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Category Archives: Traditional Music

Irish Minstrels and Musicians_O'Neill
19 Jan
Drone, Improvisation, Traditional Music

Ultan O’Farrell

O’Farrell, Ultan (b Longford, 14 February 1872; d Dublin, 23 April 1938). Uilleann Piper. O’Farrell was the third and youngest son of Padraic...

Improvisation, Traditional Music

The Kilkenny Engagists

The Kilkenny Engagists Performance artists. A group of musicians and artists working in Kilkenny, 1973-75 approximately.    The Kilkenny Engagists – known mostly...

DORDAN_ CD cover_1
19 Jan
Drone, Improvisation, The West, Traditional Music

Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire (Patrick Murray)

Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire (Patrick Murray) In 2009 Irish musicologist Antoinne Ó Murchú was digging through the audio archives of the Irish Folklore...

ballad-with-cryptic-dice-ro
19 Jan
Graphic Scores, Indeterminacy, Traditional Music, Vocal

The Aleatoric Revisionist Balladeers

The Aleatoric Revisionist Balladeers Collective. Little is known about this group other than that they numbered six and met several times over the...

bartley-dunnes-1985 (a real photo)
19 Jan
Improvisation, Traditional Music

Dunne’s Dérives

Dunne’s Dérives An underground avant-garde venue and concert series running circa 1959 to 1964 in the backroom of one of Dublin’s first gay...

Crossroads dance with Zaftig Giolla in the right middleground, Galway 1929
15 Jan
Noise, Tape, Traditional Music, Vocal

Zaftig Giolla

Giolla, Zaftig (b Galway, 13 Aug. 1906; d Galway, 19 June 1959) Musician-composer-poet-field recordist. An early...

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