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Anderson, Ted, ‘Uilleann pipe maintenance’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 31, no 4 (autumn 2012), pp. 16–18
Bell, Jonathan, ed., Ulster folklife. Reflecting on tradition: four Ulster musical lives vol. 56 (2013). 144 pp. ISSN 00827347 (pbk.)
Bennett, Margaret, Jerome, just one more song! Local, social & political history in the repertoire of a Newfoundland-Irish singer, Grange of Locherlour, Ochtertyre: Grace Note, 2012. [xvi], 165 pp. ISBN 9781907676130 (hbk.). With CD
Berthoud, John, Mel Bay presents Irish music for flatpicking guitar made easy, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2008. 39 pp. ISBN 9780786676927 (pbk.). With CD
Berthoud, John, Mel Bay presents Irish music for mandolin made easy, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2008. 39 pp. ISBN 9780786675678 (pbk.). With CD
Böger, Guido, Turlough O’Carolan Irish harp pieces for classical guitar, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2010. 40 pp. ISBN 9780786673445 (pbk.). With online audio
Bradburd, Rus, ‘Belfast’s Shane McAleer: round two’ in Fiddler magazine vol. 20, no 1 (spring 2013), pp. 18-20
Brendan Mulvihill’s Irish scroll. Volume one, [S.l.]: Mulvihill, 2012. [vi], 70 pp. ISBN 9780988682108 (pbk.). With CD
Breathnach, Diarmuid, Titim agus éirí, Indreabhán, Conamara: Cló Iar-Chonnacht, 2012. 230 pp. ISBN 9781909367630 (pbk.). Autobiography including music and dance
Carolan, Nicholas, ‘The Irish Traditional Music Archive at twenty-five’ in Brio: journal of the United Kingdom and Ireland Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres vol. 49, no. 2 (autumn–winter 2012), pp. 51–60
Donnelly, Seán, ‘A Donegal piper, dancer, and dancing master’ in Crónán: Cumann Píobaireachta Tharlach Mac Suibhne vol. 2 (Nollaig 2012), pp. 1–2. About Brocaidhe Mac Aodha
Dowling, Martin, ‘Interview with Brian and Eithne Vallely’ in Ulster folklife vol. 56 (2013), pp. 12–52
Dowling, Martin, ‘Interview with Dáithí Sproule’ in Ulster folklife as above, pp. 53–89
Dowling, Martin, ‘Interview with Dermot McLaughlin’ in Ulster folklife as above, pp. 90–122
Dowling, Martin, ‘Traditional music in Belfast in living memory’ in Ulster folklife as above, pp. 123–144
Feeley, John, Contemporary Irish music for classic guitar solo, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2009. 92 pp. ISBN 9780786680665 (pbk.)
Fitzgerald, Mary, Mel Bay presents O’Carolan tunes for harp, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2009. 40 pp. ISBN 9780786672509 (pbk.)
Fleming, Tommy, Tommy Fleming: let me begin, [S.l.]: TF Productions, 2012. 202 pp. ISBN 9780957448308 (hbk.). Autobiography
Flynn, Jim ‘Gerry O’Hanlon, 1946–2012’ in The living tradition no 94 (Jan.–Feb. 2013), p. 9. Obituary of singer
Graebe, Martin, ‘Good people take warning: ballads sung by British and Irish traditional singers‘ (Topic, 2011)’ in Folk music journal vol 10, no 3 (2013), pp. 404–406. Review
Graham, Len, ‘Sarah Ann O’Neill (1919–2012)’ in Folk music journal as above, pp. 422–423. Obituary of singer
Handcock, Edwin, ‘The peeler’s away with me daughter’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 2–5. About the Royal Irish Constabulary and An Garda Síochána
Houlahan, Peter, & Dave Mallinson, ed., The Irish drum an bodhrán: a tutor, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire: mally.com, 2007. 32 pp. ISBN 9781899512737 (pbk.). Related CD sold separately see ‘Commercial Sound Recordings, March 2013‘
Keane, Tommy, ‘From the archive: tunes from Tommy Reck’ in An píobaire vol. 9, no 1 (February 2013), pp. 18–21
Lovett, Mary, Dusty Banjos session tunes in banjo tablature, ABC, and standard notation: over 60 tunes from the Dusty Banjos student CDs, Galway: Community Music Crew, 2011. [ix], 73 pp. (pbk.). 2nd ed.
