The New Demense

From ITMA

Field recordings of Irish traditional song, music and stories made by Alan Lomax in Ireland in 1951, with Robin Roberts and Seamus Ennis with an account of the Lomax collecting trip and notes on songs, tunes & stories

The CDs (66 tracks, 145 minutes) feature the Co. Cork singers Elizabeth Cronin, Seán Eoghain Ó Súilleabháin, Diarmuid Ó Riordáin, Máire Ní Shúilleabháin, Gobnait Ní Chróinín, Peigí Ní Scanláin, Máire Ní Cheocháin, and Mickey Cronin; the Co. Galway singers Colm Ó Caodháin, Meaigí Nic Dhonncha, Beairtle Ó Conaola, Seán Jeaic Mac Donncha, and Seán ’ac Dhonncha; the Co. Galway fiddle players Aggie & Bridie White, flute players Eddie Moloney & Chet Coughlin, and the Ballinakill Ceili Band; the Co. Donegal singer Cití Ní Ghallchóir, fiddle player and storyteller Mickey Doherty, and fiddle player and lilter Neillidh Boyle; the singing and uilleann piping of Seamus Ennis of Dublin; and the singing and guitar playing of Robin Roberts and Alan Lomax. The CDs are accompanied by a 68-page A5 booklet which contextualises and details the collecting trip and afterlife of the recordings, and their position in the history of Irish traditional music.