAPALJE
p.a. Nieuwe Ebbingestraat 133
9714 AM GRONINGEN
The Netherlands

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Video: Are You Sleeping Maggie @ Balver Hoehle Irish Folk Festival

Rapalje performs live at the Balver Hoehle Irish Folk Festival in Germany

with the Scottish folk song “Are You Sleeping Maggie”

We learned this song from the well known Scottish folk band The Tannahill Weavers

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Video: “Caledonia” at Maceál’s – At Rapalje’s home #4

A real crowdpleaser,

again recorded at my home. David plays the Irish bagpipes, or “Uilleann Pipes”, in this song about Scotland.

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Video: The Crown and the Ring @ Folk im Schlosshof

The “Folk im Schlosshof Festival” took place in Bonfeld twelve years long, onetime a year, usually in June.

It was one of the best folk festivals in Europe. We are not claiming this without reason, that’s what the musicians, the visitors and the press say. Some of the most prestigious bands like the Dubliners, the Oysterband, Show of Hands, the Levellers, Rapalje and many more played at “Folk im Schlosshof”.

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Video: “The Galway Girl” at Maceál’s

This week we have recorded a video at my house that you can sing along to.

Even for us it is difficult to sit still during this song!

Thank you for listening again and watching us playing new songs for you at my home.

This song is about a very  beautiful woman from Galway. You can sing along: “On the day-a hey-a hey”

a song about the Galway girl..
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