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maeve
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response 25 of 226:
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Aug 18 03:54 UTC 1997 |
there are Saxaphones on Banba...which is more of mood music anyways...
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anderyn
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response 26 of 226:
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Aug 18 13:59 UTC 1997 |
Well, dear Ken, I didn't say I liked my British music pure. :-)
Actually, I like a whole lot of folk rock, too, it's all a matter
of "does it have great fiddles and a good singer?"...
The Stivell is really good, so far.'m only up to song number six though.
Oh, if anyone else has a June Tabor addiction, her newest,
Aleyn, actually has her singing at a normal concert pace! A
wonderful ballad on there -- Johnny o' Braidislee -- that is as
fast as anything she did with the Oysterband on Freedom and Rain.
(My only complaint about June Tabor is that -- on record-- she sounds
as if she'd been slowed up to about three quarters speed. She is
absolutelyfantastic in concert.
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senna
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response 27 of 226:
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Aug 19 08:11 UTC 1997 |
Is it possible to be a purist for something mainstream like alt rock? :)
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maeve
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response 28 of 226:
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Aug 19 16:03 UTC 1997 |
yes of course, but only if you've very good reasons :)
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krj
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response 29 of 226:
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Aug 19 19:29 UTC 1997 |
Jennie Dailey-O'Cain, who used to be griz on m-net and grex,
sent some mail to several old friends in Michigan.
Posted here with her permission:
From: "Jennifer L. Dailey-O'Cain" <jenniedo@intranet.org>
Subject: Terrific concert in Ann Arbor on September 4th!
Yes, I know we don't live in Ann Arbor anymore ... but there was this
great Canadian band we saw at the Edmonton Folk Festival this year called
Great Big Sea, and when I checked out their tour schedule, I found out
that they're going to be in Ann Arbor on September 4th! If you have any
time at all, go see them -- they're terrific. They're a Celtic folk-rock
band that's kind of like a younger and more innocent version of the
Oysterband, but with the humor of the Bare Naked Ladies and a heavy dose
of Stan Rogers thrown in for good measure. They're from Newfoundland,
too, so they have really cute accents. Go see them if you can! Organize
an outing and make us envious! :-)
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orinoco
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response 30 of 226:
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Aug 19 21:27 UTC 1997 |
Re#27: I've got a friend who will not listen to non-guitar bands - does that
count?
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anderyn
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response 31 of 226:
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Aug 20 00:22 UTC 1997 |
I am definitely going. It's the day after my birthday. Anyone want to
make it an outing? (To Great Big Sea, that is!)
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maeve
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response 32 of 226:
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Aug 20 16:49 UTC 1997 |
I'll try..I'm no good at getting to things like that..but they sound neat :)
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krj
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response 33 of 226:
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Sep 4 15:45 UTC 1997 |
Just a reminder that tonight (Thursday)i is the Great Big Sea concert
we were discussing above. At the Ark, with an extra-early starting
time of 7:30.
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diznave
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response 34 of 226:
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Sep 15 17:30 UTC 1997 |
I love almost all of the Celtic music I've heard, but am almost completely
unfamiliar with various Celtic artists. There is a radio station down in
Tampa (where I just moved from), that had an incredible Celtic music show.
I loved the music, but never bothered to write any names down. The style I
loved the most were the sea shantys, where there are no instruments, just a
group of men (possibly women, too) sing loudly about the sea, in some
wonderfully different harmonies. Can anyone reccomend any of this sea shanty
music to me?
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maeve
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response 35 of 226:
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Sep 18 14:20 UTC 1997 |
Was it the Thistle and shamrock? Thhe host has the most beautiful
vioce/accent..<sigh>..alright, I"m all better
sea shanties..sounds neat, I don't know of any inparticular..but I'd be
interested as well..
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rcurl
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response 36 of 226:
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Sep 18 19:21 UTC 1997 |
Don't worry - I have also been enchanted by Fiona Richey.
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albaugh
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response 37 of 226:
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Sep 18 21:37 UTC 1997 |
I know I haven't tracked Clannad to know that they had used saxophones on an
album. On my older stuff the only nontraditional Irish instrument they used
was a string bass. Meanwhile, I'll recommend De Dannan and Planxty as a
couple of talented groups that stay pretty Irish. And of course, for ballads,
there's the older work of Tommy Makem & the Clancy brothers.
