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DESCRIPTION:Eamon O'Leary and Jefferson Hamer (aka The Murphy Beds) present
  traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrume
 ntal arrangements on bouzouki\, guitar\, and mandolin. in 2021 they release
 d their second album\, titled "Easy Way Down\," which The Irish Echo called
  "an incredible collection of songs delivered with grace and ease." They ha
 ve toured extensively throughout Europe and North America\, with performanc
 es at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington\, D.C.\, Ala
 ska Folk Festival\, Milwaukee Irish Festival\, WGBH Boston's Celtic Sojourn
 \, Doolin Folk Festival (Ireland)\, and Unamplifire Festival (London).\n\nE
 amon and Jefferson began playing together at traditional music sessions in 
 New York City. They shared an interest in collecting\, arranging\, and perf
 orming songs from Irish\, American\, Scottish\, and English traditions. As 
 they began to collaborate - first in larger ensembles\, but most enduringly
  as a duo - they also recognized an affinity for other more contemporary id
 ioms. Whatever the source - songs of the Irish travelers\, Arkansas spiritu
 als\, or their own compositions - their arrangements feature the same caref
 ully wrought interplay of voices and strings. \n\nIn reference to a pair of
  their original songs\, The New Yorker wrote\, "with crispy guitar licks an
 d geographic lyrics about a wandering worker...it reminds me of Woody Guthr
 ie's Columbia River song series...I want to describe it as an Ian Tyson-esq
 ue ballad about a man stranded on an island and then lost at sea\, but it f
 eels like a chain of imagistic verses that take you through a dreamscape." 
 \n\nIn 2012 they recorded the debut album " The Murphy Beds in New York Cit
 y" (a name that subsequently became shorthand for the duo itself.
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LOCATION:Connolly House\, Andover Room
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SUMMARY:Gaelic Roots ft. The Murphy Beds
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URL:https://events.bc.edu/event/gaelic-roots-ft-the-murphy-beds
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