Eolas / Info ++ .. click "About" tab. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/folkhibernia/ Stiúrthóir / Director Mike Connollyn 60 years ago virtuall...
Eolas / Info ++ .. click "About" tab. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/folkhibernia/ Stiúrthóir / Director Mike Connollyn 60 years ago virtually unheard abroad and largely unloved at home, Irish music has given the world a sense of Ireland and Ireland a sense of itself, as the country has risen from an impoverished post-colonial upstart to a modern European power. Contributors include Christy Moore, Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains, Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners, Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers and Shane MacGowan of The Pogues.nMade two years before the 2008 crises, and that is much to its credit given the last scenes.nnContents:n"60 years ago, Irish music was virtually unheard abroad, and largely unloved at home". n"Éire leaves the Empire"nÉamonn De Valera, "the basis for Right Living"; "he saw Ireland's culture in its past" nWillie Clancy's slow airs "What I head is music undistorted, undiluted... he had nothing to lose at that point, as nobody was listening to them" (Martin Hayes) "Táimse im Chodladh" (sliocht!)nUK, Ewan McColl, nIrish Americans, "They are the first examples of Irish traditional recordings we have"n"Michael Coleman-The Kerryman's Daughter / The Bird In The Tree", Vaudeville, nMcPeake Family, Pete Seeger, nThe Ronnie Drew GroupnÉamonn De Valera goes, Taoiseach Seán Lemass, economics, WhitegatenJoe Whitegate, "The older people remembered some of the songs but had never heard them sung that way"nThe Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem -- "The Parting Glass" "We realised that folk music as sung by the old-timers could not be popular".nDubliners, "PADDY ON THE RAILWAY", xxxnCéilí Bands, TullanSeán Ó Riada, orchestration, arrangements, Ceoltóirí Chualann, Mise Éire (1959), Saoirse, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceolt%C3%B3ir%C3%AD_Chualann 1960snShowbandsnEmmet Spiceland - Mary From Dungloe xxx nSweeney's Men - "Rattlin' Roarin' Willie" nChristy MoorenPlanxty, 1972 nHorslips, Eamonn CarrnChieftainsn1970s nBothy BandnPJ Hayes, Martin Hayes, "in the 70s, they began to realise the music wasn't going to die" "People would just arrive, unannounced, and they would stay the night". nDonal Lunny, "We were trying to put legs on the music", Paddy Glackin, n1980snU2 -"Sunday Bloody Sunday", Live Red RocksnMoving Hearts nThe Pogues & KIirsty McCollnSinead O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U, to you n1990snWoman's Heart, Mary BlacknSharon ShannonnChristy MoorenRiverdancen2000snCeltic Tiger, B*witched, 1998, C'est La Vie, BewitchednIrishness, soulnDamien Dempsey, 2005, "SING ALL OUR CARES AWAY"nMartin Hayes and Cahill, The Morning Dew reels / The Bucks of Oranmore n... is go leor eile nnnhttp://thesession.org/discussions/12392nnnAn nasc seo: http://youtu.be/mvRW-8lN_Do Sásta nó míshásta ? Botúin ? .. scríobh chuig Ciarán TG coa 1 gmail com. nThe BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk has a fabulous free, high quality, Video on Demand (VOD) service available for anyone with an IP located in the UK; it is also on BSB Sky in Europe. Less
