![]() ![]() These recordings are fascinating, since many were recorded when Sarah was in her seventies, or even early eighties (I would guess), and many are of local and unusual songs which, it appears, Sarah never recorded for any of the 'collectors' who visited her. This was indeed a real goldmine of information, and much of what follows is quoted directly from it (with permission), with additions from a few other sources.Īlso, Fintan Vallely put me in touch with Stéphanie Makem, Sarah's great-grand-daughter, who sings many of Sarah's songs, and who was able to help with both photographs and recordings from the family, and some interesting recollections, which I have added to the D'Arcy text. Sadly, the Project closed down a few years ago, but I was able to trace their genealogist, Feargal O'Donnell, who managed to get me the full text of Aideen D'Arcy's article. Indeed, it was not until I stumbled upon the South Armagh Genealogy Project website (that I found anything different or more substantial. I can vouch for this when I began assembling information for these CDs' booklet, all I could find were the same few paragraphs, recycled over a dozen websites. 'Not much has been written about Sarah Makem, and some of what there is, is sadly inaccurate' wrote Aideen D'Arcy in the Acknowledgements section of her Case Study, compiled for the South Armagh Genealogy Project, in 2007. Since Topic had only recently acquired the rights to the Peter Kennedy Archive, which contained quite a number of recordings of other songs by Sarah Makem, this seemed an opportune moment to pursue this project. Paul Carter who, with Seán O'Boyle, made the 1967 recordings for Topic Records' LP Mrs Sarah Makem, Ulster Ballad Singer (Topic 12T182) contacted me in late-2009 to say that he had some recordings which had not been used on that LP, and asking if I would be interested in using them in some way. As a service to those who may not wish to buy the record, or who might find the small print hard to read, I have reproduced the relevant contents of the CD booklet here. Musical Traditions Records' sixth CD release of 2011, and second 3-CD Set: Sarah Makem: As I Roved Out (MTCD353-5) is now available. Click the name and your installed MP3 player will start. Sound clips are shown by the name of the song being in underlined bold italic red text. Place cursor on graphics for citation and further information. Note: place cursor on red asterisks for footnotes. Sarah Makem CD Booklet Notes Article MT268
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