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The Orangemen of Ulster

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The Orangemen of Ulster

Collected in County Down in 1960, these field recordings present the songs, processional music, and of course, the lambeg drum beats characteristic of Northern Ireland’s Protestant population. Samuel Charters’ extensive notes provide ethnographic accounts of the aesthetics of lambeg drumming, although they avoid much discussion of the drums’ inescapable political context.

Track Listing

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101
Orangemen of Ulster drummers, Banbridge, County Down
01:10
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102
Sam Allen
04:07
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103
Orangemen of Ulster drummers of County Antrim
00:31
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104
David Harper
03:00
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105
Orangemen of Ulster drummers, Banbridge, County Down
00:43
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106
Sam Allen
04:11
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107
Joseph Orr, William Quail, Alec Turkington, Tony Anderson
03:00
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201
Orangemen of Ulster drummers, Banbridge, County Down
00:47
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202
David Harper
01:42
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203
Ernie Curran
01:56
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204
Joseph Orr, William Quail, Alec Turkington, Tony Anderson
04:25
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205
Joe Downs
03:33
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206
Joe Ulm and pub group
03:59