A Tribute to Irish American Women
Folklife Today Podcast
English - March 28, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsBooks Arts library of congress loc folklife today american folklife center folklife cultural traditions oral history music songs storytelling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, hosts Stephen Winick and John Fenn, with guests Betsy Peterson, Jennifer Cutting, and Melanie Zeck, explore songs and music from Irish American women in the American Folklife Center archive. Performances include Maggie Hammons Parker singing “Ireland’s Green Shore,” Hattie Scott Gould playing “The Irish Washerwoman” on the fiddle, May Mulcahy playing “Nori from Gibberland” and “Put Your Little Foot Right There” on the concertina, Carrie Grover singing “Arthur McBride,” Eileen Gannon playing “O’Carolan’s Receipt” and “Niall Gannon’s Favorite” on the Celtic harp, and Liz Carroll and Tommy Maguire playing a set of reels on the fiddle and the accordion. More information on the performers and the selections can be found at https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife.