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Michael O'Shea Free Music

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Michael O'Shea Free Music

Michael O'Shea

Effective period / Period of releases: 1982

"Traveling acousto-electric troubadour" and instrument-maker who created the "Mó Cará" (Gaelic for My Friend) combining the "basic dulcimer shape...taken from an instrument designed and made by an Algerian musician, Kris Hosylan Harpo" and combining both sitar and Zelochord. Performances later included the sounds from another self-created instrument, the "Black Hole Space Echo Box" with further amplication and electronics.

Born: 11th January, 1947, Newry, Northern Ireland
Died: 23rd December, 1991, London, United Kingdom following a coma multiple injuries suffered from being struck by a London post-office van.

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Link to Radio Documentary

Link to Oral History

medium.com/learn-and-sing/no-journeys-end-the-story-of-michael-oshea-a991e6844442

Link to Allmusic bio

Link to No Journey's End

keithsneuroblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/no-journeys-end.html