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Baker, Duck (guitar). Recording session and interview in Philadelphia, PA for the
1979 Kicking Mule release, ―Irish Reels, Jigs, Hornpipes and Airs.‖ (Two CDs –
Total length: 00:13:57)
Brittingham, Frank (pub owner). Interview recorded in Brittingham’s Irish Pub and
Restaurant, Lafayette Hill, PA. Brittingham discusses his personal history and his
pub, a venue for Irish music in the Philadelphia area. (Two CDs – Total length:
01:04:17)
Britton, Tim (uilleann pipes). Recording session at Mick Moloney’s home, 5321
Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA. for the 1979 Rounder release, ―Light
Through the Leaves‖. (One CD – Length: 00:18:36)
Britton, Tim (uilleann pipes). Recording session and interview in Philadelphia, PA.
(Four CDs – Total length: 00:42:28)
Burke, Joe ―Banjo‖ (banjo and voice, b. 1946, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, d. Dec,
2003, Albany, New York). Interview at the Bunratty Pub, Bronx, NY. Burke
provides biographical and musical information for the sleeve notes of his 1977
Shanachie recording with fiddler Johnny Cronin. (One CD – Length: 00:19:53)
Jul 23, 1978
May 15, 1991
Jan 29, 1977
Jan 3, 1980
Feb 18, 1977
Byrne, Tom (flute, b. May 28, 1920, Co.Sligo). Interview in Cleveland, OH. Byrne
discusses his personal and musical experiences in Ireland and Cleveland. (One
CD – Length: 00:52:10)
Apr 27, 1980
Byrne, Tom (flute, b. May 28, 1920, Co.Sligo), McCaffrey, Tom (fiddle, b. 1916,
Co. Leitrim), Noonan, Jimmy (flute, b. 1963, Cleveland, OH). Interview in
Cleveland, OH. Byrne and McCaffrey, mainstays of the Cleveland Irish music
community, and teenaged Noonan discuss their personal and musical histories,
as well as Irish music in Cleveland. (Three CDs – Total length 01:38:20)
Apr 27, 1980
Cahill, Eddie (flute, b. Annagh Beg, Co. Sligo), Vesey, John (fiddle, b. Apr 21,
1924, Ballincurry, Co. Sligo, d. 1995), Moloney, Mick (guitar, b. Nov 15, 1944, Co.
Limerick). Recording session in Philadelphia. (One CD – Length 00:22:59)
Feb 6, 1977
Cahill, Eddie (flute). Private performance of traditional music and interview
recorded in Philadelphia. Sligo style flute player Cahill briefly plays then
discusses: his personal and musical history, the Sligo style, Irish music in
Philadelphia. (One CD – Length 00:33:10)
Jun 5, 1977
Cahill, Eddie (flute), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in Philadelphia.
(One CD – Length 00:23:28)
Oct 7, 1977
Cahill, Eddie (flute), Stoner, Mike (bodhran). Private performance of traditional
music recorded in Philadelphia. (One CD – Length 00:06:09)
Oct 20, 1977
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Cahill, Eddie (flute), Moloney, Mick (guitar, mandolin and bouzouki). Recording
session in Philadelphia. (One CD – Length 00:30:27)
Oct 29, 1977
Cahill, Eddie (flute), Moloney, Mick (bouzouki). Recording session in Philadelphia
for the 1979 Shanachie LP, ―Ah! Surely.‖ (One CD – Length 00:09:04)
Dec 22, 1977
Cahill, Eddie (flute), Moloney, Mick (bouzouki). Recording session in Philadelphia
for the 1979 Shanachie LP, ―Ah! Surely.‖ (Two CDs – Total length 00:35:12)
Dec 31, 1977
Cahill, Eddie (flute), Moloney, Mick (guitar and bouzouki). Recording session in
Philadelphia for the 1979 Shanachie LP, ―Ah! Surely.‖ (One CD – Length
00:23:12)
May 6, 1978
Cahill, Eddie (flute), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in Philadelphia for
the 1979 Shanachie LP, ―Ah! Surely.‖ (One CD – Length 00:10:03)
Jul 21, 1978
Carroll, Liz (fiddle, b. 1957, Chicago, IL). Private performance and interview
recorded in Chicago. 1975 All Ireland Senior Fiddle Champion plays traditional
music interspersed with discussion of tunes, her musical style, influences and
peers. (One CD – Length 00:43:50)
Mar 23, 1976
Carroll, Liz (fiddle). Private performance and interview recorded in Chicago.
Carroll plays her own compositions and discusses teaching methods,
ornamentation, and old-time music. (Two CDs – Total length 00:19:01)
Mar 5, 1978
Carroll, Liz (fiddle, whistle), Moloney, Mick (banjo). Private performance of
traditional music recorded in [?]. (One CD – Length: 00:27:12)
Feb 29, 1979
Carroll, Liz (fiddle). Workshop. Private fiddle instruction recorded at 20 Harvey
St., Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:45:07)
Apr 5, 1981
Carroll, Liz (fiddle). Private performance of traditional music recorded in
[Philadelphia, PA.?] (One CD – Length: 00:20:43)
Aug 10, 1982
Carroll, Liz (accordion, whistle). Private performance of traditional music played
by Carroll on instruments not normally associated with her. (One CD – Length:
00:08:07)
Jan, 1983
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Carroll, Liz (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Practice. Carroll and Moloney
recorded in Philadelphia, PA practicing tunes. Labeled ―Practice.‖ (One CD –
Length: 00:51:27)
Jul 27, 1983
Carton, Mickey (accordion, b. 1917, New York City), Carton, Mary (vocals, b. New
York City), Morrissey, Ruthie (vocals, b.1922, New York City). Folder 1 of 2.
Interview in Rockaway, NY. Hugely popular in Rockaway and in the taverns of
Manhattan’s Third Ave. for over three decades, the performers discuss their
musical careers. (Four CDs – Total length: 02:09:00)
Oct 19, 1982
Carton, Mickey (accordion), Carton, Mary (vocals), Morrissey, Ruthie (vocals).
Folder 1 of 2. A continuation of the interview followed by around fifteen minutes of
informal music. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:11:45)
Oct 19, 1982
Casey, Bobby (fiddle, b. 1926, Crosses of Annagh, Co. Clare, d. May 13, 2000)
Private performance of traditional music recorded in London by [Mick Moloney?]
(One CD – Length: 00:54:34)
Jan 13, 1973
Caulfield, Tommy (fiddle, radio broadcaster, b. Dec 1, 1903, Ballinlough, Co.
Roscommon, d. 1987). Interview in Philadelphia, PA. Fiddle player and host of the
radio program, ―The Irish Hour,‖ Caulfield discusses his personal and musical
history and Irish music in Philadelphia from the 1920s to the 1970s. (Two CDs –
Total length: 01:25:13)
May 10, 1976
Caulfield, Tommy (fiddle, radio broadcaster). Interview in [Philadelphia, PA].
Fiddle player and host of the radio program, ―The Irish Hour,‖ Caulfield discusses
his personal and musical history (One CD – Length: 00:22:51)
Dec 4, 1978
Caulfield, Tommy (fiddle, radio broadcaster). Interview in Philadelphia, PA. Fiddle
player and host of the radio program, ―The Irish Hour‖, Caulfield discusses his
personal and musical history (One CD – Length: 01:01:29)
Apr 8, 1981
Clancy, Paddy (singer, actor, b. Mar 7, 1922, Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary, d.
Nov 11, 1998). Interview recorded in Willow Grove, PA. Member of the Clancy
Brothers and Tommy Makem, Clancy discusses his personal and musical history.
(Two CDs – Total length: 01:07:03)
Mar 6, 1990
Clark, Dennis J. (historian, b. 1927, d. 1992) Interview in Philadelphia, PA. One of
the foremost scholars of the Irish in America discusses: waves of Irish
immigration, Irish-American labor, organizations and social outlets and the nature
and persistence of Irish American identity. (Two CDs – Total length 00:51:25)
Feb 22, 1978
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Clark, Dennis J. (historian). Interview in Philadelphia, PA. Clark discusses: waves
of Irish immigration from the 1600s to the mid 19th Century, the Irish on the west
coast of America, the Irish and Hollywood, and the need for histories of the
working class. (One CD – Length 00:48:04)
Jan 22, 1980
Coen, Fr. Charlie (concertina, b. 1934, Woodford, Co. Galway). Recording
session in Staten Island, NY. (Three CDs – Total length 01:06:10)
Feb 11, 1979
Coen, Fr. Charlie (vocals and flute). Recording session in Staten Island, NY. (Two
CDs – Total length 00:42:28)
Apr 1, 1979
Coen, Fr. Charlie (concertina). Folder 1 of 2. Recording session in Philadelphia,
PA. (Three CDs – Total length 01:10:18)
Apr 3, 1979
Coen, Fr. Charlie (b. Woodford, Co. Galway). Folder 2 of 2. Interview in
Philadelphia, PA. Multi-instrumentalist and several-time All-Ireland winner Fr.
Charlie discusses his personal and musical history. (Two CDs – Total length
01:17:56)
Apr 3, 1979
Coen’s, Fr. Charlie, Children’s Choir. Recording session in Staten Island, NY.
(One CD – 00:27:45)
Feb 22, 1979
Coen’s, Fr. Charlie, Children’s Choir. Recording session in Staten Island, NY.
