Pam's favourite Irish traditional music

[AussiePam]

Originally Posted by gmc

Did you ever see harry's game?

Yes, I did. Very haunting. Very disturbing. And that Enya lullaby matched the mood exactly. Still gives me goosebumps.

[gmc]

YouTube - clannad

try this as well

YouTube - run rig

[AussiePam]

Where to put my favourite Breton music.... French or Irish???? Doesn't really fit in either...

Here's Alan Stivell - Mountain Suite



And Manau - mix of Celtic and French hip hop - fantastic video

[AussiePam]

Originally Posted by gmc

YouTube - clannad

try this as well

YouTube - run rig

Thanks gmc. I hadn't heard of runrig before. Interesting. Clannad - I went and played Newgrange - which is mega evocative. I've always thought they overdid the muffled effect - everything comes out with the same woooofly flavour somehow. Pity.

[gmc]

Here's Alan Stivell - Mountain Suite

He's a bteton is he not. A celt in other words.

BBC - Celtic Connections 2009

[AussiePam]

Yes, Alan Stivell is a Breton, and the Manau group are also. I love Brittany. Have spent quite a bit of time there - and it's very celtic. The language, the music, the folk tales, the countryside (think Cornwall). The scenery in the second video is Brittany - lots of dolmens etc.

[AussiePam]

[Kathy Ellen]

Hello Pam

I love your choices of Irish songs especially Luke Kelly. It's so sad that he and Ronny Drew have passed

Did I tell you that I met Luke's wife Deirdra a month of so before he passed? I went to see a play at the Focus theater in Dublin and the owner treated everyone to cheese, crackers and wine. I found out that she was married to Luke and we had a great conversation. I was supposed to return the next day as she was going to give me a wee remembrance of Luke as he was very sick, but I had an emergency and had to leave Dublin early

I also love Runrig's "Lock Lomand"....Clancy sent me their site....great group.

[AussiePam]

Originally Posted by Kathy Ellen

Hello Pam

I love your choices of Irish songs especially Luke Kelly. It's so sad that he and Ronny Drew have passed

Did I tell you that I met Luke's wife Deirdra a month of so before he passed? I went to see a play at the Focus theater in Dublin and the owner treated everyone to cheese, crackers and wine. I found out that she was married to Luke and we had a great conversation. I was supposed to return the next day as she was going to give me a wee remembrance of Luke as he was very sick, but I had an emergency and had to leave Dublin early

What a pity, Kathy - but what a great experience anyway. I have a long term very soft spot for the Dubliners.

Here's two specially for you, Kathy - in tribute to Luke

[Kathy Ellen]

Thank you Pam....I love both of those songs.

Here's Ronnie Drew singing "Rare Old Time." I love this song also because it is so true...Dublin has changed so much since I first visited when I was 19 yrs. old and that is so sad.

May Luke and Ronnie rest in peace.....

YouTube - The Dubliners - In The Rare Old Times

This is a song dedicated to all of our Aussie friends here.....

Ronnie singing "Waltzing Matilda." What a poignant and sad song for your country and our world.

YouTube - Ronnie Drew (R.I.P.) - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda