Irish Music Magazine - March 1996

The Clancy Connection

The Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem link the oral tradition and the solo singers like Delia Murphy and Margaret Barry with the ballad boom of the Sixties. Liam Clancy talks about those early days when he was refused entry to a Dublin club for not being "traditional".

Garda Beat

Not many people know this, but the Garda Siochana boasted its own official ceili band in the early decades of this century.

New York, New York

Harry Bradshaw concludes his look at New York's Golden Age with an account of the leading Irish music personalities playing and recording there.

Stepping out

Some 3,500 young hopefuls take part in the World Irish Dancing Championships which start in Dublin at the end of March.

Still Going Strong

Andy Irvine goes right back to the acoustic phase of the ballad boom with an impeccable pedigree of associations with top bands.

Irish Bouzouki

Gently transformed from the Greek instrument over the past three decades, Nollag O Fionghaoile on its integration into Irish music.