(Two CDs – Total length: 01:00:59)
Apr 1, 1979
Coen, Jack (flute, b. Woodford, Co. Galway), Coen, Fr. Charlie (concertina).
Recording session at Jack Coen’s house in the Bronx, NY for the 1977 Topic LP,
―The Branch Line.‖ (Four CDs – Total length 01:34:25)
Jul 6, 1976
Coen, Jack (flute), DeMarco, Tony (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar and longknecked mandolin). Recording session and private performance of traditional
music at Jack Coen’s house, Bronx, NY. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:07:20)
Jan 21, 1977
Conway, Brian (fiddle, b. Bronx, NY), DeMarco, Tony (fiddle, b. Brooklyn, NY),
Moloney, Mick (guitar and long-necked mandolin). Recording session at Tony
DeMarco’s home, New York City. (One CD – Length 00:29:03)
Jan 20, 1977
Conway, Brian (fiddle), DeMarco, Tony (fiddle), unidentified [possibly Caesar
Pacifici (guitar)]. Private performance of traditional music recorded in New York
City. (One CD – Length 00:20:15)
Jan, 1977
Cooley, Mary (sean nós singer). Recording session in [Chicago, IL]. Cooley won
the 1977 All-Ireland Championship in Ladies Irish Singing. Seamus Cooley (flute)
plays ―Cooley’s Reel.‖(Two CDs – Total length: 01:00:03)
May 22, 1978
Cooley, Mary (sean nós singer). Recording session in [Chicago, IL]. (One CD –
Length: 20:33)
c.1978
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Crehan, Junior (fiddle, b. Jan 17, 1908, Bonavilla, Mullagh, Co. Clare, d. Aug 3,
1998). Interview and private performance in Chicago, IL. One of the great west
Clare fiddlers and composers, discusses his personal and musical history,
interspersed with songs and tunes on the fiddle. (Two CDs – Total length:
01:01:12)
Jul 27, 1976
Cronin, Johnny (fiddle, b. 1934, Gneevaguilla, Co. Kerry, d. 1991). Interview at
the Bunratty Pub, Bronx, NY. Cronin, brother of Paddy Cronin and an influential
fiddler in New York City, provides biographical and musical information for the
sleeve notes of his 1977 Shanachie recording with Joe ―Banjo‖ Burke. (One CD –
Length: 00:23:10)
Feb 18, 1977
Cronin, Paddy (fiddle, b. 1920s, Gneevaguilla, Co. Kerry). Private performance of
traditional fiddle music recorded in Boston, MA. Cronin, a student of Padraig
O’Keefe, made influential 78s in the 1950s. (One CD – Length: 00:17:47)
Jan 11, 1974
Cronin, Paddy (fiddle, flute). Recording session in West Roxbury, MA. (Three
CDs – Total length: 01:27:14)
Feb 15, 1976
Cronin. Paddy (fiddle, flute), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Private performance of
traditional music recorded in West Roxbury, MA. (One CD – Length: 00:16:56)
Mar 5, 1977
Cudahy, Dorothy Hayden (radio host and concert promoter), Cudahy, John.
Interview in Middle Village, Queens, NY. Dorothy hosted a long running Irish radio
program in New York City. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:35:18)
Dec 30, 1982
Curran, Eamonn (whistle, b. Co. Monaghan). Private performance of traditional
music recorded for Mick Moloney in [?] by Eamon Curran, the first uilleann piper
student in the Armagh Pipers Club. (One CD – Length: 00:14:00)
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DeDanaan — Practice (rehearsal) recorded in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD –
Length: 00:46:34)
Aug 24, 1978
DeMarco, Tony (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in
Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:12:30)
Dec 19, 1976
Doherty, Tom (melodeon, b. 1913, Mountcharles, Co. Donegal, d. 1998), Doherty,
Maureen (accordion, flute, b. 1960, Brooklyn, NY), Clohessy, Eileen (tin whistle,
b. 1962, Manhattan, NY). Interview recorded at the Eagle Tavern, West 14th
Street, NY, NY. The Dohertys and Clohessy discuss their personal and musical
history. Topics include: learning to play, women in music. (One CD – Length:
00:25:01)
Sep 11, 1985
Donnelly, Maeve (fiddle, flute, b. Kylemore, Abbey, Co. Galway). Recording
session in Baltimore, MD. Donnelly was in the U.S. for the Bicentennial Festival of
American Folklife in Washington, D.C. (One CD – Length: 00:21:55)
Aug 1, 1976
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Egan, Seamus (whistle, flute, banjo, mandolin, tres, uilleann pipes, b. July 1,
1969, Hatboro, PA), Moloney, Mick (mandolin), Egan, Rory Ann (accordion), prob.
Egan, Siobhan (fiddle), unidentified (bodhran). Performance. Demo made for
Shanachie Records anticipating Egan’s 1985 debut recording, ―Traditional Music
of Ireland.‖ (One CD – Length: 00:44:04)
c. 1985
Fitzgerald, Bridget (sean nós singer, b. Connemara, Co. Galway). Recording
session in Cambridge, MA. Founding member of Cherish the Ladies. (One CD –
Length: 00:10:09)
Aug 24, 1985
Fitzpatrick, Maureen (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar, bouzouki). Recording session
in Massapequa, NY. Fitzpatrick appears on the 1986 Shanachie recording,
―Fathers and Daughters.‖ (Two CDs – Total length: 00:56:28)
Feb 25, 1978
Fitzpatrick, Maureen (fiddle), Fitzpatrick, John (accordion), Moloney, Mick (guitar).
Recording session in Massapequa, NY. (One CD – Length: 00:25:30)
Feb 26, 1978
Flanagan, Mike (banjo, b.1899, Co. Waterford, d. 1990). Private performance and
interview in Albany, NY. A pioneering banjo player in the vaudeville era
―Flanagan Brothers‖ discusses his personal and musical history followed by
songs and instrumentals. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:54:55)
Feb 27, 1977
Flanagan, Mike (electric tenor guitar, vocals). Private performance of songs and
instrumentals interspersed with very brief interview segments recorded in Albany,
NY. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:29:47)
Feb 27, 1977
Flanagan, Mike (banjo, vocals), Leonard, Mike (banjo, b. Albany, NY, 1935, d.
1997). Private performance of songs and instrumental duets with Leonard,
Flanagan’s protégé, recorded in Albany, NY. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:10:11)
Sep 6, 1977
Flatley, Michael (flute, b. July 16, 1958, Chicago, IL). Recording session in
Chicago, IL. (One CD – Length: 00:05:00)
Mar 5, 1978
Frain, Owen (flute, b. 1896, Co.Mayo). Interview in Boston, MA. Frain, a member
of ―Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band‖, discusses his personal and musical history.
(One CD – Length: 00:21:10)
Mar 5, 1977
The Green Fields of America – Practice (Rehearsal). Musicians include: Mike
Rafferty (flute), Jerry O’Sullivan (whistle), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Sean McGlynn
(accordion). (One CD – Length: 00:46:10)
1978
The Green Fields of America – Practice (rehearsal). Jack Coen (flute), Sean
McGlynn (accordion), Mick Moloney (banjo), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina), Liz
Carroll (fiddle) and Bill Ochs (uilleann pipes). Recorded in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(Two CDs – Total length: 01:06:44)
May 2, 1979
The Green Fields of America – Interview. Touring members of the group including
Jack Coen (flute), Sean McGlynn (accordion), Mick Moloney (banjo), Fr. Charlie
Coen (concertina) and Liz Carroll (fiddle). Interviewed in Pittsburgh, PA.
Interviewer is unidentified. (One CD – Length: 00:46:37)
May 1979
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Healy, Shay (guitar and vocals, b. 1943). Interview in Nashville, TN. Songwriter
and performer Healy discusses composing and performing. (Two CDs – Total
length: 01:00:39)
Aug 22, 1974
Heaney, Joe (vocals, b. 1919, Ardcastle, Carna, Co. Galway, d. 1984). Interview
in Bay Ridge, NY. Celebrated sean nós singer Heaney discusses his life and
music. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:04:34)
Dec 4, 1981
Heaney, Joe (vocals). Interview in Bay Ridge, NY. Celebrated sean nós singer
Heaney discusses his life and music. (One CD – Length: 00:23:07)
Jan 2, 1982
Henry, Kevin (flute, b. Mar 29, 1929). Recording session in Chicago, IL. (One CD
– Length: 00:04:55)
Mar 5, 1978
Henry, Kevin (flute), Flatley, Michael (flute). Recording session in Chicago, IL.
(One CD – Length: 00:10:01)
Mar 5, 1978
Hughes, Richard (flute). Recording session in Pittsburgh, PA for the 1979
Rounder release, ―Light Through the Leaves.‖ (One CD – Length: 00:23:12)
Mar 4, 1978
Hughes, Richard (flute). Recording session in [Pittsburgh, PA] for the 1979
Rounder release, ―Light Through the Leaves.‖ (One CD – Length: 00:06:41)
Dec 11, 1978
The Irish Tradition: Mulvihill, Brendan (fiddle), McComiskey, Billy (accordion),
O’Brien, Andy (guitar, vocals). Recording session in Washington, D.C. (One CD –
Length: 00:14:24)
Jul 8, 1977
The Irish Tradition: Mulvihill, Brendan (fiddle), McComiskey, Billy (accordion),
O’Brien, Andy (guitar, vocals). Recording session in [?] for the 1991 release, ―The
Music of Ed Reavy.‖ (One CD – Length: 00:14:50)
[?]