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krj
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response 38 of 226:
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Sep 19 02:22 UTC 1997 |
(Clannad went New Age back around 1985.)
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maeve
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response 39 of 226:
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Sep 21 00:55 UTC 1997 |
I need to find a ballad-book, Child is the earliest-ish one isn't it? the only
ones I ever find are fromt eh Appalachians..tho I was only looking in teh
public library so...
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orinoco
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response 40 of 226:
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Sep 21 22:56 UTC 1997 |
If you do find the Child ballad book, I'll need to borrow it at some point.
I've been hunting on and off for music to "The Daemon Lover" for some time.
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krj
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response 41 of 226:
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Sep 22 01:37 UTC 1997 |
The last time the subject came up in the Usenet folk music groups, it
was reported that Child's book was out of print. There was a Dover
edition some time ago; I suggest checking libraries and used book
stores.
Orinoco, Francis Child is probably not going to help you with music
for "The Demon Lover;" my recollection is that Child only collected
lyrics and did not bother to notate the melodies.
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orinoco
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response 42 of 226:
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Sep 22 03:24 UTC 1997 |
Icky poo!
So is there somewhere I *could* obtain the melody?
(Although actually, even a full version of the lyrics would be nice...)
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anderyn
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response 43 of 226:
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Sep 22 13:50 UTC 1997 |
You could check the AA Public Library or the UM Music Library -- I know
both of them have some good books on British/Scottish/Irish folk
music. Child does not discuss melodies, either, though he will sometimes
say something cryptic about Dorian or some other scale.
What I want to know is if anyone recalls seeing in Sing Out (abouit
a yar ago), a review of a book that supposedly analyzed several
of the Child ballads as stories? Not just a dry folk-musicolgist
analysis (which are okay, if you speak that language, but I don't),
but an analysis of STORY and mythical elements. I really want
that book, but I didn't write down the author-title....
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krj
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response 44 of 226:
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Sep 23 04:58 UTC 1997 |
(We actually have the last year of SING OUT magazine scattered around
the house, but I don't know if I can find the issues; the one I checkked
didn't have that review. rec.music.folk would be good for this sort
of fuzzy inquiry.
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maeve
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response 45 of 226:
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Sep 23 23:38 UTC 1997 |
(random resource moment)
I found this in Dance Magazine in an article about Riverdance and all its
permutations..it's apparently a list of music sources (I think that meanse
CDs, I haven't actually visited the site)
www.celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html
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krj
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response 46 of 226:
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Sep 29 17:31 UTC 1997 |
Here's an online source for a large number of folk songs, presumably
including some ballads: The Digital Tradition
http://www.deltablues.com/folksearch.html
I ran a search for "The Demon Lover" and got a set of lyrics and a
spot marked "click here to play"; I'm not equipped for sound, so
someone else will have to try that link.
Duh. Steeleye Span do a version of this song on the COMMMONERS CROWN
album.
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krj
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response 47 of 226:
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Nov 23 08:07 UTC 1997 |
OK, who was it who mentioned Andy M. Stewart? He has a new album,
DONEGAL RAIN, which looks interesting -- mostly traditional songs.
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krj
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response 48 of 226:
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Dec 1 07:06 UTC 1997 |
(I'm tickling this item for Mark Z.)
While in Meijer's last week, I was futzing with their music video kiosk
and I noticed an entry for a "Celtic Dance" cd. The video ad lists a
bunch of tracks which seem to be drawn from the Green Linnet label and
other fine sources; it's an attempt to cash in on the "Riverdance"
mania but it looks to be a nicely done anthology and I'm putting it
on my letter to Santa Claus.
It's a 2 CD set and I believe I saw a copy at Schoolkids. It's not cheap.
:(
There's a giant tidal wave of "Riverdance" inspired merchandise this year.
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anderyn
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response 49 of 226:
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Dec 1 16:32 UTC 1997 |
Problem is that most of them are instrumental albums. (At least the
"Riverdance" inspired ones.) And I have enough Green Linnet stuff
to last me a month or more if that was all I listened to. I don't
know, maybe it's just a slow period. But I haven't seen anything in the
Celtic
section that screams take me home in the last several months. Erm,
Ken, are Great Big Sea available in the States?
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