RIP Tony MacMahon. I've spent a lot of time over recent years with his collection of slow airs and laments, Farewell To Music, playing from the speakers.
Recorded in 2009 and released in 2016 on Raelach Records, the Clare master’s final record is a striking, delicate, distinctive and beautiful piece of work.
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Watch: TG4 Irish Music Awards 2004: Tony MacMahon awarded TG4 Lifetime Achievement Award
MacMahon had a formative and far-reaching influence on Irish music via his work as a broadcaster, producer, thinker and player - and as a man with strong opinions who was never afraid to express them.
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Listen to Farewell To Music by Tony MacMahon via Spotify
Take the time to listen to this document, recorded in the winter of his years with ill health affecting the hands and body, and you’ll hear the true soul of that storied life.