Keane, James (button accordion and concertina, b. Feb 7, 1948, Dublin). Private
performance of traditional music recorded in Queens, NY. (Two CDs – Total
length: 00:38:17)
Feb 29, 1976
Keane, James, Sr. (sean nós singer, b. 1928, Carraroe, Co. Galway), Moloney,
Mick (banjo), Flatley, Michael (flute), McCullough, Larry (L.E.) (whistle). Private
performance of traditional music recorded in Chicago, IL followed by an interview
with Keane, Sr. (One CD – Length: 00:21:24)
Mar 24, 1976
Keane, Jimmy (piano accordion, b. London). Private performance of traditional
music recorded in [?]. (One CD – Length: 00:04:28)
Aug, 1985
Kelly, Gene (accordion, b. 1909, Conahy, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny). Private
performance of traditional music recorded in Washington, D.C. (One CD –
Length: 00:26:27)
Jul 20, 1976
Kelly, Gene (accordion). Folder 1 of 2. Interview in Long Island, NY. Kelly
discusses his personal history and his musical experiences in New York City,
which range from Prohibition to the 1970s. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:45:09)
Feb 24, 1978
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Kelly, Gene (accordion). Folder 2 of 2. Continuation of interview in Long Island,
NY followed by a thirty minute private performance of traditional music. (Two CDs
– Total length: 01:03:37)
Feb 24, 1978
Kennedy, Seamus (vocals, guitar, b. 1949, Belfast, Co. Antrim). Interview.
Kennedy discusses his personal and musical history with specific reference to the
Irish bar scene in America. (One CD – Length: 00:43:46)
Sep 22, 1991
Laferty, Fr. Charles Patrick (professor). Interview by [?] recorded in [?]. A
member of the faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University in
Pennsylvania discusses his personal history as well as Irish-American and Irish
cultural and political issues. (One CD – Length: 00:47:35)
[1990s]
Leonard, Mike (banjo, b. Albany, NY, 1935, d. 1997), Moloney, Mick (guitar,
banjo). Private performance and interview recorded in Albany, NY. Leonard, a
student of Mike Flanagan of the ―Flanagan Brothers‖ discusses his musical
history and Irish music in the Albany area, followed by around twenty-six minutes
of traditional music. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:42:12)
Feb, 1977
Leonard, Mike (banjo), Moloney, Mick (guitar, banjo). Recording session in
Albany, NY. (One CD – Length: 00:31:37)
Sep 7, 1977
Madden, Joe (accordion, b. 1940, Co. Tipperary, d. 2008, Yorktown Heights, NY),
Madden, Joanie (flute, b. 1965, New York). Interview in Spring House, PA. Joe
led a popular dance band in New York through the 1960s and 1970s. Daughter
Joanie leads the group ―Cherish the Ladies.‖ They discuss their personal and
musical histories. (One CD – Length: 00:34:44)
Aug 13, 1985
Martin, Pat (flute, b. 1903, Tynagh, Co. Galway). Interview in Dedham, MA.
Discusses his personal history and Irish music in Boston, MA from Prohibition to
the 1970s. (One CD – Length: 01:00:08)
Mar 2, 1977
McGettigan, Norbert (b. Philadelphia, PA). Interview in Philadelphia, PA. Son of
singer John McGettigan discusses his father’s career. (One CD – Length:
00:13:42)
Nov 15, 1978
McGlynn, Sean (accordion, b. Tynagh, Co. Galway, d. Jan 15, 1983, Queens,
NY). Traditional music privately recorded during the Irish festival in Leeds, NY.
(See Leeds Irish Festival in Series B.) (One CD – Length: 00:15:46)
[Jun 24 1978]
McGreevy, John (fiddle, b.1919, Chicago, IL), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording
session and interview in Chicago, IL. Chicago fiddle great discusses his personal
and musical history after a recording session. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:49:34)
Apr 5, 1977
McKenna, Joe (uilleann pipes), Moloney, Mick (banjo). Rehearsal. McKenna and
Moloney practice traditional music in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length:
00:31:54)
Apr 3, 1979
McKenzie, Laura (vocals, multi-instrumentalist). Recording session and interview
in Minneapolis, MN. (Four CDs – Total length: 01:37:46)
Apr 28, 1980
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Moloney, Mick (mandolin), Posen, I. Shelley (guitar). Recording session in
Philadelphia, PA for the 1991 release, ―The Music of Ed Reavy.‖ (One CD –
Length: 00:15:49)
Jun, 1977
Moloney, Mick & Friends: Practice in Philadelphia, PA. (Rehearsal) Musicians:
Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Jimmy Keane (piano accordion),
Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo), Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals), James Keane
(accordion). (Three CDs: Total length: 02:07:09 )
Sep 11, 1982
Mulhaire, Martin (accordion, b. Eyrecourt, Co. Galway). Interview in Queens, NY.
All Ireland accordion winner and noted composer discusses his personal and
musical history. (One CD – Length: 00:38:56)
Dec 5, 1981
Mulvihill, Brendan (fiddle, b. July 12, 1954, Northampton, England). Interview in
New Canaan, CT. A member of the Irish Tradition, and son of fiddler and teacher
Martin Mulvihill, discusses his personal and musical history. (One CD – Length:
00:44:28)
Jul 31, 1978
Mulvihill, Charlie (accordion, b.1917, Bronx, NY, d. 1975), unidentified (piano),
unidentified (fiddle). Private performance of traditional music recorded in Middle
Village, Queens, NY by Charlie Mulvihill for fiddler and composer Ed Reavy. (Two
CDs – Total length: 02:00:49)
[1970]
Mulvihill, Martin (fiddle, b. 1923, Ballygoughin, Co. Limerick, d. July 21, 1987, Co.
Limerick), Moloney, Mick (guitar, mandolin, banjo), Mulvihill, Dawn (piano).
Private performance of traditional music and a short interview with Martin
recorded in the Bronx, NY. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:37:29)
Mar 6, 1976
Mulvihill, Martin (fiddle). Interview in the Bronx, NY. Fiddle player and founder of
a large school of Irish music in New York in the 1970s discusses tunes recorded
by his students for an LP. (One CD – Length: 00:07:11)
Dec 16, 1979
Mulvihill, Martin (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (mandolin and guitar) and Mulvihill’s
students. Interview and private performance recorded in the Bronx, NY. Mulvihill’s
students discuss their interest and involvement with Irish music interspersed with
eight minutes of traditional music performed by Mulvihill and Moloney. Students
interviewed are: Carmel Glendon, Elizabeth Moran, Maureen Roche, Bernadette
Lucy, Eileen Ivers, Michael Carolan, Patricia Conway, Dawn Mulvihill, Margie
Mulvihill, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Philip Lane, Maureen O’Hara and Seamus Burke.
(One CD – Length: 00:57:34)
Apr 30, 1977
Mulvihill, Martin, Band. Practice. Rehearsal of traditional music recorded in the
Bronx, NY. (One CD – Length: 00:30:10)
Feb 17, 1977
Mulvihill, Martin, Ceili Bands. Folder 1 of 2. Recording session in Connecticut for
the Green Linnet recording, ―Irish Music, the Living Tradition,‖ includes The
Glinside, Éire-Óg and Glincastle Ceili Bands: Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Patricia
Conway (accordion), Pat Burke (accordion) Gail Mulvihill (banjo), Martin Mulvihill
(fiddle) Mick Moloney (guitar) and unidentified (piano) play solos, duets and trios.
(Four CDs – Total length: 02:11:58)
1977
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Mulvihill, Martin, Ceili Bands. Folder 2 of 2. Recording session in Connecticut for
the Green Linnet recording, ―Irish Music, the Living Tradition,‖ includes Eileen
Ivers (fiddle), Gail Mulvihill (banjo), Martin Mulvihill (fiddle) Mick Moloney (guitar)
playing in various combinations. (One CD – Length: 00:46:55)
1977
Mulvihill’s, Martin, School of Irish Music. Private performance of traditional music
recorded in the Bronx, NY. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:56:25)
Feb 19, 1977
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano, b. 1915, Chicago, IL, d. 1993). Recording session in
Chicago, IL. Innovative for her melody playing on the piano, Kane is joined by
John McGreevy (fiddle) for a few selections. (One CD – Length: 00:20:58)
May 2, 1980
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano). Recording session in Chicago, IL. (Four CDs –
Total length: 01:43:15)
May 3, 1980
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano). Recording session in Chicago, IL. (Two CDs – Total
length: 00:50:53)
May 5, 1980
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano). Interview. Kane discusses the tunes she recorded
on May 5, 1980 in Chicago, IL. (One CD – Length: 00:03:17)
May 5, 1980
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano). Recording session in Chicago, IL. Kane is joined by
John McGreevy (fiddle) for several selections. (Three CDs – Total length:
01:27:38)
Aug 15, 1982
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano) & Unidentified Musicians. A compilation of
recordings of traditional music. The original tape belonged to fiddler and
composer Ed Reavy. (Two CDs – Total length: 02:12:28)
Oct 1, 1977
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano), McGreevy, John (fiddle). Recording session in
Chicago, IL. (One CD – Length: 00:25:40)
May 2, 1980
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano), McGreevy, John (fiddle). Interview in Chicago, IL.
