Trad/roots: TradTalk to explore the darker side of Irish traditional music
Misogyny and sexual harassment are among matters to be discussed tomorrow in an online event, TradTalk, aimed at supporting artists. The initiative also sees the launch of an important report compiled by concertina player Jack Talty Tristan Rosenstock, co-founder of Trad Ireland, the organisation behind TradTalk 2020, and band member of Téada Robert McMillen
Co Clare concertina player Jack Talty
WHENEVER we thrill at hearing great traditional musicians on stage or at a session or in a concert hall as they lift us into the unknown emotional world that their music evokes, we are unlikely to ponder what life holds for those same musicians once the final encore has been played and the audiences files out on their way home.