The Men Who Saved Traditional Irish Music in America

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Irish performer Kevin Westley, TMRF, tells the story of how Chief Francis O’Neill, Thomas Edison, and others saved traditional Irish music in America at the turn of the 20th century. Listen to the tunes and see videos of the artists who recorded them via “metallic and wax cylinders”.