Article

Truth is the Daughter of Time

Karan Casey

Published in: Ethnomusicology Ireland 7 (2021)

Pages: 139-146 | Published Online: April 2021

https://doi.org/10.64208/EMDR1612

Abstract

The performance of social justice and my role as a female traditional and folk singer are discussed in this article. What is of particular importance to me is how these ideas and experiences are interpreted and channelled through my singing. I draw on the writings of Angela Davis and Tríona Ní Shíocháin, among others, and crucially as a singer I explore the intersection of performance and activism through the lens of my own experience. Also important to this discussion is FairPlé, a feminist movement I co-founded in early 2018 which advocated for equality for women performers within the traditional Irish music community. In many ways FairPlé grew out of the combination of performance and activism.

Author: Karan Casey