Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape

by Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin

Despite its isolation on the western edge of Europe, Ireland occupies vast amounts of space on the music maps of the world. Although deeply rooted in time and place, Irish songs, dances and instrumental traditions have a history of global travel that span the centuries. Whether carried by exiles, or distributed by commercial networks, Irish traditional music is one of the most popular World Music genres, while Clare, on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199380082
• ISBN13: 9780199380084
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"