>>127260894I'm Irish, so genuinely pondering: I've noticed that a crazy high number of English musicians are of (usually first-gen) Irish heritage, so there clearly is some punching above their weight. But why then are there so little musicians of note straight out of Ireland?
I wonder if it's because talented musicians in Ireland just go the trad route. A lot of musician mates and acquittances of mine generally go that way. So perhaps the immigrant Irish, being unmoored from trad culture, found their outlet in conventional (pop/rock) music. Kinda disappointing if that's the case. I do like a bit of trad music and all, but not having most of the talent/creativity trapped just within that bubble would be nice.