Kane and McGreevy discuss the tunes they recorded on Aug 15, 1982. (One CD
– Length: 00:05:02)
Aug 15, 1982
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano), McGreevy, John (fiddle), Carroll, Liz (fiddle). Private
performance of traditional music recorded in Chicago, IL. (One CD – Length:
00:06:50)
May 2, 1980
Neary, Eleanor Kane (piano), Moloney, Mick (mandolin). Private performance of
traditional music recorded in Chicago, IL. (One CD – Length: 00:05:43)
May 5, 1980
Nelson, Barry (vocals, guitar, mandolin, whistle, b. May, 1944, Belfast, Co.
Antrim). Folder 1 of 2. Interview recorded at McGurk’s Irish Pub, St. Louis, MO.
Nelson discusses his personal and musical history. (Four CDs – Total length:
02:05:11)
Jun 19, 1984
Nelson, Barry (vocals, guitar, mandolin, whistle, b. May, 1944, Belfast, Co.
Antrim). Folder 2 of 2. Interview recorded at McGurk’s Irish Pub, St. Louis, MO.
Nelson discusses the Irish bar circuit in the U.S. (One CD – Length: 00:32:05)
Jun 19, 1984
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O’Brien, Andy (guitar and vocals, b. Co. Kerry), McComiskey, Billy (accordion, b.
Brooklyn, NY). Interview in New Canaan, CT. Members of The Irish Tradition
discuss their personal and musical histories and selections they recorded for the
1978 Green Linnet LP, ―The Corner House.‖ (One CD – Length: 00:15:10)
Jul 29, 1978
O’Brien, Paddy (accordion, b. 1945, Daingean, Co. Offaly), Flynn, Mike (vocals, b.
Co. Clare), Moloney, Mick (banjo). Private performance of traditional music
recorded in Philadelphia, PA. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:28:15)
May 23, 1979
Ochs, Bill (uilleann pipes, whistle). Interview recorded in New York, NY. Piper,
organizer and teacher discusses his personal and musical history including nonIrish playing Irish music, piping, the Irish Arts Center in New York City. (Two CDs
– Total length: 00:44:38)
Feb 24, 1978
Ochs, Bill (uilleann pipes, whistle). Recording session in Philadelphia, PA. (One
CD – Length:00:27:53)
Apr 3, 1978
Ochs, Bill (uilleann pipes, whistle). Recording session and interview in
Philadelphia, PA. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:19:34)
Apr 4, 1978
Ochs, Bill (uilleann pipes, whistle). Recording session in Philadelphia, PA. (Four
CDs – Total length: 00:55:31)
Apr 17, 1980
O’Connell, Robbie (guitar, vocals). Studio recordings of songs. (One CD:
00:08:10)
[1985]
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle, b. 1932, Co. Derry), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording
session in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:14:01)
Feb 8, 1977
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in
Philadelphia, PA for the 1991 release, ―The Music of Ed Reavy.‖ (One CD –
Length: 00:05:56)
May 24, 1977
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in
[Philadelphia, PA] for the 1978 Green Linnet release, ―Slow Airs and Set Dances.‖
(One CD – Length: 00:28:51)
Feb 11, 1978
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in
[Philadelphia, PA] for the 1978 Green Linnet release, ―Slow Airs and Set Dances.‖
(One CD – Length: 00:26:26)
Mar 26, 1978
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (mandolin, guitar). Private
performance of traditional music recorded in [Philadelphia, PA?]. (One CD –
Length: 00:08:54)
Jun 10, 1979
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle). Private performance of traditional music recorded in
Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:09:47)
Jan 31, 1980
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle). Private performance in Philadelphia, PA. O’Donnell
plays his own compositions. (One CD – Length: 00:05:07)
[?]
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O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle). Private performance of traditional music, including
original compositions, recorded in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:16:06)
[?]
Owens, Michael ―Jesse‖ (vocals, b. 1938). Private performance of recitation and
songs (including one original composition) by the ballad singer in Desmond’s Pub,
Manhattan, NY. (One CD – Length: 00:08:14)
Feb 28, 1976
Posen, I. Sheldon (guitar, vocals, folklorist), Moloney, Mick (mandolin, vocals).
Private performance of traditional songs recorded in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD –
Length: 00:15:42)
Mar 28, 1979
Purcell, Al (uilleann pipes, whistle, b. May 17, 1929, Dublin, d. Sept 28, 2000,
Detroit, MI). Interview and recording session in Detroit, MI. A student of piper Leo
Rowsome, Purcell discusses his personal and musical history, tunes he recorded
for Mick Moloney, and Irish music in Detroit. He performs traditional music solo
and in duet with his student, Terry McKinney. (Three CDs – Total length:
00:47:22)
Mar 5, 1978
Purcell, Al (uilleann pipes), McKinney, Terry (whistle, b. Toronto, ON), unidentified
(fiddle). Private performance of traditional music recorded in Detroit, MI. (One CD
– Length: 00:21:27)
Mar 5, 1978
Quinn, Louis (fiddle, b. 1904, Newtonhamilton, Co. Armagh, d. March, 1991).
Interview in Flushing, Queens, NY. Co-founder of the Traditional Irish Musicians
Association, Quinn discusses his personal and musical history. (Three CDs –
Total length: 01:43:25)
May 17, 1977
Quinn, Louis (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar). Recording session in Flushing,
Queens, NY for the release, ―The Music of Ed Reavy.‖ (One CD – Length:
00:19:41)
May 17, 1977
Rafferty, Mike (flute, b. 1926, Larraga, Ballinakill, Co. Galway), Moloney, Mick
(long necked mandolin). Recording session in Rafferty’s New Jersey home. (One
CD – Length: 00:13:27)
Jan 23, 1977
Rafferty, Mike (flute, uilleann pipes), Wynne, Peter (fiddle). Private performance
of traditional music and interview recorded by Peter Wynne in [?]. (Two CDs –
Total length: 01:27:59)
Nov, 1982
Reavy, Ed (fiddle, b. 1897, Barnagrove, Co. Cavan, d. 1988). Interview in
Philadelphia, PA. Composer and fiddler discusses his compositions and the
process of composition interspersed with reminiscences and personal history.
(Two CDs – Total length: 01:04:39)
Oct 23, 1974
Reavy, Ed (fiddle). Interview recorded in Philadelphia, PA. Composer and fiddler
discusses Irish music in Philadelphia from the 1920s to the 1970s. (One CD –
Length: 00:31:53)
May 24, 1977
Reavy, Ed (fiddle), Reavy, Joe (fiddle, b. 1927, Philadelphia, PA.), Bonner, Kathy
(piano). Recording session in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:22:10)
Jul 21, 1979
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Regan, Will (radio host). Interview recorded in [Philadelphia, PA.]. Host of
Philadelphia’s ―Will Regan Irish Hour,‖ a Saturday show on WVCH-AM discusses
his show, broadcasting and concert promotion in Philadelphia. Part two of an
interview. Part one is missing. (One CD – Length: 00:27:53)
Jan 27, 1992
Reynolds, Paddy (fiddle, b. Dec 17, 1920, Dromard, Co. Longford, d. Jun 15,
2005, New York). Private performance of traditional music interspersed with chat
recorded in NY. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:50:41)
Jan 30, 1976
Rice, Noel (flute, b. 1936, Geashill, Co. Offaly). Interview in Chicago, IL. Musician
and teacher discusses his personal and musical history as well as Irish culture
and music in Chicago, IL. (One CD – Length: 00:27:22)
May 5, 1977
Rice, Noel (flute). Recording session and interview in Chicago, IL. Rice discusses
the tunes he recorded and some of his musical influences after a recording
session. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:17:48)
Mar 5, 1978
Roche, Pat (dancer, b. Mar 24, 1905, Carrigaholt, Co. Clare, d. Oct 24, 2004).
Interview in Philadelphia, PA. Organizer of Chicago’s first feis, dancer and dance
teacher Roche discusses his personal and dance history. (Two CDs – Total
length: 00:50:34)
May 9, 1977
Shannon, Joe (uilleann pipes, b. 1920, Co. Mayo, d. Dec 26, 2004), McGreevy,
John (fiddle). Private performance of traditional music recorded in Chicago, IL.
(One CD – Length: 00:33:14)
Dec 13, 1975
Shannon, Joe (uilleann pipes), McGreevy, John (fiddle). Interview in Chicago, IL.
Shannon and McGreevy discuss their personal and musical histories and tunes
they recorded for Mick Moloney. (One CD – Length: 00:37:02)
May 6, 1977
Shannon, Joe (uilleann pipes), McGreevy, John (fiddle). Interview in Chicago, IL.
Shannon and McGreevy discuss tunes they recorded for Mick Moloney. (One CD
– Length: 00:37:02)
[Mar 5, 1978]
Shannon, Joe (uilleann pipes), McGreevy, John (fiddle). Recording session in
Chicago, IL. Mick Moloney (banjo) plays on several tunes. (Three CDs – Total
length: 01:15:18)
Mar 5, 1978
Shannon, Joe (uilleann pipes), McGreevy, John (fiddle). Recording session in
Chicago, IL. (Two CDs – Total length: 00:59:16)
Mar 5, 1978
St. Paul Musicians: Gans, Jamie (fiddle), Bob [?], Sam [?]. Recording session and
interview in St. Paul, MN with members of ―The Plough and the Stars Ceili Band.‖
Discussion includes learning traditional Irish music and its sustenance in St. Paul.
