Category: Member’s Bios

Kelly Boyle

I am an ethnomusicologist, college lecturer and musician specializing in Central Javanese Gamelan music and South Indian Karnatak music, and with academic interests in Irish and Euro-American folk and popular musics. I have been a member of the academic staff at the Department of Music at UCC since the early 2000s and am currently part-time […]

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Joanne Cusack

Dr Joanne Cusack is an assistant lecturer, researcher, musician, and FairPlé activist. She is a first-class honours graduate of Dundalk Institute of Technology and holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Maynooth University. Her research interests include cultural/critical studies, identity studies, feminist activism, and performance. As an activist, Joanne has contributed to the creation of numerous […]

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Jack Talty

Jack Talty is a traditional musician, composer, producer, academic, and educator from Lissycasey in county Clare. As a performer Jack has travelled extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Australia, and Asia, and has contributed to over 80 albums to date as a musician, producer, composer, arranger, and engineer. A regular contributor to traditional music programming […]

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Luca Gambirasio

PhD student at University College Cork. My research interests are ecomusicology, applied ethnomusicology, ecocritical music in Italy, and modern tendencies in Karnatik Music. Institution Affiliation: University College Cork

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Luca Gambirasio

PhD student at University College Cork. My research interests are ecomusicology, applied ethnomusicology, ecocritical music in Italy, and modern tendencies in Karnatik Music. Institution Affiliation: University College Cork

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Karishmeh Felfeli-Crawford

Karishmeh Felfeli-Crawford has recently submitted a PhD thesis (2021) for examination at University College Cork, on ethnography and analysis of 1980s synthpop duo Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell) under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Stock and Dr Alexander Khalil and with full cooperation and input from Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. An award-winning music […]

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