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Barron, Marshall, ed., Knives and Forks: The Complete Neal Collection, Playford Consort, New Haven, CT, 2006. 68 pp. Country-dance tunes from a 1726 Dublin collection
Bradburd, Rus, Paddy on the Hardwood. A Journey in Irish Hoops, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2006. 239 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-8263-4027-6 (hb.). Memoir
Carson, Ciaran, ‘The Crack Goes On – The Humours of Planxty by Leagues O’Toole. Dublin: Hodder Headline, 2006’, in JMI. The Journal of Music in Ireland vol. 7, no 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2007), pp. 6-9. Review
Cotter, Geraldine, Rogha: Geraldine Cotter’s Choice, Cotter, [Ennis] 2006. 68 pp. ISBN 1-900428-54-7 (pb.). Tunebook with CD
de Barra, Séamas, Aloys Fleischmann (Field Day Music 1), Dublin 2006. 190 pp. ISBN 0946755329 (pb.)
Flynn, Kevin Haddick, ‘Seán South of Garryowen’ in History Ireland vol. 15, no 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2007), pp. 36-41
Hew, Sheaukang, Irish Music in Central Oklahoma: An Ethnographic Study, DMA thesis, University of Oklahoma, 2006. 259 pp.
Hunter, Jim, ‘Song and Dance – Amhráin agus Damhsa’ in The Waves of Tory. The Story of an Atlantic Community – Tonnta Thoraí. Scéal Pobail Atlantaigh, Colin Smythe Ltd., Bucks (2006), pp. 98-105. ISBN-13 978-0-86140-456-8 (hb.)
Keegan, Niall, ‘John McSherry & Donal O’Connor, Tripswitch (Vertical Records VERTCD 076)’ in JMI as above, p. 34. Review
Kerlin, Jerry, The Transmission of Song among the New York Irish: Teaching, Learning, and Irish Sensibility, Ph.D. thesis, New York University, 2005. 630 pp.
Long, Harry, with Arthur Sealy, Soundscapes: A Coursebook for Leaving Certificate Music. Irish Music and Aural Awareness, Waltons Publishing, Dublin 2006. 164 pp. ISBN 13 978 1 85720 181 9. With CD
McCarrick, Tim, ‘Gerry O’Connor : Pockets and Seams of Tradition on the East Coast of Ireland’ in Fiddler Magazine vol. 13, no 4 (Winter 2006/7), pp. 16-20
McLaughlin, Dermot, ‘Breda Keville, The Hop Down (BKCD 205)’, in JMI as above, p. 32. Review
McMillen, Robert, ‘Mícheál Ó Domhnaill ar Shlí na Fírinne’ in An tUltach iml. 82, uimh. 10 (Deireadh Fómhair 2006), pp. 19
Moulden, John, The Printed Ballad in Ireland: A Guide to the Popular Printing of Songs in Ireland 1760–1920, Ph.D. thesis, National University of Ireland – Galway, 2006. 1129 pp.
Ní Fhloinn, Bairbre, ‘In Memoriam. Frank Harte – Singer and Song-Collector 1933-2005’ in Béaloideas vol. 74 (2006), pp. 236-8
Ní Urdail, Meidhbhín, ‘Irish Song-Craft and Metrical Practice since 1600 by V.S. Blankenhorn. Lampeter: The Edwin Press, 2003’ in Béaloideas as above, pp. 244-7. Review
Ó Súilleabháin, Mícheál, ‘Fírinne na hÁilleachta i dTreo Éisteachta Domhanda’ in Daonscoil na Mumhan. Imeachtaí 2005, Séamus de hÍde, ed., Coiscéim, Dublin (2006), pp. 79-93
Quinn, Toner, ‘Traditional Music & the Avant-Garde’ in JMI as above, pp. 16-7
Rapuano, Deborah L., Every Drop Hollows the Stone: An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Irish Music Pub Sessions, Ph.D. thesis, Loyola University Chicago, 2005. 280 pp.
Scahill, Adrian, ‘The West Ocean String Quartet with Matt Molloy, The Guiding Moon (WORCD 101)’ in JMI as above, pp. 32-3. Review
Smyth, Gerry, ‘Listening to the Future: Music and Irish Studies’ in Ireland beyond Boundaries: Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-first Century, Liam Harte and Yvonne Whelan, eds, Pluto Press, London (2007), pp. 198-214. ISBN-13 978 0 7453 2186 8 (hb.), ISBN-13 978 0 7453 2185 1 (pb.)
Somers, Ciarán, ‘Malachy Bourke & Donnacha Dwyer, Bourke & Dwyer Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle Pipes and Bodhrán’ in JMI as above, pp. 33-4. Review
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘“Up to your Knees in Sand”: Practical Hints on Irish Fiddling’ in Fiddler Magazine as above, pp. 36-7
Tyers, Pádraig, West Kerry Camera – Ceamara Chorca Dhuibhne, Collins Press, Cork 2006. 208 pp. ISBN-13 978-195172306 (hb.). Includes images of traditional music
uí Ógáin, Ríonach, ‘In Memoriam. Micheál Ó Domhnaill 1952-2006’ in Béaloideas as above, pp. 233-5
Weir, Rob, ‘Rivers of Time: A Session with Danú’ in Sing Out! vol. 50, no 4 (Winter 2007), pp. 35-41