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Davy Spillane was born in Dublin in 1959. He attended Irish-speaking schools where he started to play music from the age of 12 and soon became impassioned by the pipes. He was always encouraged by his family and his father took him all over the country to festivals. From the ages of 13-16 he played at traditional sessions and fairs all over Ireland where he met and played with many of the masters of Irish music. From the age of 16 he played at festivals and concerts in Ireland, Britain and Europe.
When he was 18 yrs he starred in Joe Comerford's film Traveller. Davy was a founder member of Moving Hearts and can be heard on all of their albums. During this time he started to write music and his influence can be heard strongly on their final album The Storm.
Read more at >>>> http://www.davyspillane.com/
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Born in Manchester to Irish parents, Michael McGoldrick was encouraged by the thriving traditional Irish music scene in the city and by the age of 15, he had already won numerous All-Ireland Championships after swapping bodhran to play flute and whistles.
The Didsbury flutist made a name for himself whilst still at school, as a founder-member of Toss The Feathers, the most influential Celtic rock band in Manchester. He performed on all of 'The Tossers' releases and became the first piper/flautist to win the acclaimed BBC Radio Two Young Tradition Award in September 1995.
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"The material (on Blackwater) is largely traditional... the final piece, is simply the most captiving, resonant and beautiful music Altan have played, and makes useless for three and a half minutes the history of rock 'n' roll"
Mojo (UK)
"The Red Crow is a triumphant restatement of the virtues of the traditional approach"
Q Magazine
"Thought by many to be the finest traditional Irish combo working today, Altan seamlessly blend dazzling instrumental prowess and the gorgeously delicate vocals of Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh"
Chicago Weekly
"The hottest group in the Celtic realm these days"
The Boston Globe
"Altan's special strength is the clarity and coordination of its textures"
The New York Times
"Fresh from their well-deserved win in the Roots category at last week's Hot Press Awards, Altan put on a humdinger of a show at the Olympia on Saturday night"
The Evening Herald, Dublin
"They're poised for greatness and under no circumstances should they be missed in concert"
Irish Echo, New York
"Altan's tireless touring has won them a loyal following especially in America, and helped them make impressive inroads on world music charts"
Billboard (US)
"Mairead Ni Mhaonaighs' beautiful airs had us begging for more. Every corner seemed to echo with her voice long after the music had stopped"
Evening Press, Dublin
"The appeal of Altan centres on the fact that they see no differences or divisions in music. As such, they have managed to cross the all- important cultural barriers between folk and world and rock music"
The Sunday Tribune, Dublin
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PRESS RELEASE
Sharon Shannon - 'Libertango'
'Libertango' is the new album from Sharon Shannon following the hugely successful 'The Diamond Mountain Sessions' released in 2000.
Shannon's career, which began with the Waterboys in 1988 has been a varied and diverse one. While being firmly rooted in the Irish tradition she has undertaken a musical journey which includes collaborations with Bono and Adam Clayton, classical violinist Nigel Kennedy, reggae legend Denis Bovell, the Kodo drummer of Japan as well as Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, Emmy-Lou Harris and Alison Krauss. As well as this Sharon has toured the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, the US and Canada and Africa.
Having spent most of last year recording and touring with Sinead O'Connor, Shannon's new album 'Libertango' sees her inviting many female guest vocalists as well as enlisting the talents of her current touring line-up. Sinead O'Connor contributes two songs, one an ancient Irish religious chant, the other a beautiful version of Scottish folk song 'Anachie Gordon'. The late Kirsty McColl contributes a cover of Astor Piazolla's 'Libertango' (previously recorded by Grace Jones) which was originally released on 'Each Little Thing' but re-arranged for this record. 'All the Ways you Wander' gets a stunning performance from newcomer Pauline Scanlon, who has been touring with Sharon over the past year. It also features traditional Irish singer Roisin Elsafty, Róisín, who comes from a Connemara/Egyptian family sings an original song written by her mother Treasa and Donal Lunny in Gaelic and Arabic, 'An Phailistin' or 'Palestine'.
The diverse material on this album ranges in origin from original material by Sharon to Irish and Scottish reels and jigs to the latin flavoured 'Whitestrand Sling' to a cover of Fleetwood Mac¹s instrumental hit 'Albatross'. Shannon's trademark accordion is complimented by a wealth of musicians including long time collaborator and legendary producer Donal Lunny, to drummer and producer John Reynolds (Sinead O'Connor, The Indigo Girls, Ghostland) and old Waterboys soul mates, Steve Wickham (fiddle) and Trevor Hutchinson (double bass), to jazz saxophonist Richie Buckley (Van Morrison).
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Did I say Old English??
I meant to say anglo saxon.
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Might be where you come from... the only drinkable (matter of opinion) Old English in these parts is cider
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Cara Dillon is probably folk traditional, Paul Brady came from that backgound but is now more contemporary.... and the other two are ...... ummm .... you'll just have to listen to them and see
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Thin Lizzy were another great live band.... (didnt care much for their studio stuff either) but I'm sure everybody has heard of Thin Lizzy so that goes without saying
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Horslips were a great live band. I was never that impressed by their studio stuff at all, though I did buy some of it. Their gigs were always packed out and great fun, but then traditional music sessions are pretty much the same sort of buzz so I suppose the atmosphere carried over.