(Three CDs: Total length: 00:56:23)
Mar 6, 1978
Teahan, Terry ―Cuz‖ (melodeon and concertina, b.1905, Glauntane, Co. Kerry).
Interview and private performance. Traditional music interspersed with anecdotes
by Teahan, a student of fiddler Padraig O’Keefe, recorded in Chicago, IL. (Four
CDs – Total length: 02:17:02)
Jul 28, 1976
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Thornton, Frank (flute, b. Moyvane, Co. Kerry). Interview in Chicago, IL. Cofounder of the Irish Musicians Association of America, Thornton discusses his
personal and musical history and the development of the IMAA. (One CD –
Length: 45:30)
May 6, 1977
Tunney, Paddy (sean nós singer, b. Jan 28, 1921, Glasgow, d. Dec. 6, 2002).
Folder 1 of 2. Recording session in Philadelphia for the 1982 Green Linnet
release, ―The Stone Fiddle.‖ (Four CDs – Total length: 00:56:38)
Apr 24, 1980
Tunney, Paddy (sean nós singer). Folder 2 of 2. Recording session and interview
in Philadelphia for the 1982 Green Linnet release, ―The Stone Fiddle.‖ (Two CDs
– Total length: 00:40:01)
Apr 24, 1980
Ui Cearuil, Treasa (sean nós singer, b. mid 1950s, Carna, Connemara, Co.
Galway). Recording session and interview with a member of Cherish the Ladies.
(Two CDs – Total length: 00:20:41)
Aug 12, 1985
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Session in New York. Musicians include: Jack Coen, Mike Preston (flutes), Johnny
Cronin, Denis Murphy (fiddles), Paddy Murphy, J. McAuliffe, John McMahon.
Recorded by Ed Reavy. (One CD: Length: 01:00:31)
Jun 25, 1965
Session in New York. Musicians include: Jack Coen (flute), Andy McGann, Larry
Redican, Jim Curran (fiddles), Gerry Lynch, Gerry McCarthy (accordions), Michael
Redican (mouth organ). Recorded in New York City by Ciarán MacMathúna. (One
CD: Length: 00:16:55)
Pre-1973
Redican, Larry (fiddle, b. 1908, Dublin, d. 1975, Mineola, NY), unidentified (piano).
Recorded at a ceili in the Irish Center (Commodore Barry Club), Philadelphia, PA
by Ciaran MacMathuna. Also a short interview in Irish with two women, Nora Ni
Fhearraig, from Gort an Choirce and Brid Ni Thuil, from Falcarragh and a short
interview about the Commodore Barry Club with another woman, Nancy McCahill,
in English. (One CD – Length: 00:17:02
Pre-1973
Irish Arts Center. Informal concert performance at the Irish Arts center, New York,
NY. Musicians include: Bill Ochs (pipes, whistle), Margaret Barry (banjo, vocals).
(One CD – Length: 00:47:24)
Jul 16, 1973
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle, b. Co. Derry), Moloney, Mick (guitar, banjo, mandolin
and vocals). Concert performance in Boston, MA. (One CD – Length 00:42:33)
Jan 11, 1974
Vesey Trio, John. Radio broadcast on WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA created by
Thomas Standeven. Musicians: John Vesey (fiddle, b. 1924, Ballincurry, Co. Sligo,
d. 1995), Thomas Standeven (uilleann pipes), Canice Fahey (flute/vocals) with
Chris Delaney (fiddle). (One CD – Length: 00:29:18)
Apr 28, 1974
Vesey Trio, John. Radio broadcast on WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA created by
Thomas Standeven. Musicians: John Vesey (fiddle), Canice Fahey (flute/vocals),
Thomas Standeven (uilleann pipes, vocals), and students: Lois Cooter (flute), Rick
Moreau (uilleann pipes), Keri Jost (uilleann pipes, whistle), Owen Ballard (uilleann
pipes, whistle), (Two CDs – Total length: 00:47:48)
May 12, 1974
Vesey, John, Trio. Created for radio broadcast on WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA by
Thomas Standeven. Musicians: John Vesey (fiddle), Thomas Standeven (uilleann
pipes), Canice Fahey (flute/vocals). (One CD – Length: 00:31:30)
Jun 9, 1974
The Chieftains: Sean Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Sean Potts (whistle),
Michael Tubridy (flute), Paddy Moloney (uilleann pipes), Derek Bell (harp), Peadar
Mercier (bodhran). Concert performance at the Irish Center (Commodore Barry
Club), Philadelphia, PA during their first USA tour. (Two CDs – Total length
01:30:13)
Nov 22, 1974
Concert and Session at Lenape Park, Philadelphia, PA. Musicians include: Mike
Preston, Mike Rafferty (flutes), Mick Moloney (banjo), Thomas Standeven (uilleann
pipes), John Vesey (fiddle), Gena Dunlop (vocals, bodhran), Joe Mulroney
(vocals), the Maureen McDade Irish Dancers, Randy Moore (vocals, guitar, banjo),
unidentified Bluegrass and Old Time musicians. (Two CDs – Total length:
01:50:37)
Aug 6, 1975
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Session at the Bunratty, Bronx, NY. Musicians include: Paddy Reynolds (fiddle),
Mick Moloney (banjo). (One CD – Length: 00:18:36)
Jan 2, 1976
Session at Jack Coen’s, Bronx, NY. Musicians: Jack Coen, Mike Preston, Mike
Rafferty (flutes), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina, whistle), Kathleen Coen, Ann
McIlvaney (piano). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:03:51)
Feb 8, 1976
Session at the Bunratty, Bronx, NY. Musicians include: Paddy Reynolds, Andy
McGann, Johnny Cronin (fiddles), Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo, vocals), Patty
Moriarty (accordion). (One CD – Length: 01:01:56)
Feb 21, 1976
Session at the Breffni Inn (Irish Traditional Musicians Association: John Glynn
Branch), Queens, NY. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:20:07)
Feb 22, 1976
Session at the Bunratty, Bronx, NY. Musicians: Paddy Reynolds, Andy McGann,
Pat Keogh (fiddles), Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, vocals), John Nolan, Patty
Moriarty (accordions), Paul Winchell, Gerry Mahoney (vocals). (Two CDs – Total
length: 01:00:03)
Feb 30, 1976
Session at Jack Coen’s, Bronx, NY. Musicians: Johnny Cronin, Paul Ryan, Miles
Krassen (fiddles), Jack Coen, Mike Flynn, Mike Preston (flutes), Sean McGlynn
(accordion), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina), Eileen Clohessy (whistle), Mick
Moloney (banjo), Maureen Glynn, Kathleen Coen (piano), Maureen Doherty (flute,
whistle and accordion). (Three CDs – Total length: 01:13:13)
Mar 7, 1976
Session at Jack Coen’s, Bronx, NY. Musicians: Jack Coen, Mike Flynn (flutes), Joe
Madden, Sean McGlynn (accordions), Johnny Cronin (fiddle), Maureen Glynn
(piano). (One CD – Length: 00:32:41)
Mar 7, 1976
Session in Chicago, IL. Musicians include: Johnny McGreevy (fiddle), Joe
Shannon (pipes), Larry (L.E.) McCullough (whistle). (One CD – Length: 00:40:00)
Mar 24, 1976
Session at Jack Coen’s, Bronx, NY. Folder 1 of 2. Musicians: Mike Rafferty, Jack
Coen, Mike Flynn (flutes), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina, flute), Sean McGlynn
(accordion), Mick Moloney (guitar, mandolin, banjo). (Three CDs – Total length:
01:32:40)
May 9, 1976
Session at Jack Coen’s, Bronx, NY. Folder 2 of 2. Musicians: Fr. Charlie Coen
(concertina, flute), Mike Rafferty, Jack Coen, Mike Flynn (flutes), Sean McGlynn
(accordion), Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo). (Two CDs – Total length: 00:35:13)
May 9, 1976
Session in Washington, D.C. Musicians: Mick Moloney (banjo), Johnny McGreevy
(fiddle), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina), Sean McGlynn (accordion), Michael Flatley
(flute), Russell Crehan. (One CD – Length: 00:58:25)
Jul 12, 1976
Session with Martin Mulvihill, Bronx, NY. Musicians include: Martin Mulvihill
(fiddle), Gus Collins (flute), Gail Mulvihill (banjo), Mick Moloney (banjo). (One CD –
Length: 00:32:20)
Feb 17, 1977
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Session at the Bunratty, Bronx, NY. Musicians: Johnny Cronin (fiddle), Mick
Moloney (banjo). (One CD – Length: 00:15:24)
Feb 18, 1977
Session in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA (at Mick Moloney’s home). Musicians
include: Joe McKenna (uilleann pipes), Eddie Cahill (flute), Tim Britton (uilleann
pipes, flute, tin whistle), Mick Moloney (banjo), Mike Stoner (bodhran). Four CDs –
Total length: 02:08:48)
May 15, 1977
McKenna, Joe (pipes, whistle), McKenna, Antoinette (harp, vocals), Moloney, Mick
(banjo). Radio broadcast. Traditional music and interview recorded at WXPN,
Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:26:08)
Jun 16, 1977
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle) and Moloney, Mick (banjo, guitar, vocals), unidentified
(dancers). Concert performance in Philadelphia, PA. (One CD – Length: 00:13:16)
Sep 17, 1977
―Across the Western Ocean – The Story of Irish Traditional Music in America.‖
Folder 1 of 4. National Public Radio series written, hosted and produced by Mick
Moloney. Episodes #1-3: ―The Star of Kilkenny,‖ ―The Sidewalks of New York,‖ and
―The Stack of Barley.‖ (Four CDs – Total length: 03:58:32)
1978
―Across the Western Ocean – The Story of Irish Traditional Music in America.‖
Folder 2 of 4. National Public Radio series written, hosted and produced by Mick
Moloney. Episodes #4-7: ―Twixt a Tear and a Smile,‖ ―The Quay of Philadelphia,‖
―Ed Reavy’s Fancy,‖ and ―Once Around the Country.‖ (Four CDs – Total length:
03:58:11)
1978
―Across the Western Ocean – The Story of Irish Traditional Music in America.‖
Folder 3 of 4. National Public Radio series written, hosted and produced by Mick
Moloney. Episodes #8-10: ―Chief O’Neill’s Favorite,‖ ―The Banks of the Charles,‖
and ―Flowers of Spring.‖ (Four CDs – Total length: 03:04:28)
1978
―Across the Western Ocean – The Story of Irish Traditional Music in America.‖
Folder 4 of 4. National Public Radio series written, hosted and produced by Mick
Moloney. Episodes #11-12: ―Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?‖ and ―Happy to
Meet, Sorry to Part.‖ (Two CDs – Total length: 02:02:28)
1978
Session in St. Paul, MN. Musicians: Sean McGlynn (accordion), Mick Moloney
(mandolin, guitar, vocals), Jack Coen (flute), Liz Carroll (fiddle), unidentified
(concertina, whistle). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:04:37)
Jan 16, 1978
Concert at the Folklore Lounge, Philadelphia, PA. Performance by Eugene
O’Donnell (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo and vocals), Joe Burke (accordion).
