Finnegan's Wake

Studio 360 | Mar 1, 2011

The typical Irish wake is a celebration of the way a person joked and ate and drank and lived. A pair of Irish-American singers, Austin Hughes and his father, Austin Sr., sing Finnegan's Wake — a traditional tune that came long before the book by the same name by James Joyce. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.

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