'Brianainn an t-Seòladair' by Brian Ó hEadhra and Fiona Mackenzie - he's Irish, she's Scottish...but it sounds much more kinda Arctic, I think.
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I'd have to get up early to catch you, John. Have you no bed to go to?Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Here's one from Caladh Nua - I posted them before playing The Gravel Walks - remember? This is a song on the lines of - It Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do. ( Nina S or Bessie S??)
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Being as the morning commute now consists revving up the engine in the kitchen through the living room and a tight left turn into into the porch these days, Padraig, I find I have the odd wee extra twenty minutes in the morning. Thought I'd post Dàibhidh Stiùbhard singing 'Òran Eile Don Phrionnsa'. His new record is getting good reviews, although I couldn't find a track on YT - but a fine voice he has for a rainy Irish Friday.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
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A new name for me, John. I thought at first it was a Scottish tune, and his name itself was puzzling. So I looked him up. A very interesting find indeed. There is a whole history here - as complicated as you would expect coming from Northern Ireland. You may know all the following details, but I'll share them anyway so we're both on the same hymn sheet, as it were.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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I didn't know that, Padraig...thanks very much...very interesting read...There's a fine track by Dàibhidh on the latest Songlines compilation. Must look out some more.Originally posted by Padraig View PostComment
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Meanwhile on the rocky road to Dublin, the Kings of Connaught sing from one of their ancestral homes...
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Good one G. Straight up, no messing. 9/8 not a problem. I notice the tin whistle has an upside down grip, or should that be crossed hands?Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
Talking of hands across, here's an old one from the other side - that is, not Irish traditional - maybe into the territory being explored by John's Daibhidh Stewart above. I did not know until now that Rangers supporters sing it. I always liked the tune anyway.
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Very interesting to read the comments below the vid to get a picture of their moderate followers, Padraig.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
But it is true what they said when I was growing; that Rangers had the best tunes (except for 'Oh When the Saints Go Marching In', of course) - they have now all been overtaken by Hibernian's 'Sunshine on Leith'.
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When I was a young fellow in Strabane in the Forties there was a song called The Flower of Sweet Strabane which I often heard mentioned but never heard sung. It was usually mentioned in a peculiarly sarcastic way - maybe you might recognise the style, John, seeing how close the Irish and Scottish are in some ways - you know, somebody might exclaim, referring to a woman or girl - Och that one! The Flower of Sweet Strabane! It usually got a laugh, too!. I recognise the humour now, but not then, and it was years before I actually heard the song. Here it is now, sans sarcasm, sung by a singer introduced to me on this very board: Margaret Barry and The Flower of Sweet Strabane.
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(there are 4 episodes in total)
It's not Friday, but there are 3 minutes of Irish music between every monologue....some monologues work better than others, but they're so short you can invest the time.
A collection of theatrical postcards created during the COVID-19 pandemic,Comment
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Guess what! You Tube must read my posts! (I know I know), because I can't tell you how pleased I was to find this reference to Strabane in the Forties. It takes me back - I remember every foot of pavement. Gray's Printers is now a small cafe which retains the shop front. I hope you find this in some way as wonderful as I do.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
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I've never been to Strabane, but sometimes when we go to Eire we can still capture a sniff of those times in certain parts of certain villages, unchanged over the decades. It's the people as much as the place.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
Boyle being an example that springs to mind from our most recent visit. (They stick out like a sore thumb those Americans)Comment
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Rebel songs are part of traditional Irish music, and of Irish culture. In a broader sense, the Irish Showband scene of the Sixties and Seventies has become a cultural phenomenon, and some of the performers from that era have achieved iconic status. One of them, Brendan Bowyer, died last month at the age of 81, and in his time he managed to bring together two strands of Irish culture. The song is, like one of Heaney's poems, a facet of the 1798 Rebellion.
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Julie Fowlis and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh nationally distant from the look of things on a TG4 programme singing, I am led to believe, 'Tighinn Air A'mhuir Am Fear Phosas Mi'. I think they sound great together.
Here's the translation: http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/ca...ie/tighinn.htmComment
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John, I had intended to post that very performance, but...Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
It came from a series on TG4 in support of Women's Aid - Meitheal na mBan.
You might like to know a little quirk about names in Irish - Nic Amhlaoibh for example. Her name in English would be MacAuley, but Mac is a masculine prefix meaning 'son of'; the feminine prefix is Nic.Comment
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