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From a Whisper to a Scream: The Living History of Irish Music

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Story of Irish popular music from 1950 to the present day told by the artists, songwriters, producers and executives who made it all happen. It tells of the dramatic evolution from a grey, conservative culture to a vibrant, colourful music scene which has an enormous popularity and influence completely out of proportion to the size of the country.

Directed byDavid Heffernan

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 35m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2000
Studios
RTÉ

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring

Barry Devlin

Self

Bono

Bono

Self

The Edge

The Edge

Self

Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Self

Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
David Heffernan
Produced by
David Heffernan

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