(One CD – Length 00:33:56)
Mar 17, 1978
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar, banjo, vocals). Concert
performance in [Philadelphia, PA?]. (One CD – Length: 00:37:15)
Mar 17, 1978
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Members of the Chieftains: Sean Potts (whistle), Sean Keane (fiddle) with Fr.
Charlie Coen (concertina), Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo) and Eugene O’Donnell
(fiddle). Informal concert performance at the Cherry Tree, Philadelphia, PA. (One
CD – Length: 00:49:32)
Mar 17, 1978
New York Fleadh Cheoil. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Fleadh Cheoil competition
and session at Manhattan College, Bronx, NY. Competitors include: John
Kennedy, Maureen Dowd, Andrew McDonald, Christopher Ever, John O’Rourke,
Edward Boyle, Patricia Conway. Session musicians include: Brendan Mulvihill,
Martin Mulvihill, Owen Thomas, Mary O’Callaghan, Keith O’Neill (fiddles), Tom
O’Brien (flute), Margie Ford, Marie Tracy, Gail Mulvihill (banjos). (Four CDs – Total
length: 01:47:52)
Apr 23, 1978
Leeds Irish Festival. Concert performances and sessions in Leeds, NY (in the
Catskills). Musicians include: Billy McComiskey, Richie Dwyer, Patty Moriarty,
John Nolan (accordions), Pat Keogh, Johnny Cronin, Andy McGann, Eugene
O’Donnell (fiddles), Maureen Doherty (flute), Mick Moloney (guitar, mandolin,
banjo, vocals), The Emerald Society Pipe Band, The Big Wheel Band, The Cara
Band, The Blackwater Boys, The Irish Balladeers, The Clancy Brothers with
Tommy Makem. (Three CDs – 01:49:41)
Jun 23 – Jun 26, 1978
Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival, Philadelphia, PA. Folder 1 of 3. Concert
performances by Flying Cloud, Bill Ochs (uilleann pipes, whistle), James Kelly
(fiddle), Paddy O’Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). Evening
concert performance by DeDanaan: Frankie Gavin (fiddle, whistle), Alec Finn
(bouzouki), Jackie Daly (accordion), Johnny ―Ringo‖ McDonagh (bodhran, bones),
Tim Lyons (vocals), Charlie Piggott (banjo) (Two CDs – Total length: 01:35:44)
Sep 16, 1978
Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival, Philadelphia, PA. Folder 2 of 3. Fiddle workshop
with Tony Demarco, Eugene O’Donnell, James Kelly, Ed Reavy (fiddles). Song
and ballad workshop with Fr. Charlie Coen, Richard Hughes, Brian Brooks, Daithi
Sproule, Mick Moloney, Tim Lyons and Mike Flynn (vocals). Traditional music
played for a ceili by Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle) and Mick Moloney (banjo),
Unidentified (whistle). Step dance workshop with music by Eugene O’Donnell
(fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar). Concert performances by Celtic Thunder and
DeDanaan. (Four CDs – Total length: 03:04:47)
Sep 17, 1978
Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival, Philadelphia, PA. Folder 3 of 3. Daytime and
evening concert performances by DeDanaan: Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn
(bouzouki), Jackie Daly (accordion), Johnny ―Ringo‖ McDonagh (bodhran, bones),
Tim Lyons (vocals), Charlie Piggott (banjo) (Two CDs – Total length: 00:56:28)
Sep 17, 1978
Concert at the Cherry Tree, Philadelphia, PA. Performance at the Cherry Tree
Folk Co-op by Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo, mandolin
and vocals). (Two CDs – Total length 01:11:54)
Nov, 1978
Moloney, Mick (mandolin, guitar, vocals), O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle). Concert
performance in Philadelphia. (One CD – Length: 00:34:45)
March 1979
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The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Philadelphia, PA. Musicians:
Jack Coen (flute, whistle), Sean McGlynn (accordion), Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar,
vocals), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina, vocals, whistle), Liz Carroll (fiddle, piano,
whistle), Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle) and Bill Ochs (uilleann pipes, whistle). (Two
CDs – Total length: 01:01:21)
May 5, 1979
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Washington, D.C.
Musicians: Jack Coen (flute, whistle), Sean McGlynn (accordion), Mick Moloney
(banjo, guitar, vocals), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina, vocals, whistle), Liz Carroll
(fiddle, piano, whistle), Bill Ochs (uilleann pipes, whistle), Donny Golden (dancer),
Michael Flatley (dancer, flute). (One CD – Length: 00:32:41)
May 6, 1979
Session at Frank Claudy’s, Washington, D.C. Musicians include: Frank Claudy
(flute), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Sean McGlynn
(accordion). One CD – Length: 00:27:55)
May 6, 1979-May 7,
1979
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Omaha, NE. (Tape indicates
last track recorded in Youngstown, OH) Musicians: Jack Coen (flute, whistle),
Sean McGlynn (accordion), Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, vocals), Fr. Charlie Coen
(concertina, vocals, whistle), Liz Carroll (fiddle, piano, whistle), Bill Ochs (uilleann
pipes, whistle), Donny Golden (dancer), Michael Flatley (dancer, flute). (One CD –
Length: 00:29:11)
May 1979
Session at Moloney’s. Musicians: Paddy O’Brien (accordion, b. 1945, Daingean,
Co. Offaly), Mike Flynn (vocals, b. Co. Clare), Mick Moloney (banjo), Eugene
O’Donnell (fiddle). Traditional music and conversation recorded in Philadelphia,
PA. (Four CDs – Total length: 02:39:42)
Jun 13, 1979
Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival. Evening concert performance in Philadelphia,
PA. Musicians include: Tim Britton (uilleann pipes), Mick Moloney (guitar, vocals,
banjo), Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle), unidentified (dancers), Larry (L.E.) McCullough
(whistle, flute) and Devlish Mary, Richard Hughes (flute), The Flying Cloud: Tony
DeMarco (fiddle), Brian Brooks (vocals, mandolin), Caesar Pacifici (guitar). (Four
CDs – Total length: 01:35:39)
Sep 17, 1979
Clannad. Concert performance at the International House, Philadelphia, PA. (Two
CDs – Total length: 01:29:04)
Nov 4, 1979
Heaney, Joe (sean nós singer). Concert performance at the Denver Folklore
Center Concert Hall for the Swallow Hill Music Association, recorded by [?]. (Two
CDs – Total length: 01:35:10)
Nov 4, 1979
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Seattle, WA. Musicians: Al
Purcell (uilleann pipes, whistle), Mike Rafferty (flute), Mick Moloney (banjo,
mandolin), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Andy O’Brien
(guitar, vocals), Michael Flatley, Donny Golden (dancing). (Two CDs – Total
length: 01:35:36)
Nov 11, 1979
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Session in Weston, CT. Musicians include: Billy McComiskey, Sean McGlynn
(accordions), Mick Moloney (banjo), Andy O’Brien (guitar). (Two CDs – Total
length: 01:33:07)
Dec 15, 1979
Session in San Francisco, CA. Musicians: Denis Brooks (uilleann pipes), Richard
Twomey (fiddle), Peter Weelan (bouzouki, vocals), Mike Deely (bodhran, bones).
