I have been interested in Irish traditional music for the past few years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.
I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music.
My feet always danced to Irish traditional music, but I was very glad to get out of the North of Ireland in the mid-Seventies when it was really closed and tight and relentlessly unforgiving.
We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.
I know so many Irish musicians. They're all over, because there has been so much emigration from Ireland. Like the Jews.
I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance.
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.