Geib, George W.

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Butler University Digital Commons @ Butler University LAS Faculty Book Reviews College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 3-1-2013 Joe Holmes: Here I Am Amongst You, by Len Graham, Four Courts, 2010 George W. Geib Butler University, ggeib@butler.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/las_bookreviews Recommended Citation Geib, George W., "Joe Holmes: Here I Am Amongst You, by Len Graham, Four Courts, 2010" (2013). LAS Faculty Book Reviews. 135. https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/las_bookreviews/135 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in LAS Faculty Book Reviews by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@butler.edu. Because Ideas Matter... The faculty and staff of Butler University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences presents Recommended Readings  Joe Holmes: Here I Am Amongst You by Len Graham, Four Courts, 2010 Reviewed by George Geib    Joe Holmes (1906-1978) was one of the great traditional musicians of County Derry, Northern Ireland.  As both a singer and a fiddler, he possessed a highly varied repertoire of tunes, ballads, and entertainments that made him a welcome performer throughout the island.  Len Graham was a close friend of Holmes who collected much of this work in both recorded and print versions.  This delightfully illustrated print collection is an extensively annotated compilation of eighty songs, fifty-three fiddle and dance tunes, and an introduction to Christmas mumming.  Holmes performed with, and frequently influenced, many of the leading artists of the Celtic revival.  Thistle and Shamrock listeners will recognize some old favorites, but should be surprised by the amount of new and unexpected material.  Holmes learned many of his favorites from his mother, who in turn drew heavily upon nineteenth century broadside ballads and community dancing.  The feel of an earlier Ireland is very real and immediate.   Biography, history, and musical archive, this volume is well worth a visit.  - George Geib is Professor of History at Butler University.  

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