Category Archives: Digital Projects

Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 112

Posted on May 3, 2021 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 112 includes Owen Frain on flute; Jimmy Kelly on piano; and Paddy Cronin on fiddle/flute. Continue reading →

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Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 2 Side 1

Posted on April 5, 2021 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 2, side 1 includes Hugh Gillespie, Patrick Cawley, Tim Fitzpatrick, and more. Continue reading →

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Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 4

Posted on March 1, 2021 by burnslibrary

Streaming audio: reel 4 from the James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings includes Paddy Cronin, Frank Neylon, Gene Preston, and probably Mike McDonough. Continue reading →

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Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 47

Posted on February 1, 2021 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 47 of the Smith collection features the New State Ceili Band of Boston. Continue reading →

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Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 9, Side 2

Posted on December 7, 2020 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 9, side 2 includes Sean Quinn, Louis Quinn, Sean McGuire, Paddy Killoran, Pete Reilly, Paddy O’Sullivan (Baltygarron), and the Paddy Killoran Club of New York City.
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Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, reel 9, side 1

Posted on November 9, 2020 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 9, side 1 includes Paddy O’Sullivan (Baltygarron) on fiddle and the Paddy Killoran Club of New York City. Continue reading →

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Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 6, Side 2

Posted on October 13, 2020 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 6, side 2 includes James Morrison, Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band, Tom Cawley, Paddy Killoran, John McKenna, Michael Gaffney, Pat Gaffney, Brian O’Donnell, Mike Flynn, Andy Conroy, and others. Continue reading →

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Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 6, Side 1

Posted on September 7, 2020 by burnslibrary

Audio in reel 6, side 1 includes fiddle legends Michael Coleman, Lad O’Beirne, Tom Cawley, Denis Murphy, and Hugh Gillespie. Continue reading →

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Hearing the Past

Posted on February 10, 2020 by burnslibrary

The term “archives” may call up images of vellum pages covered with beautiful cursive (or indecipherable scribbles) but, as previous blog posts on material culture highlight– see What’s in a Game? Some Examples of Board Games at Burns Library and … Continue reading →

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Sound Innovations: Howard Belding Gill and Robert W. Bullock Recordings

Posted on September 23, 2019 by burnslibrary

Many unique or rare archival audio recordings in Burns Library collections have been unavailable to researchers due to the fragility of their storage media (think: cassette tapes, vinyl records, and their predecessors). Any time a recording is played might be … Continue reading →

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