Irish Traditional Music Hybrids: Afro-Celt, Cross-Over, Worldbeat

Afro-Celt Sound System

Afro-Celt Sound System
 

Bibliography:
 

Ling, Jan. A History of European Folk Music. University of Rochester Press, 1934.  

      A reasonably decent survey of European Folk Music and a nice section on Irish Traditional Music. There is a little information regarding the crusades and the cultural diffusion spread in that manner. A bit general for my purposes though. [John Wendel]

McLaughlin, Noel and McLoone, Martin. “Hybridity and National Musics: The Case of Irish Rock Music. Popular Music, May 2000 V19 I12 PG181 (19).  

      A good article describing the recent phenomena of fussing Irish traditional/contemporary forms with pop rock idioms. Though not specific to my topic, the article presents some interesting ideas regarding the practice of “musical fusion”. [John Wendel]

Nettl, Bruno. The Western Impact on World Music, New York. Schirmer Books. 1985.

      Again, not any truly targeted material regarding the impact upon Middle Eastern cultures. Still, a nice detailed account of the European influence spread through Imperialism at its heyday. [John Wendel]

Powne, Michael. Ethiopian Music: An Introduction. Oxford. Oxford Press, 1968.

      Provides information about the North African Music tradition. Mostly indigenous studies. An interesting survey of native instruments featuring several photographic plates. [John Wendel]

Randel, Michael L. The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Belknap Press, October 1986.

      My book from home, a great compendium of musical terms and most importantly for this project: instrument description and origins where possible. [John Wendel]

Heckman, Don. Afro-Celt Sound System – Music Without Borders.  Los Angeles: LA Times, Oct 21, 1999. [Justin Donovan]
 

Barry, Kevin. Afro Celt Sound System. Dublin: The Irish Times, May 12, 1999. [Justin Donovan]
 

Carol, Jim. Celts get Afro beat. Dublin: The Irish Times, July 14, 2001. [Justin Donovan]

Kelly, John. Meltdown of Trad Fusion. The Irish Times, January 29, 2000. [Justin Donovan]

Swenson, John.  Rock News Two: The week in pop. Washington DC: United Press International, February 1, 2003 [Justin Donovan]

Webliography:
 

The Official Afro Celt Sound System website

http://www.afrocelts.com/

This site contains first hand information on the history and discography of the Afro Celt's.  It also has a great deal of multimedia and insight as to what the band is about. [Justin Donovan]

Further in Time

http://www.furtherintime.com/

This site is completely dedicated to the Afro Celt's album "Further in Time."  It is drenched in multimedia and information about the album. [Justin Donovan]

The-Raft.com

http://www.the-raft.com/

This is the hompage of the Afro Celt's record label.  It has generally the same info as the the ACSS's site, but works well as a second source. [Justin Donovan]
 

N'Faly Kouyate & Dunyakan
http://www.dunyakan.be.tf/
The the website of N'Faly Kouyate's own band.  It is not in English, but you are able to get a pretty good idea of what it is about from searching around it.  It has helped me understand how his style contribute to the sound of the ACSS. [Justin Donovan]
 

Overton UK

http://www.overton.co.uk/texte/overtonuk.html
This is the site of the company that makes the whistles that John McNally of the ACSS uses.  I want to talk specifically about the instrumentation of the band in my presentation, and this is a rather good source to learn about these flutes. [Justin Donovan]

Eckermann Drums

http://www.eckermanndrums.com/index_e.html
This is the company that makes much of the percussion instruments the ACSS uses.  It has some very informative blurbs on the history and construction of each of the instruments in it's catalog. [Justin Donovan]

WorldMusicPortal.com

http://www.worldmusicportal.com/Artists/Internationalcollaborations/afroceltsoundsystem.htm
This site is dedicated entirely to world music.  There is a biography of the ACSS on the site that has some interesting views of the band, in the second to last paragraph, that I will reflect on in my presentation. [Justin Donovan]

Global-Trance

http://www.global-trance.co.uk/Afro_Celt_Sound_System.html
This page list all of the ACSS's albums and then describes and reviews each one.  It isn't extremely in-depth, but nevertheless useful. [Justin Donovan]

Interview With Afro-Celt Sound System, 7/27/01
http://www.afropop.org/multi/feature/ID/49
This is a great interview with N'Faly Kouyate and Simon Emerson.  It is very explicit on their views of what they are doing with music and how they feel about the negative responses they have received. [Justin Donovan]

The Afro-Celtic Kick

http://citypaper.net/articles/031397/article009.shtml
This is a great essay written about hybrid of African and Celtic music.  It explains what is happening in the world directly outside of the ACSS and how they are fitting into it. [Justin Donovan]

All Music Guide: The Afro-Celt Sound System

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll

The site contains a biography and discography of the band. [Justin Donovan]
 

Barnes & Noble.com: World - Beating the System

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/features/interview.asp?sourceid=00013038427524660414&bfdate=02-12-2003+15:48:52&NID=459402&bfinfo=afro-celt_sound

This is an interview sponsored by Barnes and Noble with  Iarla Ó Lionáird.  They talk mostly of the album “further in time.” [Justin Donovan]

BBCi: Afro Celt Sound System

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/folk/artist_database/pages/afroceltsoundsy.shtml

This site has a news report on the ACSS, which is more of a biography in it’s sense.  There are a few bits of new information that may or may not be useful. [Justin Donovan]

Afro Celt Sound System

http://www.irishsearch.net/music/afrocelt.html

This is an Irish-sponsored site, which contains an interview.  I am interested in the perspective of the Irish, themselves, and how they react to the ACSS. [Justin Donovan]

Afro Celt Sound System

http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/artists/a/afro.celt.sound.system.html

This site had some good info on guest artists of the Afro-Celts.  I have a feeling they might have obtained most of the info through the ACSS’s site. [Justin Donovan]

NOW, online edition: disc review

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-06-28/music_discs5.html

This is an unfavorable review of the album “Further in Time.”  [Justin Donovan]

Afro Celt Sound System

http://www.londonfreepress.com/JamAlbumsA/afrocelt_volume3-sun.html

This another review of the album “Further in Time. [Justin Donovan]