The Showman

Here are some photos of Toby, of the shows he's done, and some of the instruments in his repetoire. Click the photo to enlarge.

 

Percussion workshop for native Cree children	Performing at the Kingstown Buskers Festival	Panpiping at a Christmas party in Québec	Storytelling the music in a school concert
Bagpiping for the kids	A unique musical talent (taken from La Presse, June 6th, 1998).	Toby playing the pan flute (taken from La Presse, June 6th, 1998).	Toby with a Mr. Bojangles

The Music

Originally from Dublin Ireland, Toby plays and sings a wide variety of traditional and contemporary songs from around the world.

"Every musical instrument has its own story, and I use storytelling to explore the magic of musical instruments. Some of these stories are traditional Creation stories, other are of my own creation."

His impressive musical talent for instruments includes the following: All instruments played in clips by Toby Kinsella (click on speaker X to hear the instrument)
 

banjo bendir bodhran(irish drum)X bones bongos celtic harp chinese flutes clarinetX conch shell conga cow bell didjereedoo (australian) djembe domhraX duduk (armenian) dumbek guitar harmonicas irish pipes kalimba

kazoo mandoline melodica ney (arabic flute) northumberland small pipesX nose flutes ocarinasX panpipesX recorders saw saxophone (alto) shakers snake charmerX spoons tarkaX temple blocks traverse flutesX trumpet ukulele whistles (tin)

The Stories

Toby has been working with Mike Burns (a reknown Irish storyteller based in Montreal) for over the last 10 years, and they have a recording called KING OF THE BIRDS.X

Here are just some of the stories that Toby relates during his show:
 

Origin of the drum Tale of the two bagpipers Abi yo yo Native flute story Pan pipe origin story X Ferdinand the Quebec dancer