Vividly evoking Irish sounds, instruments, and dance steps, this study describes traditional Irish music and dance in Ireland and America. It provides a springboard for the discussion of cultural and historical issues of identity, community, nationalism, emigration, transmission, and gender.

• Foreword;Preface;CD Track list
• 1:Invitation to a Session
• 2:Historical Continuties: Music, Dance and the Making of a Nation
• 3:Passing on the Tradition
• 4:The Dance Tune Tradition
• 5:Singers, Sessions, and Songs
• 6:The Sean-nos in the New Ireland: Irish Singing Traditions
• 7:Irish Music in the Global Marketplace