Mac Gabhann, Séamus, ‘Oidhreacht Uí Chearulláin ins an Obair’ in Treoir vol. 45, no 1 (2013), pp. 21–2
Mac Gabhann, Séamus, ‘The significance and legacy of Turlough O’Carolan 2012’ in Treoir as above, pp. 22–3
Mac Giolla Bhríde, Eoghan, eag., Báidín fheidhlimidh: amhráin agus dánta traidisiúnta do pháistí, Gaoth Dobhair, Tír Chonaill: Éabhlóid, 2012. 44 pp. ISBN 9780956501639 (pbk.). With 2 CDs
MacKillop, Rob, The early Irish-American banjo, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2011. 64 pp. ISBN 9780786683352 (pbk.). With CD
Matthews, Clive, ‘An Irish bagpiper in 17th-c. Wales’ in An píobaire as above, pp. 22–5
Motherway, Susan H., The globalization of Irish traditional song performance, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. xvi, 226 pp. ISBN 9781409434238 (hbk.)
Moulden, John, ‘Sean Williams & Lillis Ó Laoire, Bright star of the west: Joe Heaney, Irish song man (Oxford University Press, 2011)’ in Folk music journal as above, pp. 404–406. Review
Mullaney-Dignam, Karol, ‘Irish country house music collections: Birr Castle, Co. Offaly’ in Brio : journal of the United Kingdom and Ireland Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres as above, pp. 22–34
Neff, Eoghan, At the vanguard of antiquity: seeking the avant-garde of the Irish fiddle in C20th performance practices, Thesis (PhD): Cardiff University, 2012. xviii, 493 pp. PDF file
O’Brien, Paddy, The road from Castlebarnagh: growing up in Irish music, a memoir, Dublin: Orpen Press, 2012. xvi, 300 pp. ISBN 9781871305692 (pbk.)
O’Donovan, Michael, ‘Practicing, for the rest of us. Part II’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 6–7
Ó Súilleabháin, Séamus, Alasdair Mac Colla McDonnell and the Battle of Knocknanuss, [S.l.]: Ó Súilleabháin, 2012. 96 pp. ISBN 9780957262423 (pbk.). Background to the ‘Máirseáil Alasdroim tune-suite
O’Sullivan, Seamus, ed., Ceol, caint agus craic: Doora-Barefield Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann 1972 to 2012 40 years a-growing, [S.l.]: Comhaltas, [2012]. 180 pp. (pbk.)
Power, Ben, ‘Dan Milner, Irish pirate ballads and songs of the sea (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2009)’ in Ethnomusicology: journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology vol. 57, no 1 (winter 2013). Review
Quinn, D.M. ‘Making keys for uilleann pipes’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 7–14
Rowsome, Helena, ‘Leo Rowsome: maker and restorer’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 14–15
Slattery, Bill, ‘Little moments of magic’ in An píobaire as above, pp. 25–7. Musical memories
Stevens, William, O’Carolan guitar arrangements, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2010. 39 pp. ISBN 9780786683659 (pbk.)
Swift, John P., Striking a chord: a trade union history of musicians in Ireland, Dublin: Watchword, 2012. xxxvi, 652 pp. ISBN 9780955724985 (hbk.)
Taaffe, Brendan, ”Up to your knees in sand’: practical hints on Irish fiddling’ in Fiddler magazine as above, pp. 46-47
Waltham, John, ‘The Campbells of the Croaghs’ in The living tradition as above, pp. 18–21
Webb, Peta, ‘Sarah Makem, The heart is true (Topic 2011); Sarah Makem, As I roved out (Musical Traditions, 2011)’ in Folk music journal as above, pp. 411–414. Review
Woods, Bill, Bodhrán: beyond the basics, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2011. 63 pp. ISBN 9780786683215 (pbk.). With CD
Yannucci, Lisa, Irish kids songs & rhymes: plus many beloved traditional songs, [S.l.]: MamaLisa, 2012. [x], 65 pp. ISBN 9781478176725 (pbk.)