Jazz singer Beryl Bryden at the Cork Jazz Festival.

Report shows Beryl Bryden performing 'Running Wild'.

Interview with Beryl Bryden in which she discusses the beginnings of her career in Europe and her tendency to independent management of her own affairs. Her influences, she says, were Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. She talks about her show 'The Roaring 20s' at the Cork Jazz Festival.

Beryl Bryden performing 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' on washboard.

The reporter is Teresa Mannion.

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