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Tag Archives: Irish trad music
James Carty’s Upon My Soul and Various Artists’ Paddy In The Smoke: Irish Dance Music, From A London Pub
The Auld Triangle, usually simply referred to as the Triangle by London musicians, is a three-cornered building sitting at a three-way intersection in a quiet neighborhood in Finsbury Park. Sunday nights, if there’s no Arsenal match (if there is, there’s … Continue reading
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Sandy” Ives’ Drive Dull Care Away: Folksongs From Prince Edward Island and John Lilly’s Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal
I used to have this dream. I was, like John or Alan Lomax, driving in my big old car with a clunky reel-to-reel tape recorder in the back seat. I would cruise up and down the country roads searching for … Continue reading
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Tagged Appalachian music., Cape Breton trad muisc, Irish music, Irish trad music, Scottsih trad music
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Donal Hickey’s Stone Mad for Music: The Sliabh Luachra Story
John O’Regan penned this review. Subtitled “The Sliabh Luachra story,” this book attempts to demythologize the heartland of Sliabh Luachra, a legendary area where Irish traditional music is concerned. To fans of Irish music, Sliabh Luachra will need no introduction. Something … Continue reading
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Diana Boullier’s Exploring Irish Music and Dance
At some point for children seeking to master traditional music, the learning must come through the power of relationship — through parents, friends, neighbors, or teachers. But not every child has access to that world, and many a child may … Continue reading
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Beoga’s Live at 10
There are times when reviewing is a sheer pleasure. This is one of those moments. Beoga is an Irish five-piece group, four men and a woman, with keyboards, button accordion, fiddle, bodhran/percussion and one member doubling on guitar and button accordion. … Continue reading
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem’s Irish Drinking Songs: Come Fill Your Glass With Us / Various artists: Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs
I seldom drink anything stronger than fortified wine, but I can always tell an Irish strong one from a Scottish. It is quite easy really. In Scotland they spell it “whisky” and in Ireland “whiskey.” Just look at the label. … Continue reading
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Niamh Boadle’s Maid on the Shore
Britain is full of young talented folk singers and players. Niamh Boadle is one of them. She first came onto my radar some years ago when I shared a spot at Warwick Folk Music Festival with her band Tri. Since … Continue reading
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Henry Marten’s Ghost’s High On Spirits
I had the pleasure of reviewing Henry Marten’s Ghost’s previous album Ireland – A Troubled Romance here on GMR in 2002. I reviewed it very favourably. High on Spirits is the band’s latest album and really it carries on from … Continue reading
Various artists’ Traditional Irish Music in America anthology
In the 1970s, something new yet very old was happening in America. Traditional Irish music was being played and recorded. Just when it looked as though Irish music would fade out and disappear in the modern, mechanized world of the … Continue reading
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