I Could Read the Sky

Authors

Timothy O'Grady, Black Mountain InstituteFollow
Martin Hayes, Musician
Dennis Cahill, Musician
Aine Meenaghan, Musician

Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

3-17-2010

Publisher

Black Mountain Institute

Abstract

The lyrical story of a musical Irishman's migration to England in search of fieldwork—and finding the love of his life only to lose her—comes alive in a unique multimedia performance presented in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Based on I Could Read the Sky, a collaborative novel by BMI Fellow Timothy O'Grady and former New Yorker staff photographer Steve Pyke, the show features O'Grady's reading from the book interspersed with music from world-renowned fiddle-and-guitar duo Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill and the singing of celebrated Sean-nós artist Aine Meenaghan, with Pkye's arresting images projected throughout the performance.

Keywords

England; Ireland; Fiction; Literature; Folk music; Oral interpretation of fiction

Disciplines

American Literature | Arts and Humanities | Literature in English, North America | Modern Literature | Music

Language

English

Comments

UNLV Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall

Video File size: 500 megabytes

Audio file size: 42 megabytes

Repository Citation

O'Grady, T., Hayes, M., Cahill, D., Meenaghan, A. (2010). I Could Read the Sky.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/blackmountain_lectures_events/73