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Posted on November 17, 2015 at 20:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Here's another digitized 78 rpm disc of Myles O'Malley. This set features a set of reels on solo whistle with piano accompaniment by Eileen White (who also recorded sides with Frank Quinn).
We detailed O'Malley's personal background back in June of 2014, which you can review here: …
ContinuePosted on May 16, 2015 at 12:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Edward Cronin’s performances on the O'Neill cylinders are a revelation; they make it abundantly clear that he was a major stylist in the idiom of Irish traditional fiddle playing.
Cronin was born around 1838 in Limerick Junction, County Tipperary. As a boy, Cronin was already in demand as a fiddler, playing tunes and long dances for experienced dancers. A weaver by trade, he…
ContinuePosted on February 26, 2015 at 18:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Uilleann piper Patsy Touhey was born 150 years ago today (February 26, 1865). To celebrate, we've compiled a playlist of all Touhey's cylinder recordings from the Dunn Family Collection and UCC's Henebry/O'Neill Wax Cylinder Collection.
It includes 40 tracks clocking in at 1 hour 35 minutes.…
ContinuePosted on July 9, 2014 at 18:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Edward Herborn and James Wheeler accordion/banjo duo were the first musicians that Ellen O'Byrne offered up to Columbia to record Irish dance tunes. Since the deal required O'Byrne to buy 500 to 1,000 copies in advance to sell through the O'Byrne Dewitt store, she went door-to-door in the Irish neighborhoods to announce the impending release of the recording.…
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