Irish America

John Carty

This Music We Call
Traditional Irish

February 9, 2012

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Traditional Irish music has never been so alive. In our cities, towns and villages. From Dublin to New York and across the United States. We are alive to its rhythm and it is thriving, growing, flourishing. It touches so many people and is enjoyed in so many ways. We dance to it, play it, mould it into new forms and take it to Broadway and the West End. We fuse it with other … [Read more...] about This Music We Call
Traditional Irish

Music: Traditional Music Roundup

By Don Meade, Contributor
October / November 2001

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Mirth-Making Heroes There are folks who think of "Celtic" music as a gently soothing, slightly ethereal style, heavy on the harps and tin whistles. They haven't heard At the Racket, a fun-loving bunch who prefer their jigs and reels on the saxophone and tenor banjo. This "racket" is actually the sort of whoop-it-up band you might have heard at a Saturday night dance in … [Read more...] about Music: Traditional Music Roundup

Music:
Traditional Music Roundup

By Don Meade, Contributor
October / November 2001

by Leave a Comment

Mirth-Making Heroes There are folks who think of "Celtic" music as a gently soothing, slightly ethereal style, heavy on the harps and tin whistles. They haven't heard At the Racket, a fun-loving bunch who prefer their jigs and reels on the saxophone and tenor banjo. This "racket" is actually the sort of whoop-it-up band you might have heard at a Saturday night dance in … [Read more...] about Music:
Traditional Music Roundup