Title: Bright Star Of The West Joe Heaney Irish Songman
Description: This book explores the life and performance practices of the Irish sean-nØs singer Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Born in Connemara, Heaney grew up speaking the Irish language on a windswept coastal landscape, where he absorbed a rich oral heritage in Irish and in his second language, English.
Subjects: Singers, Biography, Sean-nos, History and criticism, Singers, biography, Ireland, biography, Irish literature, history and criticism