http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com Ward Irish Music Archives houses the largest public collection of Irish music in America. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:27:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was a busy spring for WIMA and has been a very busy summer! We've got some great news to share! WIMA is pleased to announced that on August 16, 2010, we're officially releasing a double audio CD of the Dunn Family Collection recordings called The Francis O'Neill Cylinders: Thirty-two Recordings ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/07/the-francis-oneill-cylinders-release-update/ Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit! Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. We here at the Ward Irish Music Archives wish you a great and happy day, and we ask that you get out and enjoy some live Irish music during the 2010 Green Season! In other news: The Archives and the Dunn ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/03/la-fheile-padraig-sona-duit-and-updates/ March is upon us, and if you’re involved with an Irish music archives, you know that means the Green Season is in full swing. The St. Patrick’s season is always a busy one for WIMA, so here’s an update of what we’ll be up to this month. This Saturday, ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/03/march-madness-green-tie-event/ We're tackling some major projects here at WIMA during 2010, the biggest being a couple relating to the Dunn Family Collection. The Dunn Family Collection was donated to the Ward Irish Music Archives (WIMA) in January 2007. The collection contains many artifacts from the life and times of Michael J. Dunn ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/02/dunn-family-collection-2010-projects/ As we head in to Christmas its amazing how many Irish-Americans have contributed to our culture of Christmas related songs and carols. Tin Pan Alley was practicly done when Bing Crosby had his huge hit of "White Christmas" in 1942. That one song kept songwriters in business ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/12/50/ The archives had a great day at the Celtic Boutique last weekend. We had a CD and Book sale and made a nice little bit of money to end the year. Our next event will be in February when several events are in the works. Stay tuned as we should ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/11/43/ July & August 2009 are almost behind us now. Three more festivals including our own. The Come Back to Erin exhibit has been very successful. Lots of great comments. [caption id="attachment_38" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Come Back to Erin Exhibit in Dublin, Ohio "][/caption] Dublin Irish Fest was great. Wonderful music and weather. ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/08/july-august-2009/ We just returned from the Fort Collins Irish Festival. Had a great time. On the trip it was amazing to see all the new windmills in the west plus many windmill parts being shipped on trucks and trains. Fort Collins is a great town...we thoroughly enjoyed it...beautiful setting for a festival. ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/06/fort-collins-irish-fest/ Next week we'll be taking our "History of Irish Rock Music" to the Fort Collins Irish Fest in Colorado. Some of you may wonder what led to us getting involved in these larger exhibits. The answer is dissemination. The Archives, like many institutions, has so many great artifacts, recordings and ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/06/on-the-road/ Welcome to our new Ward Irish Music Archives, WIMA, blog. Because we have so much going on here at WIMA we hope that this blog will be a good way to communicate with those interested in our projects and activities. One recent event was the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, ARSC, ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/06/archives-goes-to-washington/