Michael Gorman (1895–1970) was an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

fiddler (from

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), often partnering

Margaret Barry Margaret Barry (1917–1989) was an Irish Traveller, traditional singer and banjo player. Biography Born Margaret Cleary in Cork into a family of Travellers and street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle ...

. He has been described as "one of traditional music's few superstars of the post-War decades" and one whose "musical roots in Ireland can be identified back to the artisan musicians in the immediate aftermath of the famine, and he was an active musician from about 1906 until 1970." The accompanying book to the Topic Records 70-year anniversary boxed set ''

Three Score and Ten ''Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People'' is a multi-CD box set album issued by Topic Records in 2009 to celebrate 70 years as an independent British record label. The album consists of a hardback book containing the seven CDs and a paper ...

'' lists ''Her Mantle So Green'' as one of the classic albumsThree Score and Ten Accompanying Book
/ref> and ''The Factory Girl'' from ''Street Songs and Fiddle Tunes of Ireland'' with Margaret Barry is track 9 on the third CD in the set.

Discography

* ''Bonnie Kate'' TFSA 60 077 (cassette) * 1958 ''Street Songs and Fiddle Tunes of Ireland'' (with Margaret Barry)

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10T6 * 1965 ''Her Mantle So Green'' (with Margaret Barry) Topic 12T123 * ''Irish Songs and Tunes'' (with Margaret Barry) Folkways 8729 *1967 ''The Blarney Stone'' (with Margaret Barry)

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XTRA 5037 *''Irish Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes''. Folkways 6819 (pipes, tin whistle & fiddle) Sandberg, Larry & Weissman, Dick (1976) ''The Folk Music Sourcebook''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; p. 129 *2001 ''The Sligo Champion:The Fiddle Music of County Sligo''.

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TSCD 525D

References

*Pohle, Horst (1987) ''The Folk Record Source Book''; 2nd ed. p. 173 & 22 (for discography) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorman, Michael Musicians from County Sligo 1895 births 1970 deaths Irish fiddlers 20th-century violinists Topic Records artists Folkways Records artists