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Kathleen Coen's Item Info

Title:
Kathleen Coen's
Sound Cloud:
Description:
Flute player Mr. Jack Coen, brother of Monsignor Charlie Coen, was visiting his daughter Kathleen in Clinton, Massachusetts. I took a trip down that same day to meet Jack and to play a few tunes with him. Many of the tunes we played that day I had learned from a reel-to-reel tape of Jack and his friend Paddy O'Brien from County Tipperary. The tape was recorded in the Bronx, New York, in the 1950s, and a copy was sent back to Ireland. That day, Jack told me that Kathleen played the piano and, if I encouraged her, she might play a tune. Kathleen did play this polka with her father and I captured it as my prize for the day. With such a family connection, it is appropriate then that Father Charlie would be our performer on this track.
Publisher:
Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
Creator:
Coen, Charles (concertina) 38213636 McElroy, Kevin (guitar) 70994386
Type:
Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
Subjects:
Folk dance music--Ireland Polkas--Ireland Concertina music Coen, Kathleen Coen, Jack 49114583
Playlist:
Playlist 04
Collection:
Polkas
Source
Preferred Citation:
Coen, Charles (concertina) 38213636;McElroy, Kevin (guitar) 70994386, "Kathleen Coen's", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed May 1, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/559.html.
Reference Link:
https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/559.html
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