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"Far from existing inside a pure and unchanging vacuum, Irish music has spread and made its presence felt all around the globe in many different ways.
Whether it be an English anarcho-punk band or an American hip-hop artist utilising a traditional tune, a Chinese musician playing a reel on the Hulusi, or an English vocal harmony singing a rebel ballad, the Irish tunes, lyrics and motifs that seem to endlessly pop up in various disparate musical genres never ceases to surprise and amaze me."
Photo: Miriam Riand
Our International Migrants Day radio shows are in aid of Music Action, a charity who create life-changing music programmes with survivors of war, torture and persecution.
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