Music on the edge: Busking at the Cliffs of Moher and the commodification of a musical landscape

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Kaul
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Music ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
Interpretive Center

The Cliffs of Moher is one of the most popular tourist sites in all of Ireland, and buskers have been playing traditional music there for generations. The site and traditional music have each become powerful metonyms for Irish identity. In this article, I explore the complex and changing relationship between Irish identity, music, and tourism at the cliffs. In particular, I analyze recent conflicts that have erupted between musicians and the local tourism authorities which opened a €32 million award-winning interpretive center there in 2007.

“An Ireland over There”?

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Sara S. Goek
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
World War ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
Diasporic Identities ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The Way

This chapter explores the role of dance halls in British and American cities among the Irish communities after World War II. It incorporates historical and cultural analysis of Irish traditional music in dance halls, stressing the symbiotic relationship between place and diasporic identities. It offers a window on the way Irish negotiated, contested, interpreted, and performed their Irish identity while living abroad.

Wheels of the World: How Recordings of Irish Traditional Music Bridged the Gap between Homeland and Diaspora

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT SPENCER
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
Irish Traditional Music ◽  
Traditional Performance

AbstractAt the dawn of the twentieth century and the height of the Recording Age, Irish American musicians began to record Irish traditional music on both commercial and subcommercial recordings. Circulated within the diaspora during a changing sense of Irish identity and sent home to a nationalist revival, these recordings had a profound impact on both traditional performance practices and modes of transmission. Quickly accepted by many at the heart of the tradition, these recordings were used by practitioners to bridge vast geographic distances and solidify vital lines of communication, allowing the diaspora to engage actively with the larger tradition.

Award Winning FAS Videos Now Available at Clearinghouse

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Newcomer ◽  
Carolyn Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Award Winning
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