> Can someone less gaelicly challenged provide a phonetic pronunciation of the (great) new singer in Danu? > Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Mick Bolger here, with Colcannon. Basically it's MWIRR-in nee OWL-eev AIOFE CLANCY Aiofe's name is pronounced "EE-fah." -Mark D. Moss / Sing Out! re: Pronunciation of Lorraine Duisit: I have a promo copy of the album she did with Tom Espinola in 1988. In the promo material someone must have included the correct pronunciation of her name because I have written on the LP jacket "Dweezee" ---Tom Bohan Joan Baez: rhymes with maze Source: Joan's autobiography "And a Voice to Sing With" Eric Bogle: Last name is pronounced with a long "O" Source: Email from Susan Madden, 9/24/98 Jaime Brockett: First name is pronounced "Jamie" Source: Post from folk DJ Robert Resnik, 12/22/97 Deanta: This Celtic band name is pronounced "deeAHNchya" Source: CD label at KBCS, 1998 (as I remember it) Tish Hinojosa: ee-no-HO-sa Source: CD label at KBCS, 1999 Sol Hoopii: HO-oh-PEE (long accents) Source: Email from Susan Madden, 9/23/99 Rob Ickes: Rob's last name is pronounced "EYEks" Source: Email from Susan Madden, 1/4/99 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: kah-MAH-kah-vee-vo-O-lay Source: Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 11/14/99 Ray Kane: Kah-ah'-nay Source: Email from Susan Madden, 9/23/99 and 11/1/99 Joel Mabus MAY-bus Source: Email from Joel Mabus to FOLKDJ-L, 5/1/00 Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of Altan: Ma-RAY-ed Nee WEE-ney Source: Myke Folger, Seattle Times article, 1/14/99 Alice Di Micele: Alice's last name is pronounced "Dee Miss Ellie" Source: Email from Alice Di Micele, 11/20/98 Bruce Molsky MAHL-ski Source: Email from Joel Mabus to FOLKDJ-L, 5/1/00 Rik Palieri Pal-air-ie Source: Email from Rik Palieri to FOLKDJ-L, 5/1/00 Suzzy Roche: Suzzy rhymes with fuzzy Source: Mike Regenstreif, 6/1/00 Tom Rozum: Last name is pronounced with a long "O" Source: Email from Susan Madden, 9/24/98 Slainte: (Celtic band) SLAHNT-cha Source: On stage at NW Folklife, 5/29/00 Solas: (Celtic band) SULL-us Source: Email from Bob Blackman to FOLKDJ-L 5/1/00 Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet: TEEG and SIMMohnet Source: Interview on KBCS 10/11/99 by Richard Gillmann Daithi Sproule: (Altan guitar player) DAH-hee Sproal Source: Richard Gillmann asked him at Dusty Strings, 12/13/99 Gillian Welch: Unlike most Gillians, hers pronounced with a hard "G" Source: can't remember
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