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O'Rourke's Feast (Music Recording), Amy M. Shaw Dec 2013

O'Rourke's Feast (Music Recording), Amy M. Shaw

Amy M. Shaw

This music CD on the New Folk Records label features O'Rourke's Feast, a lively seven-piece Irish traditional music ensemble led by accordion player Paddy O'Brien, a native of Co. Offaly in Ireland who now lives in St. Paul. The group's repertoire includes traditional Irish melodies such as jigs, reels, hornpipes, clan marches, and slow airs, as well as some newly-composed tunes. The group's members include Kathleen Green, Ingrid Jans and Rosa Wells on fiddle; Suzanne Rhees and Amy Shaw on flute; Paddy O'Brien on button accordion; and Sherry Ladig on piano. See additional information from New Folk Records.


The Mandolin In Minnesota: An Illustrated History, Amy M. Shaw Nov 1999

The Mandolin In Minnesota: An Illustrated History, Amy M. Shaw

Amy M. Shaw

This lecture chronicled the heyday of the mandolin in Minnesota and was accompanied by a plethora of mandolin-related iconography and photographs unearthed from local museums, libraries, and private collections.