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Transcription: [00:26:46]
Hoh boy! I never thought I get stuck with this one. [[laughter]]

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[[lilting]]

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[[clapping]]

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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
'Lilting' as its called - is also called 'diddling' in Ireland, but we don't use that expression over here 'cause we get misunderstood sometimes. [[laughter]]

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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
Any more questions?

Yeah?

{SPEAKER name="Unknown Speaker"}
What about women playing instruments? Sort of speak, obviously, Joanie, you're-

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{SPEAKER name="Joanie Madden"}
I think now, uh, with the kids coming up, there's more girls playing than guys. We just -- um, Mick noticed the change that, and how

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more females are moving into the scene, and uh, becoming better, well, better musicians - [[laughter]] - I better watch what I'm saying, I'm kind of outnumbered here. But uh, [[laughter]] oh God--

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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"} She's going to be in trouble now after this.

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{SPEAKER name="Joanie Madden"} We, like, there's been a big movement of the girl -- it was always like, in the olden days back in Ireland, I guess, there'd be, 'cause most of the music would take place in pubs and

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a girl went in there, you know, there was something wrong with her, and she would kind of be, I guess, excommunicated or whatever. It wasn't right for women to be playing.

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But now since times have been changing, and you know, all the feminists, movements, and all that stuff, we're big shots now,

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so, we started to play the music and there's a lot of us now, and we just, we just ran a concert series in New York, bringing women together from all across the country and they were great.

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It was great music, there wasn't one man allowed in the place, you know? [[laughter]]

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And it was really good music, I was surprised. [[laughter]] But, um - it's been a big movement for it and, now it's going strong.

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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"} Well, from that unbiased perspective you can see that women, uh, are now playing a very prominent role in Irish music, and particularly in New York City, I would say about 70 percent of the new players are probably woman.

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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"} Any more questions?

Transcription Notes:
Confirm the tattling section while he is singing is coded correctly. Lilting, yes.