Celtic Women in Music
Celtic Women in Music

Author: Mairéid Sullivan

Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : Quarry Music Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781550822465

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Celtic music and dance have taken North American culture by storm, becoming the soundtrack of our age. "Riverdance, Braveheart, Gael Force, and "Celtic Tides are just a few of the shows featuring Celtic music. Aside from such notable male acts as The Chieftains, this music has largely been written and performed by women, either as solo artists or as band leaders, whose work has been compiled, somewhat anonymously, on such "CDs as A Woman's Heart and "Women of the World: Celtic. But who are these women? What inspired them to perform? What do they feel about traditional and contemporary Celtic culture? Based on exclusive interviews, "Celtic Women in Music profiles the careers of 30 artists including Maire Brennan (Clannad), Dolores Keane, Eileen Ivers (Riverdance), Mary Jane Lamond, Karen Matheson (Capercaillie), Loreena McKennitt, Maddy Pryor, June Tabor, and Jean Ritchie. These musicians reveal the devotion to traditional Celtic culture that inspires their art and the sense of personal sovereignty that informs their lives as women.

Celtic Women's Spirituality
Celtic Women's Spirituality

Author: Edain McCoy

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781567186727

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The Celts provide strong, accessible images of powerful women. This work illustrates how the reader can create a personalized pathway linking two important aspects of self - the feminine and the hereditary (or adopted) Celt - and as a result enable her to become a whole, powerful woman.

Women of the Celts
Women of the Celts

Author: Jean Markale

Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published: 1986-10

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780892811502

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Historian Markale takes us deep into a mythical world where both man and woman become whole by realizing the feminine principle in its entirety. The author explores the rich heritage of Celtic women in history, myth, and ritual, showing how these traditions compare to modern attitudes toward women.

Trad Nation
Trad Nation

Author: Tes Slominski

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0819579297

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Just how "Irish" is traditional Irish music? Trad Nation combines ethnography, oral history, and archival research to challenge the longstanding practice of using ethnic nationalism as a framework for understanding vernacular music traditions. Tes Slominski argues that ethnic nationalism hinders this music's development today in an increasingly multiethnic Ireland and in the transnational Irish traditional music scene. She discusses early 21st century women whose musical lives were shaped by Ireland's struggles to become a nation; follows the career of Julia Clifford, a fiddler who lived much of her life in England, and explores the experiences of women, LGBTQ+ musicians, and musicians of color in the early 21st century.

Paddy Cole
Paddy Cole

Author: Paddy Cole

Publisher: The O'Brien Press Ltd

Published: 2020-11-02

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1788492439

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The colourful story of the 80-year-old saxophone player and singer affectionately know as The King of The Swingers. Paddy Cole has taken his style of Jazz, Dixieland and Swing band music all over the world – and back home too. Paddy Cole is the grand old man of Irish Showbiz who still is young at heart and has built a new radio career with his show on Dublin's Sunshine Radio every Sunday. His story is as heart-warming as it is hilarious!

A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music
A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music

Author: Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin

Publisher: O'Brien Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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From the mythological harp of the Dagda to Riverdance, this concise history of Irish traditional music and dance explores a rich spectrum of historical sources and folklore. It uncovers the contribution of the Normans to Irish dancing, the rote of the music maker in Penal Ireland, and the popularity of dance tunes and set dancing from the end of the eighteenth century to the present. It also follows the music of the Irish diaspora from the music halls of vaudeville to the musical tapestry of Irish America today.

The Last Rose of Summer
The Last Rose of Summer

Author: Thomas Moore

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781017207293

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

First Harp Book
First Harp Book

Author: B. Paret

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 1987-03

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780793555239

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