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New Blog for Irish Music Archives
For readers who have been enjoying our Irish music blog posts, we are happy to announce the launch of a new blog and website dedicated to Burns Library’s Irish Music Archives. The new blog at bcirishmusic.wordpress.com will feature content that reflects the vibrant tradition of Irish music and dance at BC. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 112
Audio in reel 112 includes Owen Frain on flute; Jimmy Kelly on piano; and Paddy Cronin on fiddle/flute. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 2 Side 1
Audio in reel 2, side 1 includes Hugh Gillespie, Patrick Cawley, Tim Fitzpatrick, and more. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 4
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
Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 47
Audio in reel 47 of the Smith collection features the New State Ceili Band of Boston. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 9, Side 2
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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A Tale of Two Irish Harps: John Egan fine-tunes the national instrument
This week’s blog post is guest written by Boston-based harpist and harp historian Nancy Hurrell, author of The Egan Irish Harps: Tradition, Patrons and Players (Four Courts Press, 2019). The Boston College Libraries helped support the volume’s publication through the … Continue reading
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Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, reel 9, side 1
Audio in reel 9, side 1 includes Paddy O’Sullivan (Baltygarron) on fiddle and the Paddy Killoran Club of New York City. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 6, Side 2
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
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 6, Side 1
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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