September 23rd, 2008
Hey lads,
Here is another great musical experience I had lately.
I am recording an album of Best Loved Gaelic Songs We Learned (Or Didn’t Learn) at School. I know people outside Ireland will not get this, like, but here are some of the songs I am talking about:
Oró Sé do Bheatha Abhaile
Báidín Fheilimí
Trasna na dTonnta
An Poc ar Buile
Cill Chais
Óró Mo Bháidín
Anyway, I decided to record a new version of An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Puck Goat), a hilarious romp of …
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September 8th, 2008
I wrote a song called GORTATAGORT (THE FARM), about the farm where my mother comes from in Bantry, County Cork. I named all the fields in the song and tried to capture the feeling of the place. I spent all my holidays there when I was a boy.
Anyway … Christy Moore, the great Irish folk singer, got on to me and was really into the song, said it moved him deeply, and asked if I would be comfortable with him …
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October 28th, 2007
Well now …
October 2007 and I have just returned from a 12 day MUSICAL VISIT to
SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA.
I was invited by TG4, Ireland’s Irish Language (Gaelic) TV station, to take part in a …
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