Saint Paddy’s Music Bonus
March 17, 2012
If you’re going to keep a green planet, and you’re having trouble remembering why, warm up your coffee, take a breath and sink into this one. Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, The McGarrigles, Rufus Wainwright, Alley Bain and Jerry Douglas.
It’s spring, no matter what the gyrations of the atmosphere, its the only spring we’ve got – so get out there and breath the moist air in – and mix it with this music in your chest.
Then, get back to work defending it with Dick Gaughan’s “Worker’s Song” (below the fold) in your belly.
OK, Gaughan’s a Scot – but dammit so am I, and nothing that I’ve heard expresses the the spirit of trampled earth and trampled people better than this one.
March 17, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Scot, English, Chinese… today, we’re all Irish.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzI5ODc5Nzg0.html
March 17, 2012 at 4:28 pm
This Gaelic version by Máire Ní Bhraonáin (Moya Brennan) is very nice, too:
http://en.gloria.tv/?media=209699
March 17, 2012 at 5:01 pm
nice one.
I’ll see you and raise you this
March 17, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Sweet!
I’ll see your 6 strings, and raise you about 42 more:
(I have a yangqin, but I sure can’t do that.)
March 17, 2012 at 7:51 pm
BTW, if you like this kind of music, she’s posted about 70 YouTube recordings; here’s a playlist:
March 17, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Well, that didn’t work. But you can go to the “featured” tab on her user page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/champaka8/featured
…and then click on “Play All”
March 17, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Fabulous Dave! Music is the international language.
March 17, 2012 at 7:11 pm
“international language”
case in point
March 17, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Nice! Champaka8 is also Japanese.
March 17, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Have anyone of youze guys heard the Chieftains in China? Really neat. Slainte!
March 19, 2012 at 4:57 am
Thank you for that! I googled and found:
Big fun!