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LISTEN to the interview Kevin Burke was born in London to parents from Sligo. He began learning to play fiddle from around the age of seven and absorbed the music he heard played around him by migrant musicians. As a teenager he played regularly in…

Vincent Campbell plays a Scottish strathspey on fiddle.

LISTEN to the interview Vincent Campbell plays tunes interspersed with stories about them and recollections of his youth and time in Britain. He was born in An tSeanga Mheáin, in the Gaeltacht near Glenties, Co. Donegal. The music of the region was…

Two photographs of Danny Meehan from his time in London. The first shows him holding an accordion and sitting with his cousin Johnny Meehan and Johnny's wife Brenda at The Vic in Kilburn in 1958. In the second, Danny is playing fiddle on stage in the…

LISTEN to the interviewDanny Meehan (b.1940) reflects on his life from his childhood in Drimalost, Co. Donegal, to his migration to England at age sixteen, and his return fifty years later. He speaks about his musical influences, the musicians he…

Danny Meehan plays the tune 'The Tarbolton' on fiddle as a jig and then as a reel.

Danny Meehan plays a tune that he learned from his father first as a reel and then slower, as a highland.

Danny Meehan plays a highland fling on fiddle.

Danny Meehan plays a barndance called the 'Corn Rigs' on fiddle.

Danny Meehan plays a reel he got from Donegal fiddler James Byrne.