WAKE gets musical! We welcome our first guest, musical genius Meg Logue, who has arranged and performed potentially the most melodious cover ever of The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly. We discuss gravelly voiced Irishmen, German opera, singing at wakes, and agree that we'd all like a sip of whatever Poolbeg's on.
This week's readers: Meg Logue, Toby Malone
Progress: 47 pages complete, 581 pages to go; 7.4% read.
Contextual Notes
Anthony Burgess singing “Persse O’Reilly”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QemsM_ROWSo
The Dubliners, “Humpty Dumpty”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc15EGklXQ0
Useful Resources
The music of Joyce: www.james-joyce-music.com
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