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Patrick Ball
12+ albums
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Patrick Ball was born and raised in California and gave little thought to such things as where his ancestors came from. He went to school and supposed, when he thought about it at all, that he would one day be a lawyer, like his father. But he studied music from time to time and over the years developed a nodding acquaintance with the piano and the guitar. At university he continued his flirtatious relationship with music by playing the tin whistle, principally to annoy his roommate. But at this time he found that he was irresistibly drawn to words, to the music of words, to writers who made words sing, to writers from Ireland. Then, when he began to study history to fulfill his academic requirements, he was not surprised to find that it was the lyrical, turbulent history of Ireland that engaged him. So much so, in fact, that when his father died all his thoughts of law school died with him. He enrolled in graduate school and soon made his way to Ireland. There he fell in love with the eloquence and fire of the Irish oral tradition. There he fell in love with the Celtic harp. And there a few pieces of his life fell into place. For he came to know that marvelous unity of Irish words, music and history that would become his passion and, eventually, his livelihood. Patrick returned to California, was awarded a Master's Degree in History by Dominican College, and soon discovered that jobs in the field of Irish scholarship were not to be had for love nor money. So after laboring
top songs
albums
BALL: Storyteller
The Wood of Morois
Fair Play (Celtic Harp)
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Celtic Harp 1: Music of Turlough O'Carolan
O'Carolan's Dream: Celtic Harp Vol. 4
Celtic Harp 2: From a Distant Time
Fiona
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The Christmas Rose (Celtic Harp)
Celtic Harp, Vol. I: The Music of Turlough O'Carolan
Celtic Harp, Vol. IV: O'Carolan's Dream
IRELAND Ball: Fair Play
BALL, Patrick: Secret Isles