Great things happen in kitchens sometimes...
Great stuff from the Bhodran Boys.
Great stuff from the Bhodran Boys.
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That's the stuff to give the troops!Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostGreat things happen in kitchens sometimes...
Great stuff from the Bhodran Boys.
. . . and for a bonus ( and a change) how's this?
might get the word hounds interested.Comment
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What could be better than this piece of harp music?
Well, maybe Dolly Parton, funder of vaccines and literacy, who can also sing a bit, obliging with a tune in a pub in County Kerry...
[[(here's the full 15 mins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qXFoNrqi3Y )
actually 11.44]]Last edited by Globaltruth; 02-04-21, 14:42.Comment
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She is indeed a wonderful wummin of many colours, GT...that Steve Cooney is one brave guy too.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
Well, maybe Dolly Parton, funder of vaccines and literacy, who can also sing a bit, obliging with a tune in a pub in County Kerry...
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Beautiful, Global. An all-time favourite I'm delighted to hear again.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostComment
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Someone gave me this CD yesterday - "it must be yours" - well, it isn't, but the sleeve notes were written by Martin Hayes, good enough recommendation for me.
So, on a belated Friday [sometimes known as a Saturday] here is Josephine Marsh playing a couple of gentle songs: An Spideóg & Phyllis' Birthday
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A new sound, Global. Not many harmonicas about and, at least here, no bass by the accordionist and all those mandolins. Gentle indeed.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
On Friday morning I heard on EC a piece by Dag Wiren from Suite - The Merchant of Venice. I knew the tune as The Blue Hills of Antrim, a song that was popular in Feis competitions in the fifties - that was the time before the Fleadh was king. I have not heard it for a long time now, so I had to go searching for an example - no longer easy to find, and none up to date. Still, it's a record of what was included in local Irish culture before Irish Culture became Global (as it were). Maybe you'll give it a listen.
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20 years ago a friend lent me a copy of Strumpet City by James Plunkett. I’m rereading it..
In the book, when Fitz and Mary are married they have a small party, at which the ladies are prevailed upon to take a glass of port. In the resultant merriment, Mrs Mulhall provides a rendition of “If I were a blackbird”. Here we have the great Delia Murphy with her version of the same
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Happy Irish Friday, Global. Nowt like a spot of old school - beautiful voice. Here's another salutary warning with a beautiful voiceOriginally posted by Globaltruth View Post
, this time for the lads, live from Sweden in'73 complete with hairstyles, banjos and a notorious pretty colleen.
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It must have been sometime in the last century that I read Strumpet City, Global! I failed to notice, or I don't remember, Delia's famous song. Of course Delia sings 'If I WAS a blackbird', and she sings it twice, as if to say 'subjunctives my arse'!Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostComment
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The Dubs in their hairday John, not tied up, however.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostHappy Irish Friday, Global. Nowt like a spot of old school - beautiful voice. Here's another salutary warning with a beautiful voice, this time for the lads, live from Sweden in'73 complete with hairstyles, banjos and a notorious pretty colleen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4AG4v0klMk
For a change how's this for a twist on stand-up - strong Irish content though.
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Just for listening pleasure (because comparisons are odorous*) here is Lisa O’Neill with her blackbird song.
Anyone else hear echoes of Delia Murphy in there?
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Very entertaining, Padraig - I want to go the hill of the sandwiches. I've passed the vid on to my Gaelic-learning wife, as names is one of her big interests. Loved the explanation of 'tri' - that explains a lot from my days working in 'The Blarney' in the Gorbals.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
Sorry, Global, I can only hear Lisa - she's almost unique, except maybe for that there wondrous Radie Peat that is.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostJust for listening pleasure (because comparisons are odorous*) here is Lisa O’Neill with her blackbird song.
Anyone else hear echoes of Delia Murphy in there?
* odorous - especially for the pedants :-)
By the way, I'm pretty sure the audience are eating sandwiches and drinking wee cups of tea there.
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