Gerry O’Connor grew up in the town of Dundalk, County Louth in a family of musicians, dancers and singers. For more information and to reserve a spot in the workshop, contact O'Connor plays tunes from the Donnellan Collection: A workshop on typical bowing patterns specific to the playing of Irish traditional dance music, for intermediate and advanced fiddle players, will follow at 4 PM in the Music Seminar Room. Space is limited RSVP here or with “Reserve Now” button above. This event will take place in the Davison Rare Book Room of Olin Memorial Library, co-hosted by the World Music Archives and Special Collections and Archives. This collection served as the basis for his modern edition of these regional tunes in The Rose in the Gap: Dance Music of Oriel from the Donnellan Collection. Join the celebrated Irish traditional fiddle player, music producer, record label owner, and luthier Gerry O’Connor for a lecture-demonstration on the music of the Oriel region of Ireland from early 20th-century music manuscripts in the Luke Donnellan collection. Now well into her stride as a solo artist, with ‘Black Girl Magic’ Dijon has produced another collection of standout, all-inclusive house classics that’ll dominate dancefloors for years to come.Researching Irish Traditional Music Manuscripts: A Lecture-Demonstration With Gerry O’Connorįriday, at 2:00pm Davison Rare Book Room, Olin Library, 252 Church Street Featuring flirty xylophones, signature house cymbals and organ chords, clubs are surely soon to be united by the track’s lyrics: “ My body’s designer / I’m rich ‘cause it’s mine, mine.” On ‘Everybody’, she provides us with a high-octane track about high fashion that could soundtrack a ’00s runway montage. Intertwining every aspect of her identity with ‘Black Girl Magic’, Dijon also showcases her passion for fashion. Here, Dijon proves that she is a master at blending a sultry vocal delivery (Eve’s sensual harmonies include the nightclub-ready lyrics: “ Searching through the darkness / It’s you that I find”) with staple house tropes: sharp and energetic violins, unapologetic organs and unruly percussion. ‘Black Girl Magic’ continues to tell this story, as the Hadiya George-featuring ‘Not About You’ sums up perfectly: “It’s not about you, it’s not about me: it’s about us.”īoasting a packed list of collaborators including Channel Tres, Pabllo Vittar and Sadie Walker, the record’s standout feature comes from Eve on the soulful deep house gem ‘In The Club’. As a trans woman of colour, Dijon has always celebrated being Black and queer in her work, using house music in particular as a safe space to express herself. Packed full of fierce and vocal-drenched house anthems that’ll get everyone moving, the record is infused with a real sense of freedom. ![]() Having previously shadowed other Chicago DJ greats like Derrick Carter and Mark Farina, their influence is felt in every thumping snare and hypnotic cymbal on Dijon’s second album, ‘Black Girl Magic’. Despite producing music for over two decades, Dijon’s entertaining debut solo album, ‘The Best Of Both Worlds’, only arrived in 2017, before she then courted the mainstream earlier this year with her contributions to Beyoncé’s house and Ballroom-inspired album ‘Renaissance’. But then that should be a given since she was born in Chicago, the birthplace of house music.Įnamoured by a culture that was on her doorstep, Dijon later continued her journey in New York where she made a name for herself as a go-to party DJ, fashionista and activist. Honey Dijon is a wizard when it comes to making feel-good dancefloor symphonies.
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