(One CD – Length: 00:13:44)
1970s
Session in Philadelphia, PA. Musicians: Sean McGlynn (accordion), Jack Coen
(flute), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar). (One CD – Length: 00:45:15)
Mar 16,1980
Session in Cleveland, OH. Musicians: Tom Byrne (flute), Tom McCaffrey (fiddle),
Jimmy Noonan (flute, whistle). (One CD – Length: 00:15:27)
Apr 27, 1980
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle) and Moloney, Mick (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals).
Concert performance in Nashville, TN. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:26:02)
May 10, 1980
NAFFM Concert. Musicians: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, vocals, mandolin),
Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle, recitation). Concert performance in Nashville, TN. (Two
CDs – Total length: 01:36:23)
Feb 6, 1981
Willie Clancy Summer School Benefit Concert. Musicians: Celtic Thunder, Paddy
Reynolds (fiddle), Louise Chalet (guitar), Liam Og O’Flynn (uilleann pipes),
unidentified (accordion, fiddle, piano), Mick Moloney (vocals, banjo), The Irish
Tradition: Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Andy O’Brien
(guitar, vocals), Daithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). Concert performance at George
Washington University, Washington, D.C. to benefit the Willie Clancy Summer
School in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. (Four CDs – Total length: 02:31:32)
Apr 10, 1981
Session in Milwaukee, WI. Musicians include: Sean McGlynn, Jackie Daly
(accordions), Kevin Burke, Liz Carroll (fiddles), Tim Britton (uilleann pipes), Mick
Moloney (banjo), Micheal O’Domhnaill (guitar). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:04:22)
Aug 1981
DeDanaan at the Cherry Tree, Philadelphia, PA. Concert performance at the
Cherry Tree Folk Co-op. Musicians: Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute), Jackie Daly
(accordion), Johnny ―Ringo‖ McDonagh (bodhran, bones), Alec Finn (bouzouki),
Maura O’Connell (vocals). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:25:04)
Oct 1981
Concert in Geneva, NY. Musicians: Sean McGlynn (accordion, whistle), Eugene
O’Donnell (fiddle), Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, vocals), Steve Gallagher, Laura
Kelly (dancers). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:35:00)
1982
Various Artists and Sessions. (Tape marked ―E. O’Donnell - Tunes‖) Recorded in
[Philadelphia, PA?] Musicians include: Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle), unidentified
(accordion, uilleann pipes, fiddle). (One CD – Length: 00:22:45)
Feb, 1982
St. Patrick’s Celebration, Nashville, TN. Concert performance by Mick Moloney
(banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle), Donny Golden
(dancing), ―Blended Scotch‖: Jimmy Kelly (guitar, vocals), unidentified (vocals,
whistle). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:25:39)
Mar 12, 1982
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Harte, Frank (vocals, song collector, b. May 14, 1933, Chapelizod, Co. Dublin, d.
June 27, 2005), Moloney, Mick (banjo, mandolin). Concert performance at Godfrey
Daniels, Bethlehem, PA. (Three CDs – Total length: 01:59:55)
Jun 18, 1982
Concert at the Eagle Tavern, New York City. Performance by Robbie O’Connell
(vocals, guitar), James Keane (button accordion, concertina), Mick Moloney
(guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals) at the Eagle Tavern, West 14th Street, New York,
NY. (Two CDs – Total length 01:35:02)
Jun 30, 1982
Carroll, Liz (fiddle), McGreevy, John (fiddle, b.1919, Chicago, IL), Keane, Jimmy
(piano accordion). Concert performance in Knoxville, TN at the World’s Fair. (Two
CDs – Total length: 01:25:22)
Jul, 1982
Moloney, Mick, and the Irish Tradition: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, mandolin,
vocals), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Andy O’Brien
(guitar, vocals). Concert performance at the World’s Fair, Knoxville TN. (One CD –
Length: 00:36:08)
Jul, 1982
Session in Milwaukee, WI. Musicians: Liz Carroll (fiddle), Sean McGlynn
(accordion), Tim Britton (uilleann pipes), Mick Moloney (guitar, mandolin). (One CD
– Length: 00:49:09)
Aug, 1982
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Milwaukee, WI. Musicians:
Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina,
vocals), Donny and Eileen Golden (dancers), Timmy Britton (uilleann pipes,
whistle), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle) (One CD – Length:
00:40:27)
Aug 21, 1982
Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival. Session and concert performance recorded in
Lansdowne, PA. Musicians include: Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Jack Coen, Mike
Rafferty, Seamus Egan (flutes), Eugene O’Donnell (fiddle), Mick Moloney (banjo,
guitar, vocals). (One CD – Length: 00:27:15)
[Sep 1982]
The Music of Mick Moloney (Mick Moloney and various artists). Radio broadcast
on Boston’s WERS, ―Folk Music of Ireland and the British Isles‖ hosted by Brian
O’Donovan featuring a retrospective of Moloney’s recordings. (Two CDs – Total
length: 01:36:18)
1983
O’Connell, Robbie (guitar, vocals), Keane, James (button accordion, concertina),
Moloney, Mick (guitar, vocals, mandolin, banjo). Concert performance at Godfrey
Daniels in Bethlehem, PA. (Three CDs – Total length: 02:19:19)
Feb 17, 1983
Smithsonian Concert, Washington, D.C. Concert performance at the Smithsonian
Institute. Musicians: Mick Moloney (banjo, vocals, mandolin), Robbie O’Connell
(guitar, vocals), James Keane (accordion, concertina), Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann
pipes, whistle), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle), Joe Shannon (uilleann pipes). (One CD
– Length: 00:51:26)
Jul, 1983
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Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, West Virginia. Concert performance at Davis &
Elkins College. Musicians include: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals),
Billy McComiskey (accordion), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Donny Golden (dancer), Tim
Britton (uilleann pipes, whistle, flute). (One CD – Length: 01:01:20)
Jul 12, 1983
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, West Virginia. Concert performance at Davis &
Elkins College. Musicians include: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals),
Billy McComiskey (accordion), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Donny Golden (dancer), Tim
Britton (uilleann pipes, whistle, flute). (One CD – Length: 01:00:43)
Jul 14, 1983
Concert at the Eagle Tavern, New York City. Performance by Liz Carroll (fiddle),
Mick Moloney (guitar and vocals) at the Eagle Tavern, West 14th Street, New
York, NY. (Two CDs – Total length 01:33:18)
Aug 27, 1983
Festival of Traditional American Dance. Concert performance at the Hotel Ivoire,
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Africa. Performers include: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar), Liz
Carroll (fiddle), Donny and Eileen Golden (dancing). (Two CDs – Total length:
01:26:38)
Sep 28, 1983
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), unidentified (harp), O’Sullivan, Jerry (uilleann pipes),
Moloney, Mick (guitar). O’Donnell plays in a studio (slow air), on a WHYY
broadcast (slow air), and in concert [cassette labeled ―Hornpipes (Own & Liz’)].
(One CD – Length: 00:15:58)
1984
Moloney, Mick (banjo, mandolin, vocals), Keane, Jimmy (piano accordion),
O’Connell, Robbie (guitar, vocals). Concert performance and brief interview at the
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, broadcast on KVAT – FM (NPR). (Three CDs –
Total length: 01:38:59)
Feb 5,1984
Session 1984. [Philadelphia, PA?] Musicians include: Liz Carroll (fiddle), Jimmy
Keane (piano accordion), Seamus Egan (banjo), Mick Moloney (mandolin). (One
CD – Length: 00:48:08)
Mar, 1984
Sessions with Seamus Egan (flute, banjo). Traditional music recorded in Miltown
Malbay, Co. Clare. (One CD – Length: 00:58:38)
Jul, 1984
Sessions with Seamus Egan (flute, banjo) Traditional music recorded in Ollie
Conway’s and Wilson’s in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. (One CD – Length:
00:42:56)
Jul, 1984
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, West Virginia. Concert performance at Davis &
Elkins College. Musicians include: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals),
Billy McComiskey (accordion), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Donny Golden (dancer), Tim
Britton (uilleann pipes, whistle, flute), (Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals), Frank
Harte (vocals). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:04:14)
Jul, 1984
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Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, West Virginia. Concert performance at Davis &
Elkins College. Musicians include: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals),
Billy McComiskey (accordion), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Donny Golden (dancer), Tim
Britton (uilleann pipes, whistle, flute), Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals), Frank
Harte (vocals). (One CD – Length: 00:59:05)
Jul, 1984
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Scottsdale, AZ. Musicians:
Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes), Jack Coen (flute), Fr. Charlie Coen (flute, whistle,
concertina), Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin), Liz Carroll (fiddle), James Keane
(button accordion), Donny Golden (dancing), Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals).
(Four CDs – Total length: 02:09:25)
Oct 28, 1984
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in New Orleans, LA.
Musicians: Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes), Jack Coen (flute), Fr. Charlie Coen
(flute, whistle, concertina), Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin), Liz Carroll (fiddle),
James Keane (button accordion), Donny Golden (dancing), Robbie O’Connell
(guitar, vocals). (Three CDs – Total length: 01:59:07)
Nov 2, 1984
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Memphis, TN. Musicians:
Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes), Jack Coen (flute), Fr. Charlie Coen (flute, whistle,
concertina), Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin), Liz Carroll (fiddle), James Keane
(button accordion), Donny Golden (dancing), Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals).
