" 'England gave me everything I ever wanted.' " The Quarehawk. Big Tom, Margo, the Manchester scene; Irish, English, and in-between. A love of England and making a whole out of two halves. Grieving, and crafting an album. Fathers, sons, boys, men. Asturias, the flute and identifying as one thing or another. Getting Kepa Junkera to play on your album. And so much more. Brilliant stuff.

The tunes:

Quarehawk (from Michael's album of the same name)

The Boys of Bluehill and the Stockport Hornpipe

The Visitor (from Quarehawk)

The Shores of Loch Bran

Muñeira de Rengos

Paddy's Return and the Trip to Athlone

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To read about Michael's academic research go here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/people/phd-researchers

You can read the paper 'Gender and Culture: Revoicing Traditional Song in

Context' by Lillis Ó Laoire here: https://www.ictm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gender-and-Culture-Revoicing-Traditional-Song-in-Context-Lillis-O-Laoire.pdf

While you're clicking links, make sure you check out the other artists on Michael's album:

Liz Hank Cello : www.lizhankscello.com

Mike Garry Poet: www.mikegarry.co.uk

Kepa Junkera : www.kepajunkera.com

Leticia González Menéndez & Rubén Bada L-R : https://l-rpostfolk.bandcamp.com/

Simon Bradley https://www.musicscotland.com/cd/simon-bradley-luke-plumb-wintering-out.html

Bryony Griffiths & Will Hampson https://bryonygriffith.com/

Ríoghonach Connolly : www.rioghnachconnolly.com

Michael McGoldrick : https://michaelmcgoldrick.bandcamp.com/album/watermans-live-ep

I think that's all! Michael - thank you.

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