Welcome
to
‘
Irish
Old
Time
’,
dedicated
to
promoting
awareness
of
Appalachian
Old
Time
music
and
musicians
in
Ireland.
This
is
the
American
equivalent
of
‘sean
nos’
from
which
springs
‘folk
music’,
‘country
music’
and
‘bluegrass’.
There
are
Appalachian
music
enthusiasts
and
some
very
talented
musicians
scattered
around
Ireland.
Regular
old-time
sessions
can
be
found
in
Dublin,
Belfast,
Cork,
Galway,
Sligo,
Clare
and
elsewhere.
In
North
America,
similarly,
old
time
musicians
have
regular
‘jams’,
as
well
as
dances
featuring
callers
and
Appalachian
string
bands
(the
equivalent
of
Irish
and
Scots
céilís).
However
musicians
also
collect
in
larger
‘Gatherings’,
lasting
a
weekend
or
more,
at
various
locations
across
the
US.
(The
most
famous
is
‘Clifftop’
in
West
Virginia,
going
for
nearly
30
years,
attended
by
around
5000
musicians
who
spend
up
to
10
days
in
camp
side jams from early to very late.)
IrishOldTime
held
the
first
all-Ireland
Appalachian
music
gathering
on
16-18
February
2018
in
Lisdoonvarna,
Co.
Clare,
with
the
intention
of
bringing
together
Appalachian
music
enthusiasts
from
across
Ireland,
Great
Britain,
Europe
and
experienced
old-time
musicians from the US and UK.
The
Third
Annual
Old
Time
Gathering
promises
to
be
even
better
than
this
year!
Given
the
enthusiasm
of
last
year’s
attendees,
we
are
staging
the
Second
Annual
Old
Time
Gathering
at
the
same
place
and
at
the
same
time.
For
next
year
we
are
working
bringing
over
an
Icon
of
the
Appalachian
fiddle
who
will
be
leading
the
sessions
and
possibly giving a few workshops as well. Watch this space for more news
Welcome Stranger!
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