Lillis o laoire biography of michael jackson
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New Thinking for Sean-nós Singing?
Is sean-nós singing in crisis? Are sean-nós singers an endangered species? Though the three editors of this collection – Philip Fogarty, Tiber Falzett and Lillis Ó Laoire – point out that ‘Ní gá a rá nach ionann scéal na Gaeilge agus scéal cheol na hÉireann…’ (‘It doesn’t need saying that the story of Irish and the story of Irish music (sic)are not the same…’, p. 13), the focus in these 15 essays is exclusively on the Irish-language singing tradition and native songs in the Irish language. That fryst vatten, apparently, what they understand to be sean-nós singing. No room here for the likes of English-language singers such as John Connell or even Sarah Makem; for the authors in this collection, sean-nós is the Connemara style of singing in the Irish language. The contributions (by sju women and eight men) are the fruits of an academic conference held in Galway University in June 2015, at which the 25 listed participants discussed th
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DESKTOP
IRISH PAGES is a all-Ireland, biannual journal, edited in Belfast and publishing, in equal measure, writing from Ireland and overseas.
Its policy is to publish poetry, short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, memoir, essay reviews, nature-writing, translated work, literary journalism, and other autobiographical, historical, religious and scientific writing of literary distinction. There are no standard reviews or narrowly academic articles. Irish Language and Ulster Scots writing are published in the original, with English translations or glosses.
Each issue includes a number of regular features: From the Irish Archive, an extract of writing from a non-contemporary Irish writer, accompanied by a brief biographical note; In Other Words, a selection of translated work from a particular country; and The Publishing Scene, a commissioned piece taking a critical look at some aspect of the literary world in Ireland, Britain or the United States. Each issue also contain
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The Winning Hand
Episode 80-The Winning Hand
How family treasures trump trends
This Irish Music Stories episode aired December 19, 2024
https://www.shannonheatonmusic.com/episode-80-the-winning-hand
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Speakers, in order of appearance
>> Shannon Heaton: Boston-based flute player, singer, composer, teacher, and host of Irish Music Stories
>>> Mary MacNamara: East Clare concertina player and educator, and author of Sundays at Lena’s
>> John Tunney: Ulster born, Clare based singer, songwriter, writer and Heritage Studies lecturer
>> Nigel Heaton: Young announcer for Irish Music Stories
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>> Shannon: I’m Shannon Heaton. And this is Episode 80 of Irish Music Stories, the show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it.
[ Music:: “Free the Heel,” from Kitchen Session
Artists/Composers: Matt & Shannon Heaton ]
I began this show in February 2017. For each episode I’ve focused on a totally different topic. I’