One of the pillars of the Irish American traditional music scene, Cavan native Ed Reavy will be recalled in a special concert down at the Commodore Barry Club (Carpenter Land and Emlen Street) in Philadelphia on Saturday, January 19 at 8 p.m.

The legendary fiddler and tunesmith was a prolific composer whose music is literally played round the world non-stop where trad musicians share a tune in concerts, sessions or classes.

Born in 1897 in Barnagrove, he immigrated to Philadelphia where he became a master plumber and lived until 90 when he died in 1989.

Besides leaving a rich musical legacy through his compositions, he played a major role in keeping traditional music alive for his generation and those to come through the Irish Musicians Association, a league of musicians in New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia who met and played together regularly.

The concert, billed as "The Music of Ed Reavy," will feature musicians drawn from the Baltimore scene who are well known to the Philadelphia community through the annual Irish Music Festival organized by the Philadelphia Ceili Group.

Fiddler Jim Eagan studied with fiddler Brendan Mulvihill and developed a particular affinity to Reavy tunes which eventually led to his recording a CD, At Reavy's House, filled with them.

Navan banjoist supreme, Peter Fitzgerald will be there along with Andy Thurston on guitar and Myron Bretholz on bodhran and bones. The quartet can often be found in the midst of the session and ceili scene at J. Patrick's Pub there in Ballmor, the home of trad music in that harbor town.

More details at www.p hiladelphiaceiligroup.org or 610-486-2220.