New book/cd : Sound your A : Ennistymon Bands 40s-60s
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:23 am
Last week a book/double CD combo centered around bands from the Ennistymon/North Clare area during the 1940s-1960s was launched.
It's a typical local production but may be worth flagging up here for those into that sort of thing.
The book gives a history of bands that were active during that time period, both ceili bands and popular dance bands. Musicians were often active playing in the ceilibands and would also play the local dance halls with popular repertoire. It's a ice bit of social./musical history, a glimpse of another time.
The double CD is filled with the few recordings that are avaiable, with bits of various individual players and some material by surving members of the bands, notably Ennistymon fiddleplayer Michael Kelleher.
I had a look at the book this morning, I was eager to get to the launch but a cold snap hit and ten km of frozen backroads had me confined to home on the night. Mick O'Connot and Seán Keane, both longtime visitors to the area, launched the project. Seán is featured on some of the tracks, playing with some local musicianers.
more on the website : Sound your A
It's a typical local production but may be worth flagging up here for those into that sort of thing.
The book gives a history of bands that were active during that time period, both ceili bands and popular dance bands. Musicians were often active playing in the ceilibands and would also play the local dance halls with popular repertoire. It's a ice bit of social./musical history, a glimpse of another time.
The double CD is filled with the few recordings that are avaiable, with bits of various individual players and some material by surving members of the bands, notably Ennistymon fiddleplayer Michael Kelleher.
I had a look at the book this morning, I was eager to get to the launch but a cold snap hit and ten km of frozen backroads had me confined to home on the night. Mick O'Connot and Seán Keane, both longtime visitors to the area, launched the project. Seán is featured on some of the tracks, playing with some local musicianers.
more on the website : Sound your A