(One CD – Length: 00:44:57)
Nov 3, 1984
Folk Music with Gene Shay. Radio program recorded by Gene Shay and
broadcast on either WXPN-FM or WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, PA. Traditional music
and interview with Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Eugene
O’Donnell (fiddle), Seamus Egan (flute), Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes). (One CD
– Length: 00:18:16)
Mar, 1985
Festival of Mountain Music and Dance. Concert performance at the ruins of the
Grand Hotel (Casa Grande) in Managua, Nicaragua. Susie Goff and the Green
Grass Cloggers, Mick Moloney (mandolin) and Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals)
perform as part of the South American tour of Irish and Appalachian musicians for
the United States Information Agency. (One CD – Length: 00:41:50)
May 4, 1985
Festival of Mountain Music and Dance. Concert performance at the ruins of the
Grand Hotel (Casa Grande) in Managua, Nicaragua. Susie Goff and the Green
Grass Cloggers, Mick Moloney (mandolin) and Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals)
perform as part of the South American tour of Irish and Appalachian musicians for
the United States Information Agency. (One CD – Length: 00:51:34)
May 5, 1985
Festival of Mountain Music and Dance. Concert performance at the ruins of the
Grand Hotel (Casa Grande) in Managua, Nicaragua. Susie Goff and the Green
Grass Cloggers, Mick Moloney (mandolin) and Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals)
perform as part of the South American tour of Irish and Appalachian musicians for
the United States Information Agency. (One CD – Length: 00:51:06)
May 6, 1985
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Festival of Mountain Music and Dance. Concert performance at the ruins of the
Grand Hotel (Casa Grande) in Managua, Nicaragua. Susie Goff and the Green
Grass Cloggers, Mick Moloney (mandolin) and Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals)
perform as part of the South American tour of Irish and Appalachian musicians for
the United States Information Agency. (One CD – Length: 00:40:07)
May 7, 1985
The Green Fields of America. Concert performance in Milwaukee, WI. Musicians:
Timmy Britton (uilleann pipes), Fr. Charlie Coen (concertina, flute), Mick Moloney
(banjo, mandolin), Liz Carroll (fiddle), James Keane (button accordion), Donny and
Eileen Golden (dancing), Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Keane (piano
accordion), James Keane, Sr. (sean nos singer). (Two CDs – Total length:
01:17:26)
Aug, 1985
Moloney, Mick (banjo, mandolin, vocals), Keane, Jimmy (piano accordion),
O’Connell, Robbie (guitar, vocals), Carroll, Liz (fiddle), Bernstein, Ira (dancing).
Concert performance at the Wheatland Music Festival, Remus, MI. (Two CDs –
Total length: 01:32:10)
Sep, 1985
Moloney, Mick (guitar, vocals, banjo), Keane, James (accordion), Egan, Seamus
(mandolin, flute, mandolin). Concert performance in Bethlehem, PA [probably at
Godfrey Daniels]. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:31:48)
Dec 28, 1985
Moloney, Mick (guitar, vocals, mandolin, banjo), Keane, James (accordion), Egan,
Seamus (mandolin, flute, whistle, uilleann pipes, banjo). Concert performance at
the Turning Point, Piermont, NY. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:25:43)
Mar 1, 1987
Moloney, Mick (banjo, mandolin, vocals), Keane, Jimmy (piano accordion),
O’Connell, Robbie (guitar, vocals). Concert performance at the Cuyahoga Valley
Festival in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area near Cleveland, OH.
Recorded by WKSU – FM. (One CD – Length: 00:41:29)
Sep 19 – Sep 20, 1987
Cherish the Ladies. Concert performance in Geneva, NY. Musicians: Joanie
Madden (flute, whistle), Mary Coogan (guitar), Maureen Doherty (flute, accordion,
whistle), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, whistle), Bridget Fitzgerald
(vocals), Eileen Golden, Mairead Powell, Maureen Kennelly (dancers). (Three CDs
– Total Length: 01:41:05)
Oct 10, 1987
Cherish the Ladies. Concert performance at Brookdale Community College in
Lincroft, NJ. Musicians: Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Mary Coogan (guitar),
Maureen Doherty (flute, accordion, whistle), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Siobhan Egan
(fiddle, whistle), Bridget Fitzgerald (sean nós singer), Eileen Golden, Mairead
Powell, Maureen Kennelly (dancers) and Cathie [Ryan] Henry (vocals) in her first
appearance with the group. (Three CDs – Total Length: 01:48:24 )
Mar 20, 1988
Cherish the Ladies. Concert performance in Woodside, Queens, NY. Musicians:
Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Eileen Golden, Mairead
Powell, Maureen Kennelly (dancers), Siobhan Egan (fiddle), Maureen Doherty
(accordion, flute), Mary Coogan (guitar), Cathie [Ryan] Henry, Bridget Fitzgerald
(vocals). (Three CDs – Total length: 01:46:10)
Apr 30, 1988
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Ceili with Maureen Glynn. Called by Kevin Westley and Maureen Kennelly.
Musicians: Maureen Glynn (fiddle), Buddy Connolly (accordion), Pete Mancuso
(guitar, banjo). (One CD – Length: 00:53:20)
[1988 ?]
O’Donnell, Eugene (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (banjo, guitar, vocals, mandolin).
Concert performance at the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, near
Cleveland, OH. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:23:14)
Sep 16, 1989
Connolly, Seamus (fiddle), Moloney, Mick (guitar) Concert performance at the
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Cleveland, OH. (One CD – Length:
00:07:30)
1990
Moloney, Mick, and Friends: Mick Moloney (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals),
Jimmy Keane (piano accordion), Eileen Ivers (fiddle). Radio broadcast of a concert
performance on West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s ―Mountain Stage‖ program.
(Two CDs – Total length: 02:00:13)
Jan 21, 1990
The Concert for Joseph Doherty. Folder 1 of 2. Benefit concert at Symphony
Space, Manhattan, NY. Musicians: The Green Fields of America – Donny and
Eileen Golden, Regan and Elaine Wick (dancing), Jimmy Keane (piano accordion),
Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Seamus Egan (flute), Robbie O’Connell (guitar, vocals), Mick
Moloney (banjo, vocals)), Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Brian Conway (fiddle), Tony
DeMarco (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano), Pat Kilbride (bouzouki, vocals), Gabriel
Donohue (guitar, vocals), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle),
Donal Lunny (bouzouki), Jack Coen (flute), Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes), Billy
McComiskey (accordion), Myron Bretholtz (bodhran), James Keane (accordion),
Celtic Thunder, Rosram Briley and Barbara Nolan (harps), Seamus Egan (banjo,
whistle), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), John Whelan (accordion), Donna Long (piano),
Donny Golden, Jean Butler, John Jennings, Mairead Powell, Kevin Broesler, Joan
Barrett, J.R. [?], Sheila Ryan (dancers), Fr. Michael Doyle (poet), Tom Doherty
(melodeon), Mick Moloney (guitar), Mattie Connolly (uilleann pipes). (Four CDs –
Total length: 02:49:49)
Feb 24, 1990
The Concert for Joseph Doherty. Folder 2 of 2. Benefit concert at Symphony
Space, Manhattan, NY. Musicians: Mike Rafferty (flute), Mary Rafferty (flute), Joe
Madden (accordion), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Mattie Connolly (uilleann pipes),
Felix Dolan (piano), Mike Denny and the Clare Set Dancers, Treasa Ui Chearbhuill
(sean nos singer), Seamus Connolly (fiddle), James Keane (accordion), Jerry
O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes), Mark Simos (guitar), Myron Bretholtz (bodhran),
Cherish the Ladies – Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Mary
Coogan (guitar), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, whistle), Maureen Doherty (flute, whistle),
Mairead Powell, Eileen Golden, Elaine Wick (dancers), Bridget Fitzgerald (sean
nós singer), Cathie [Ryan] Henry (vocals). (Two CDs – Total length: 01:11:56)
Feb 24, 1990
Russell, Micho (whistle, flute, vocals, b. March 15, 1915, Doonagore, Doolin, Co.
Clare, d. February 19, 1994). Concert performance at the Eagle Tavern, West 14th
Street, New York, NY. (Two CDs – Total length: 01:45:42)
Nov 9, 1990
Healy, Shay (vocals, guitar). Pub performance in Nashville, TN. (One CD – Length:
00:42:44)
May 24, 1991
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Moloney, Mick, and Friends: Mick Moloney (guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Eileen
Ivers (fiddle), Seamus Egan (flute, mandolin), Dermot Somerville (vocals). Concert
performance at the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Cleveland, OH.
(Two CDs – Total length: 01:32:17)
1994
Moloney, Mick, and Friends: Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, vocals), Eileen Ivers
(fiddle), Tommy Sands (guitar, vocals, whistle). Concert performance on West
Virginia Public Broadcasting’s ―Mountain Stage‖ program. (One CD – Length:
00:21:42)
Mid 1990s
Solas: Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, mandolin), Winifred Horan (fiddle), John Doyle
(guitar), Karan Casey (vocals), John Williams (accordion). Concert performance at
the Celtic Appalachian Celebration, International House, Philadelphia, PA. (One
CD – Length: 00:38:26)
1996
Moloney, Mick, and Friends: Mick Moloney (banjo, vocals), Zan McLeod (guitar),
Kieran O’Hare (uilleann pipes, whistle), Kathleen Keane (fiddle). Concert
performance, Jubilee Community Arts at the Laurel Theatre, Knoxville, TN
recorded by Lou Gross. (One CD – Length: 00:32:07)
Feb 22, 1997
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