Hard to compare them to anyone else really...
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It wasnt bad... I'll have to hear more to be sure though !!
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Old English is best used in it's original intent :)
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I've tried to change to Linux on a few occasions... once or twice to Red Hat and gave up, then Mandrake, and lost interest. There just doesn't seem to be the range of applications for Linux, in whatever version, that we have for Windoze, so any recommendations would be much appreciated. I still have SuSe as yet not played with....
I don't really ask for much... just that everything works with minor input/effort/use of brain by me....and keep it simple....
So which one's best??
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well from the couple of tracks I've managed to procure since yesterday..... there is nothing 'punk' (in what that word normally brings to mind) about the Klezmatics. They seem to be much more traditional/eastern than punk. The author of the review was referring to punk as an attitude, but I dont hear that aggression/rebellion in the two tunes I've heard....
that's not to say they couldnt change from one CD to the next... though it'd be kinda hard to imagine that big a swing!!
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hmmm.... now that I think about it... world music probably isnt the right place for them
but they have nowhere else to go... poor sods
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Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is one of Ireland's most highly-regarded and successful artists.
Born and raised in Strabane, Northern Ireland, on the border with the Irish Republic, he was into a wide variety of music from an early age. A Fifties child, his first sounds the Swing, Jazz, Show tunes of his parents generation. Then 50's Rock 'n Roll, 60's pop and Motown, Blues, R'nB and Country and Western. Through all this ran the potent flavour of Irish traditional music and song.
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Cara Dillon seems to have seduced the entire nation in just a couple of short, breathtaking,eventful years. Make that several nations, for among the rare ingredients of herirresistibly natural personality and mesmerising ability to relate a great story in song, is an all-embracing quality that defies borders, cultures and even languages.
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Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy, is one of Ireland’s most successful ambassadors of music. He is not only a prolific songwriter but also a master interpreter of lyrics and audiences around the world continue to praise his exceptional vocal talent.
Brian's new BBC TV Programme - 'Brian Kennedy On Song' which started in January has been the jewel in the Kennedy crown so far in 2003. This new six part music series, shot on location around Ireland and presented by Brian, reveals the history behind a variety of Irish classic songs, from old ballads to more contemporary tunes. Such is the success of this series that the BBC commissioned Brian for another series of six shows even before transmission of the first series had began.
His recent signing to Curb Records for an outstanding six album worldwide record deal has resulted in the release of 'Brian Kennedy On Song' & 'Get On With Your Short Life' on CD.
'On Song' a 17 track album proves he is the most prodigiously-gifted Irish male vocalist of recent years as he tackles ballads like the Mountains of Mourne alongside the swaggering Dirty Old Town. On several tracks he is joined by guests: on the bracing, up-tempo Curragh of Kildare he duets with Irish actor Adrian Dunbar, the gritty Homes of Donegal finds Kennedy and Paul Brady trading lines, while a haunting I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls is beautifully rendered as a duet with Sinead O'Connor.
"For the longest time I've been wanting to do traditional songs. When I sing a traditional song the temperature changes...they're a lot bigger than pop songs. They really carry their weight. We planned to do an album of traditional Irish songs, went into the studio and suddenly were contacted by BBC Northern Ireland, who had a very similar idea. I was like 'Are you reading my mail?'. We sat down and compared lists and 10 of the 16 songs on my list ere on their list so I knew things were going well. We then had a discussion of potential guests and again our lists were uncannily similar".
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Press release for Juliet Turner
February 05 2004 :
“Season of the Hurricane”
Production by Alastair McMillan (Van Morrison/Paul Brady) with Martin Terefe (Shea Seager/ Ron Sexsmith) on “Everything Beautiful is Burning” and “Vampire”.
Recorded in Amberville Studios, N. Ireland and Electric Earth, East London.
Friday 13th February seems an appropriate date for the release of Turner’s anticipated third album. There are no romantic love songs here. Turner’s lyrics are peppered with references to vampires, premonitions, smoke and mirrors, no strings attached sexual romps and Elvis rising from the dead. “Season of the Hurricane” is no downbeat, lo-fi affair. The songs are beautifully arranged and the melodies effortlessly catchy – no more so than in the single “Everything Beautiful is Burning” (already a radio hit in Ireland) but also evident in the punkish energy of “1987”, the sassy bells and whistles of “The Signal and the Noise”, the Big Top lunacy of “The Greatest Show on Earth” and the lyrical elegance of the title track.
Turner has used the three and a half years since her last album release wisely, maturing as a writer of both lyrics and melody. No sign here of an artist relying on tour bus tales for inspiration. And for those lovers of the stripped bare, acoustic songs, the desolation in “No Good in This Goodbye”, the eerie hesitancy of “Elvis is in the Building” and the drunken swing of the only cover song on the album “Sugartown” should satisfy.
“Season of the Hurricane” is released by “Hear This!” Records and is distributed in Ireland by Sony Music.
