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Live at Mona's

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Live at Mona's is America's first live Irish music session album. Eamon O'Leary and Patrick Ourceau ran a weekly Irish music session at Mona's pub on New York's Lower East Side for years, and this recording project was a means for the musicians to document it. Sessions took place late at night on Mondays for a decade prior, and the following recordings were conducted between March and December, 2003. Selections were published as the cd Live at Mona's, and featured session leaders Eamon and Patrick holding forth with dozens of local and international musicians, playing hundreds of tunes. This site documents those recordings and the Mona's session during 2003, and stands as an open resource for players and enthusiasts of Irish traditional music.

Here is an overview of the album and its impact.

Included in this site are the recordings and images from those session, with interviews, reviews and other details. Site navigation is in the upper left corner, or start with the links below.
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Field Recordings

Live at Mona's album
 

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