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Tommy Makem Dies

Irish folk singer, storyteller Tommy Makem dies
Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2007 | 3:26 PM ET
CBC Arts

Irish singer and songwriter Tommy Makem has died at his home in Dover, N.H.

The 74-year-old, who passed away on Wednesday, had been battling lung cancer, according to his family.

Makem hit the music world as part of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the late 1950s and 1960s.

I remember my Dad listening to Makem and the Clancy Brothers quite a lot when I was young. They were good at what they did, and this is very sad. Here they are doing "The Rocky Road To Dublin."

A Musical Interlude

Sorry for the lack of activity this week. It's been busy in a number of ways. Hopefully, there will be a) a Friday Archaeology Blogging at some point this weekend, and b) regular stuff next week. By way of apology, I give you this: A Japanese ska band performing, in Japanese, an Italian second-world-war anti-fascist partisan song.



For the sake of comparison, here's the song in its original language, with Celtic-y bits thrown in.



Enjoy, and have a good weekend.