Several of the singers from Folk-Legacy's Irish in America CD will perform in concert for the Folklore Society of Greater Washington this Saturday night, March 9.The Irish in America CD was the first attempt to chronicle the Irish-American experience in song and runs in a timeframe from the Revolutionary War to about 1980. All the songs are traditional or from the very early vaudeville period when the singers were likely to have worked at laboring jobs on railroads and sailing ships, for example, as did Thomas F. Casey (Drill Ye Tarriers Drill) or Ned Harrigan (McNally's Row of Flats). The CD has received excellent reviews in Sing Out, Irish Music, The Living Tradition and in this month's Dirty Linen with accolades such as "a glowing example of scholarly research," "passionate singing" and "the key into a whole minset and tradition." The WebSite is IRISH IN AMERICA.
The concert details are here at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington WebSite.