Irish folk music (1990–1999)

The 1990s brought a growing international awareness of Irish traditional music, along with a period of economic success for Ireland (the "Celtic Tiger") and the launch of the music-and-dance show Riverdance.[1][2] In America, the 1991 television series Bringing It All Back Home, produced by Philip King, focussed on the Irish roots of much American music, and was followed by other TV productions also themed around Irish music.[3]

As Irish music became more widely performed and increasingly commercialised, debates arose over issues of "purity" in Irish music in the face of diversifying settings and uses, and also over intellectual property inhering in compositions and recordings in the genre.[3]

Births and deaths

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Recordings

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References

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  1. ^ Caroline Crowley; Dennis Linehan (2013). Spacing Ireland: Place, Society and Culture in a Post-boom Era. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-7190-8679-3.
  2. ^ Sean Williams (2013). Focus: Irish Traditional Music. Routledge. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-135-20414-3.
  3. ^ a b Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (2012). O'Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music. O'Brien Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-1-84717-508-3.