MP3 files of Irish harp and shakuhachi

Philip Horan, shakuhachi player of Dublin, has a report on a workshop of Japanese and Irish music and culture in Belfast in August 2007 featuring Horan on shakuhachi and Junshi Murakami, who he accurately described as an accomplished player of the Irish harp, playing several pieces by Turloch O'Carolan and other traditional Irish composers. Said Horan, "The timbre of the Irish harp is not unlike the Japanese koto so the ensemble worked well."

Horan's website Shakuhachi Zen also has sound files of two traditional honkyoku pieces, and articles titled "Shakuhachi Zen: 'In one sound, become the Buddha!'" and "Irish melodies for shakuhachi: Celtic honkyoku!" He has a masters in Ethnomusicology from the Irish World Music Centre in Limerick and lived in Japan from 1999 to 2001.