Interview with Margaret Barry about playing a wake in Northern Ireland (part 2) / Keening

Audio file
Date recorded: July 22, 1958
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Barry, Margaret; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: keen, lament, interview/commentary
Culture: Irish, Irish Traveller
Instruments: voice
Setting: Probably Alan Lomax's flat
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3323
Track Number: 12
Archive ID: T3323R12
Note: Margaret Barry discusses her experience singing at a wake in Northern Ireland. Lomax asks her about keening, and she demonstrates a keen.
Belongs to: Margaret Barry 7/58
About the session: Interviews with and song fragments sung by banjo-player and singer Margaret Barry.
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