Series comprises two reel-to-reel tape recordings. One of them features a lecture on pipe music by Breandán Breathnach and and the other consists of radio dubs of Breathnach being interview by Paddy Glackin.
Series comprises audio recordings on digital audio tape and reel-to-reel tape. The DATs were recorded by Jimmy O'Brien Moran at concerts in 2005 and 2006, including an event commemorating Séamus Ennis at the Séamus Ennis Centre, in Naul, Co. Dublin, and a concert at Castalia Hall in Kilkenny. The reel-to-reel tape in this series was made for Jimmy O'Brien Moran by Breandán Breathnach and includes a learning resource for students of Irish and dubs from cylinder recordings.
These recordings were donated by various individuals for the microsite From the bridge: a view of Irish traditional music in New York which was launched in ITMA 29 June 2022. All metadata for the material is available on the website (www.itma.ie/newyork).
Series comprises commercial and non-commercial audio material on vinyl, reel-to-reel tape, tape cassettes, DAT tapes. This audio material reflects Derek Bell’s music interests, his solo music career as well as his career with The Chieftains. Many of his published albums are in this series, along with pre-publication and demo copies of the same albums. There are recordings of interviews with Bell both on radio and television and video footage of various television appearances. There are also audio recordings of a number of Bell’s solo performances as well as performances with The Chieftains. Two documentaries made by Alan Tongue about Derek Bell in 1977 and 1988 are also in this series. Bell’s interest in mysticism and ethnic music is reflected throughout his audio collection.
