UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Joe Heaney recordings: Joe Heaney Collection

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984
Title: UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Joe Heaney recordings: Joe Heaney Collection
Dates: 1976
19761976
Quantity: 1 items : EC - 1 reel (7.5 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 7"); WT - 1 DAT (digital, stereo); Duration: 00:50:40; Photo-copy of record notes & label.
Collection Number: 1984036
Summary: Copy of commercial recording: Seosamh O Heanai: O Mo Dhuchas, Sraith 2.
Repository: University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Access is restricted.
Languages: English

Biographical Note

Joe Heaney (AKA Joe Éinniú; Irish: Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) (1919 - 1984) was an Irish traditional (sean nós) singer from County Galway, Ireland. He spent most of his adult life abroad, living in England, Scotland and New York City, in the course of which he recorded hundreds of songs. A magnificent singer in both Gaelic and English, Heaney sings in sean-nos, the highly ornamented style of traditional Irish song.

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