The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) is committed to providing free, universal access to the rich cultural tradition of Irish music, song and dance. If you’re able, we’d love for you to consider a donation. Any level of support will help us preserve and grow this tradition for future generations.
Atkins, Eimear, fiddle, What’s next, Atkins n.n., 2018
Boyle, Ger, mandolin, Irish mandolin, [Boyle] n.n., n.d.
Boyle, Ger, singing in English, guitar, mandolin, banjo, Nostalgia, [Boyle] n.n., n.d.
Buckley, Dave, singing in English, Songs of the heartland, Buckley DB1001, 2018
Bygone Lane, vocal & instrumental group, Song of riddles, Bygone Lane Music n.n., 2017. Single
Bygone Lane, vocal & instrumental group, Toss the feathers. The day I paid the rent. Callaghan lasses, Bygone Lane Music n.n., 2017. Single
Camerata Kilkenny, instrumental group, & David Power, uilleann pipes, RTÉ Lyric FM CD156, 2018
Cara, vocal & instrumental group, Live, Artes-Records ARCD5010, 2018
Cara, vocal & instrumental group, In colour, Artes-Records ARCD3036, 2004
Celtic Woman, vocal & Homecoming: live from Ireland, Celtic Woman; under exclusive license to UMG Recordings 2567093947, 2017
Coda, vocal & instrumental group, Train of spirits, Coda Music n.n., 2017
Daniels, Luke, accordion, Wren Records Ireland WRCD2011, 2011. 2 CDs
Daniels, Luke, accordion, & various, instrumental music, Lost music of the Gaels, Wren Records Ireland WRCD1602, 2006
Duhan, John, singing in English, guitar, An Irishman’s finest collection, John Duhan licensed to ARC Music Productions International EUCD2763, 2018
Danú, Ten thousand miles, Danú DANU2018, 2018
Edey, Tim, guitar, Sleeping tunes, Edey n.n., 2017
Fitzgerald, Mick, singing in English, guitar, Still live, Fitzgerald MOGG4, n.d.
Gavin, James Patrick, fiddle, viola, mandolin, guitar, Chewing the fat, Gavin; Sleight of Hand Records SOHR1702CD, 2018
General Humbert, vocal & instrumental group, General Humbert II, Gael Linn CEFCD095, n.d. Reissue
Hollens, Peter, singing in English, Legendary folk songs, Hollens n.n., 2018
Hughes, Brian, whistle, uilleann pipes, flute, & Garry O‘Briain, guitar, mandocello, piano, keyboard, lear air: a treasury of melodic gems & airs from the Irish tradition, IML Irish Music Licensing CACD2501, 2011
Irvine, Andy, mandola, octave mandola, bouzouki, harmonica, singing in English, & Luke Plumb, mandolin, guitar, bouzouki, programming, singing in English, Precious heroes, Irvine AK-7, 2018
Johnson, Martin, cello, & RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, instrumental group, Rhapsodic celli: the music of Frank Corcoran, RTÉ Lyric FM CD154, 2017
Keogh’s Session Group, instrumental music, Behind the half door, s.n. BHD005, n.d.
