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The blog was started by the Chicago-based acoustic Americana group Tangleweed to document their activities as working musicians. It has since expanded its mission to help engender greater interest and understanding of American vernacular music. The blog i
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O’Donoghue’s Opera, starring the Dubliners
This 37-minute film from 1965 captures the Dubliners in their native habitat, O’Donoghue’s Pub in Dublin. According to the Irish Film Institute’s website, O’Donoghue’s Opera was the first Irish musical film. The plot lo...
Fun with drunken Irish Karaoke
Here’s a fun little artifact from the Where You Been So Long sessions: a version of the Leaving of Liverpool (MP3) without vocals. When we record our tunes, we usually do the instrumental tracks as a group, and then overdub vocals. We had done ...
The Bothy Band playing Old Hag, You Have Killed Me
Since their out-of-print LPs and CDs command staggering prices on eBay, YouTube clips may be as close as new fans can get to the Bothy Band these days. Their work has held up well, as this thirty-year-old clip will attest....
The Clancy Brothers playing the Wild Rover
The Wild Rover has been my daughter’s favorite song for as long as I can remember. This is a great version performed by the Clancys and Tommy Makem on Pete Seeger’s old Rainbow Quest program. Beautiful....
The Dubliners playing Off to Dublin in the Green
Here’s another great old Dubliners clip, from what appears to be a German television program. The song is a rousing rebel song, delivered with conviction by the inimitable Ronnie Drew. Also, behold the majesty that is Luke Kelly’s celt-fr...
Planxty playing The Little Drummer
Here’s a great Planxty clip from 1974 with a wonderful Christy Moore vocal and some very sensitive mandola accompaniment from Andy Irvine. Here’s an interesting bit on the mandola from Andy Irvine’s web site: Classicly, a mandola...
