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1 day ago · Irish traditional music has endured more strongly against the forces of cinema, radio and the mass media than the indigenous folk music of most countries in the west of Europe. From the end of the Second World War until the late fifties folk music was held in low regard. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (an Irish traditional music association ...
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1 day ago · His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man , co-written and produced by Phil Spector , was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound.
1 day ago · The wide popularity of Celtic music has fostered the rise of Irish American bands that draw heavily on traditional Irish themes and music. Such groups include New York City's Black 47 , founded in the late 1980s, blending punk rock , rock and roll , Irish music , rap/ hip-hop , reggae , and soul ; and the Dropkick Murphys , a Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts , nearly a decade later.
1 day ago · Since European and African contact was established, Native American folk music has grown in new directions, into fusions with disparate styles like European folk dances and Tejano music. Modern Native American music may be best known for pow wows, pan-tribal gatherings at which traditionally styled dances and music are performed.
1 day ago · "Set the World Afire" Megadeth 1980 "Seven Minutes to Midnight" Wah! Heat: 1987 "Showdown at Big Sky" Robbie Robertson: 1984 "Since Yesterday" Strawberry Switchblade: 1965 "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" Tom Lehrer 1983 "Somethin's Goin' On" Ian Hunter: 1983 "Sonderzug nach Pankow" Udo Lindenberg: 1983 "Standing in the Dark" Platinum ...
1 day ago · There could be conflicting attitudes regarding the practices of a magician; in European history, authorities often believed that cunning folk and traditional healers were harmful because their practices were regarded as magical and thus stemming from contact with demons, whereas a local community might value and respect these individuals because their skills and services were deemed beneficial.
1 day ago · Europe has endured thanks in part to Ms. Merkel’s pragmatic stewardship, but it has been battered by crises during her entire time in office. Russia began an invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. It is the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II.
