Irish Music Abroad: Diasporic Sounds in Birmingham

by Angela Moran

Irish music enjoyed popularity across Europe and North America in the second half of the twentieth century. Regional circumstances created a unique reception for such music in the English Midlands. This book is a musical ethnography of Birmingham, 1950OCo2010. Initially establishing geographical and chronological parameters, the book cites BirminghamOCOs location at the hub of a road and communications network as key to the development of Irish music across a series of increasingly visible, publ..."

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012