Richie PiggottIrish Music Historian & Author
For the past twelve years, Richie has been researching and collecting the legacies of traditional musicians of the Irish diaspora in Chicago. He has now written and published a book, entitled Cry of a People Gone, covering Irish musicians in Chicago from 1920-2020. |
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Cry of a People Gone
Piggott augments and extends O'Neill's documentation into the 21st century... an impressive amount of information... a rich, detailed view of the lives of people who came from Ireland and made a life in Chicago... Piggott's work is sure to become a classic in Irish musical history and preserves the legacy of those who loved, collected and played Irish music. |
Latest News - Jan 2026A Xmas Gift of three 16-inch discs which includes a previously unheard IRC recording of Tommie Potts dated 1949...I recently received the most wonderful anonymous gift of three 16-inch recordings. Two of these were of Bill Stapleton’s IRC Dublin recording company, both dated 1949 and the third had an Air-Tone record label of Chestnut St. Philadelphia. Up until I received this gift, I was unaware of the existence of a 16-inch disc, which literally looks like an over-sized LP.
However, I learned from Harry Bradshaw and Peter Browne that they were used primarily in the 1930s & 1940s for radio music shows and in early cinema to provide accompanying music or commentary to silent film...
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