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Horslips were founded in Dublin in 1970. They spent three years gigging constantly in Dublin, building a following for their brand of traditional Irish jigs and reels with rock undertones. They worked hard to establish themselves and enjoyed hits with Irish-only singles; Johnny's Wedding and Green Gravel during 1972. In 1973 they formed their own record company, OATS, and produced and released their debut album, Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part. That first album, with its mixture of traditional Irish folk instruments and hard rock outsold the work of many established acts in Ireland, and led to a distribution deal with RCA and tours of England and continental Europe. Housed in a beautiful concertina shaped sleeve, it is generally recognised as a unique and highly innovative debut which entered new territory in the Celtic rock genre. 1973 saw the release of their second album, The Tain, based on the Irish mythological theme about a long war between Connacht and Ulster, caused by the desertion by Conor Mac Nessa, King of Ulster, of his wife Queen Maeve of Connacht.
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Sousa meets Peter Tosh and Yiddish lyrics is hard to imagine...
thanks for the pointer ....even if it's not what you thought it seemed to be.... it may well be interesting :)
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Worst of all they torture you with it while you're on hold with the occasional message every 30 seconds
'Your call is important to us,
one of our operators will be with you shortly'
grrrrrrrr
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Check out his early lps--blue's helping. on another of his early albums, he does a rock version of a rimsky-korsokov composition, and the guitar work is so amazing, its frightening
Both of these were made well before I Hear You Knockin'
Albert King, Albert Collins, Ry Cooder, Mick Taylor, Jeff Beck in the early days--there's a ton of good blues musicians
Yes yes but the question posed wasnt "Are there tons of good blues musicians?" was it? ...
What you're really saying is that you dont like who I've picked...
So what do you not like about John Martyn? hmm? Ok fair do's... he isn't limited entirely to blues and probably cant be pinned down to any particular category but none the less.... he's pretty unique and a talented bloke who should be better known.
Just in case you don't know who he is here is a linkity link link link
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If I have to go further afield I'd pick John Martyn....
but Dave Edmunds?????? Am I missing something good? He always seemed inclined to pop/rock from anything I heard, which admittedly isn't that much...
Isle of Wight Festival 2004
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What's on at the Isle of Wight Festival
The Isle of Wight Festival is two weeks of music spread across the Isle of Wight which will cover all musical genres, including a superb 3 day rock concert on the 11th 12th and 13th June.
2004 Calendar of Events
June 5th (Saturday) Midge Ure - Ryde Theatre
Midge Ure is to play the 2004 Isle of Wight Festival, as part of a growing programme of 'Roots' based music to be held over the first weekend of the two-week event (4th-19th June 2004). Midge Ure, best known for playing with Ultravox, Visage and forming Band Aid with Bob Geldof, will appear at Ryde Theatre on Saturday 5 June 2004, adding an extra dimension to the festival programme.
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June 5th (Saturday) Karnataka - Ryde Theatre
One of the UK's most innovative new rock bands Karnataka, has been announced by Wight Leisure, as support to Midge Ure at The Venue @ Ryde Theatre on Saturday 5 June 2004. They visit the Island as part of a programme of ‘Roots’ based music to be held over the first weekend of the festival which launches the two-week Isle of Wight Festival.
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June 11th (Friday) Stereophonics
The Stereophonics have now been confirmed to headline the Nokia Isle of Wight Rock Festival on Friday 11th June.
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June 11th (Friday) Groove Armada
It has been confirmed that Groove Armada have been added to the bill on Friday 11 June and will be playing the 2004 Nokia Isle of Wight Rock.
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June 12th (Saturday) The Who
THE WHO are the third headliner confirmed at this years Nokia Isle of Wight rock festival. The festival takes place between June 11-13, with David Bowie and the Stereophonics already confirmed.
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June 12th (Saturday) Manic Street Preachers
It has been confirmed that the Manic Street Preachers will be appearing at the 2004 Nokia Isle of Wight Rock Festival.
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June 12th (Saturday) The Electric Soft Parade
The Electric Soft Parade will be playing on saturday 12th. More information soon..
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June 13th (Sunday) David Bowie
It has been announced that David Bowie has confirmed he will be appearing as the headline act for the 2004 Isle of Wight Music Festival on Sunday 13 June.
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June 13th (Sunday) The Charlatans
The Charlatans have been confirmed as the support act to David Bowie on Sunday 13 June at the 2004 Nokia Isle of Wight Rock Festival. The Charlatans appeared as the headline act at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2002, played a brilliant set to bring the curtain down on the first Isle of Wight Festival for over thirty years.
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June 13th (Sunday) The Delays
The Delays will also be appearing on sunday 13 June. More information soon.
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June 13th (Sunday) Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega has been added to the bill for the Nokia Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park, Newport. She will join the growing list of internationally recognised artists who will be playing the festival, although it hasn't been confirmed which day she will play on.
January 16th (Friday) The Jets and Matchbox supported by Joey, The Jivers, The Bad Boys
£12 in advanced and £15 on the door - call 01983 855215 for more details.
http://www.isleofwightfestival.com