Music Sessions

Mostly made in pubs and cafes across Ireland and Europe. They attempt to reflect the rhythm and feel of music, wherever it is made in the moment.

Grey pencil sketch drawing by Bastiaan Vanneylen of a traditional Irish music session in O’Connors Pub in Killarney showing a flute and guitar player in the corner of an Irish pub.

Trad Session at O'Connors Pub

Killarney, Ireland • 2021

The following sketches were made in 2023 at The Brady Sessions, bi-weekly singer-songwriter sessions at Brady's Pub in Terenure, Dublin. The artists drawn here (FLTR) are Kate Field, Sean Healy, Jess Music, Jim Loughran, Bridget O'Neill and Klara McDonnell.

The Brady Sessions in Terenure

Dublin, Ireland • 2023

Grey pencil sketch on white paper by Bastiaan Vanneylen of a musician busking on Drury Street in Dublin playing the piano on a public bench.

Busker on Drury Street

Dublin, Ireland • 2021

Accordion Player at Early's Pub

Sligo, Ireland • 2019

Traditional Session

Ennis, Ireland • 2020

Blues Band at Charlie Foleys Bar

Killarney, Ireland • 2022

Concertina Player at The Cobblestone

Dublin, Ireland • 2023

Trevor Sexton & Ross Brassil at O’Donoghue Pub

Killarney, Ireland • 2022

Accordion Player at Murphy’s Pub

Killarney, Ireland • 2019

Guitar and Bodhrán Player at Murphy’s Pub

Killarney, Ireland • 2019

Fiddle Player at Old Killarney Inn

Killarney, Ireland • 2019

Accordion and Guitar Player at The Reel Inn

Donegal Town, Ireland • 2019

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