 murieleileen says: 2,700 Musicians playing together. Amazing. Looks great fun ,my family are Irish,at party"s my uncle would play and my Nan would dance ,she was a Irish Champion ,still got all her medals,one of my uncles played the spoons,my auntie sang and i played the piano,great times "Looks great fun ,my family are Irish,at party"s my uncle would play and my Nan would dance ,she was a Irish Champion ,still got all her medals,one of my uncles played the spoons,my auntie sang and i played the piano,great times" I eagerly await an invitation to the next party wiganfootie going to dublin next year, hope they have some of this in june!  My grandmother was born in Knock, County Mayo, "dear old Ireland," in September 1873. She was nearly six years old when she witnessed The Apparition at Knock (Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist) which took place on 21st August, 1879. This event defined her life. Every Sunday, after Mass, the whole family would gather in Nana's kitchen (every other room in the house was off-limits) to sing and dance, while my uncles played the accordion and violin, and my grandfather would play the "Spoons." Nana taught me virtually every traditional Irish song which I would sing to her for hours on end. The Blessed Mother has been a strong presence in my life, as well. "I LOVE YO... Great clip! I have a like/dislike relationship with trad. The dislike comes when people are way too serious and ruin the spirit of the music. Get them out of the way and there's potential for the craic: music+laughter = fun times, (adding Guinness is good, but not required). My partner, who plays guitar, bodhran and Irish flute, taught me how to play a few tunes. I love to sing She Moved Through the Fair. Irish here too!!! Great clip. and here Thanks Zizzy for the link. I had never heard of Anne Briggs before. Good recording, great song. You're welcome muriel. I lover Anne's voice. A real music lover posted that video. I chose it over the Sinead O'Connor version because I figured that anyone whose seen Michael Collins has heard it. Don't get wrong, Sinead is fantastic (Black Boys On Mopeds, - one of my all time faves), but Anne is in a class all her own. p.s. I keyboarded this without my glasses on, so that's why all the typos, if there are any. |
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