Trad Nation - Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Irish Traditional Music

"A growing number of LGBTQ, female, and non-white individuals have become established in Irish traditional music. This is the first book to examine diversity in Irish traditional music, highlighting the possibility of an expanded genre"--

About the author

Tes Slominski is a music and sound scholar and a fiddle player in the Irish tradition. She founded the still-thriving Blue Ridge Irish Music School in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1999, and taught ethnomusicology at Beloit College from 2012 until 2019.

Summary

She discusses early-twentieth century women whose musical lives were shaped by Ireland’s struggles to become a nation; follows the career of Julia Clifford, a fiddler who lived much of her life in England, and explores the experiences of women, LGBTQ+ musicians, and musicians of color in the early-twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Tes Slominski
• Publisher: University press new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780819579287
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-7928-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Music/Culture; Music / Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries