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<p>Research-led UK and Ireland listening expansion; preserve existing recordings, native bindings and unrelated live data.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br /> <br /> Irish contemporary folk reworks traditional song, instrumental practice and folk-related songwriting through present-day ensembles and individual voices. It includes stark solo delivery, drone-rich arrangements and vigorous band performance.<br /> <br /> == Contemporary and trending ==<br /> <br /> Current recordings and concert performances keep this repertoire in circulation. The listening collection includes recent and worthwhile earlier versions, with performer and version credits retained; it does not treat an upload date as a composition date. Lankum, Ye Vagabonds, Lisa O’Neill, John Francis Flynn, the Mary Wallopers and the Scratch offer contrasting approaches.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.passim.org/artists/lankum/ Passim: Lankum].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Traditional repertoire continues through families, archives, sessions and professional performance. Contemporary musicians draw on that inheritance while also writing songs and reshaping timbre, pacing and ensemble roles.&lt;ref&gt;[https://unesco.org.uk/our-network/creative-cities/belfast UNESCO UK: Belfast City of Music].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Musical characteristics ==<br /> <br /> Listen for narrative singing, acoustic strings, concertina and other traditional instruments alongside sustained drones, close vocal textures and forceful rhythms. A new arrangement can retain a traditional text without being an archival performance.<br /> <br /> == Geography and communities ==<br /> <br /> Dublin and other urban performance networks interact with rural song and instrumental communities across the island. This route sits beside, rather than absorbs, sean-nós and the regional fiddle traditions.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.passim.org/artists/lankum/ Passim: Lankum].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Artists ==<br /> <br /> Lankum, Ye Vagabonds, Lisa O’Neill, John Francis Flynn, the Mary Wallopers and the Scratch offer contrasting approaches.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> === Recording entrances ===<br /> <br /> Lankum — Lankum - Go Dig My Grave (Official Video)&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhqpQiXnFx0 Lankum - Go Dig My Grave (Official Video)] — primary release/performance credits.&lt;/ref&gt;; Ye Vagabonds — Ye Vagabonds :: Half Blind (This Ain’t No Disco)&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GltV302ne9M Ye Vagabonds :: Half Blind (This Ain’t No Disco)] — primary release/performance credits.&lt;/ref&gt;. These are particular versions, not a claim that every work by each performer belongs here.<br /> <br /> == Related genres ==<br /> <br /> [[Irish pop]]; [[Irish rock and indie]]; [[Irish hip-hop]]; [[Irish electronic music]]; [[Irish traditional]].<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> &lt;references/&gt;</div>

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