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Siúlach Scéalach

Ciarán Mac Mathúna Image Name: Ciarán Mac Mathúna Description: Ciarán Mac Mathúna. Radio outside broadcasts (1961) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library
Ciarán Mac Mathúna Image Name: Ciarán Mac Mathúna Description: Ciarán Mac Mathúna - Radio outside broadcasts (1961) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library

Beidh mír úr le cluinstin ar Siúlach Scéalach ag tosnú inniu faoi stair an cheoil ghaelaigh mar a chruinnigh bailitheoirí sa ghort é.  Ina measc siúd a bheidh faoi chaibidil beidh Alan Lomax, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Diane Guggenheim agus Peter Kennedy, agus beidh ábhar a  thaifead Ciarán MacMathúna le cluinstin fosta, chomh maith le ceol Gaelach a taifeadadh i Meiriceá ag dul siar go dtí an bhliain 1896.

A new feature will be added to Siúlach Scéalach series starting today on the history of, mainly, the field recording of Irish music and song and the work of, amongst others, Alan Lomax, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Diane Guggenheim, Peter Kennedy and others who came to Ireland, as well as field recordings by Ciarán MacMathún, among others.  We will also hear a couple of examples of the first recordings of Irish music made in America around 1896.  Presenter/Producer:  Ian Lee.