Linehan, Mary Mattie, singing in English, Mary Mattie Linehan: a collection of her best loved songs, s.n. n.n., 2017
Lyn, Dana, fiddle, & Kyle Sanna, guitar, Lyn & Sanna n.n., 2018
Marsh, Josephine, accordion, Music in the frame, Marsh JMCD003, 2018
McEvoy, Eleanor, singing in English, guitar, strings, keyboard, percussion, McEvoy MOSCD4015, 2017
McGoldrick, Michael, flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle, bouzouki, bodhrán, Arc, Vertical Records VERTCD111, 2018
McGuire, Séamus, fiddle, viola, & John Lee, flute, A selection of music from one of Ireland’s treasured nineteenth-century collections, McGuire Lee Music MCGLM022018, 2018
McLennan, Ewan, singing in English, guitar, banjo, Stories still untold, Fellside Recordings FECD263, 2014
Pigott, Rowan, singing in English, fiddle, bouzouki, double bass, Mountscribe, Pigott n.n., 2018
Power, Brendan, harmonica, Unadorned: new Irish harmonica 2, Tethnik Records TETHNIK006, 2016
Rapparees, The, vocal & instrumental group, Clarity, The Rapparees n.n, 2008
Scullion, vocal & instrumental group, Balance & control, Prog Temple PTCD8051, 2016. Reissue
Shanley, Eleanor, singing in English, & various, instrumental music, Strange boat, Shancave Sounds 01, 2008. Single
Stevens, Virginia, singing in Irish, Ómós do amhrán, Shinywhistle Music n.n., 2007
String Sisters, vocal & instrumental group, Between wind and water, String Sisters SISTERS118, 2018
Various, vocal & instrumental, Leone cantabile: a musical portrait of St. Leo’s College, St. Leo’s College, Carlow, n.n., 2000
Various, instrumental & vocal, New Works Series, Music Generation Laois n.n., [2018]. 3 CDs
Whelan, Bill, composer, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, instrumental music, & Zoë Conway, fiddle, Linen and lace. Irish lacken. Riverdance: a symphonic suite, RTÉ Lyric FM CD155, 2018
Beauguitte, Pierre, Bryan Duggan & John Kelleher, ‘Rhythm inference from audio recordings of Irish traditional music’ Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis, 26-29 June 2018, Thessaloniki (Greece) doi:10.21427/D74B2N. Online
Bodley, Lorraine Byrne, ed., Music preferred: essays in musicology, cultural history and analysis in honour of Harry White Wien: Hollitzer Verlag, 2018. 784 pp. ISBN 9783990124017 (hbk).
Contents include:
Gilbert, Lisa, ‘“Not just bow and string and notes”: directors’ perspectives on community building as pedagogy in Celtic traditional music education organizations’ in International Journal of Music Education (first published 4 July 2018)
Habecker, Alexandra M., Music and Ireland’s national identity: connecting folk music and cultural theory through emotional sociology Thesis (BA): Portland State University, 2018. Online
Henrichsen, India Eve, Irish dance in the State of Utah: a history Thesis (BA): Brigham Young University, 2018. Online
Mitchell-Ingoldsby, Mary, ‘‘Twas Tír Na nÓg itself’: The Muckross Music Collection: fieldwork in North Kerry 1980–1990’ in Folk life: journal of ethnological studies 54, no. 2 (2016): 132–161.
Levine, Kevin Cory, Irish traditional music and the Great Recession: living and working in the Irish arts sector after 2008 Thesis (PhD): University of California, 2018. Online
Morgenstern, Felix, ‘Uilleann pipe-maker Andreas Rogge: a case study of historical and current German Irish musical affinities’ Conference paper at AHSS Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Limerick, 22 May 2018. Online
Ó Laoire, Lillis, ‘Towards an aesthetics of Gaelic song performance’ in Folk life: journal of ethnological studies 54, no. 1 (2016): 49–67.
Ó Laoire, Lillis, ‘Fiachra Mac Gabhann (1971–2018)’ in Folk life: journal of ethnological studies 56, no. 1 (2018): 60–61. Obituary
Rooney, Michael, Macalla 1916: a suite of music commemorating the Easter 1916 Rising Draiocht Music, 2016. 80 pp. ISBN 9780955345647 (hbk). With CD
Smith, Thérèse, ‘Singing the self: song, memory and identity: three views from Tom Munnelly’s field diaries for the Department of Irish Folklore’ in Folk life: journal of ethnological studies 56, no. 1 (2018): 14–24.
Topper, Julia, “As we circle the world”: a performative ethnography of Irish step dance and music in the United States and Japan Thesis (PhD): University of Maryland, 2018. Online
Weissenberger, Lynnsey, ‘Linked data in music and its potential for ITMA/traditional music web resources’ in Brio: journal of the United Kingdom and Ireland Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres vol. 55, no 1 (Spring / summer 2018), pp. 52–57.
Some items of interest acquired by the Archive within the last two months:
Colin Harper Collection. Serials and programmes from the 1970s–1990s donated by Colin Harper.
ITMA would also like to acknowledge donations of materials (CDs, printed items, visual items, etc.), and other help and information from the following people and organisations:
Conor Caldwell, Declan Fay, John Lee, Séamus McGuire, John Moulden, Eileen O’Brien, Virginia Stevens, R. Greene, and Alan Woods.
