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Ships In The Forest
''Ships in the Forest'' is a studio album by Irish traditional singer Karan Casey, and the first to be released primarily on her own label. The album features much of Casey's live band, as well as her brother-in-law and husband, both members of the band ''Buille''. The album features one song in Irish and many Irish traditional songs. There is also a song by Joni Mitchell. The album's title is a reference to the last track, the traditional Scots song ''I Once Loved a Lass'', which includes an enigmatic verse that asks "how many ships sail through the forest?" Track listing # "Love Is Pleasing" # "Dunlavin Green" # "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" # "Black Is The Colour" # "Town of Athlone" # "Maidin Luan Chincíse" # "The Fiddle and the Drum" (Joni Mitchell) # "Erin's Lovely Home" # "Ae Fond Kiss The Scots song "Ae fond kiss and then we sever" by the Scottish poet Robert Burns is more commonly known as "Ae fond kiss". It is Burns' most recorded love song. History After the publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her starkly personal lyrics and unconventional compositions, which grew to incorporate pop music, pop and jazz music, jazz influences. She has received many accolades, including ten Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. ''Rolling Stone'' called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and throughout western Canada, before moving on to the nightclubs of Toronto, Ontario. She moved to the United States and began touring in 1965. Some of her original songs ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ae Fond Kiss
The Scots song "Ae fond kiss and then we sever" by the Scottish poet Robert Burns is more commonly known as "Ae fond kiss". It is Burns' most recorded love song. History After the publication of his collected poems, the Kilmarnock volume, Burns regularly travelled and stayed at Edinburgh. While there he established a platonic relationship with Mrs Agnes Maclehose and they began a regular correspondence using the pseudonyms 'Clarinda' and 'Sylvander'. Burns wrote 'Ae fond kiss' after their final meeting and sent it to Maclehose on 27 December 1791 before she departed Edinburgh for Jamaica to be with her estranged husband. The letter is held by National Library of Scotland as part of the Watson Autograph collection of manuscripts. Burns' original setting of three verses in eight lines was set to the tune of Rory Dalls' Port. The musical score was published in the collection of Scottish folks songs known as the Scots Musical Museum. The melody playable on the link here is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fiddle And The Drum
"The Fiddle and the Drum" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell; it was first recorded by Mitchell on her 1969 album ''Clouds''. It was one of the songs performed by Mitchell on ''The Dick Cavett Show'' on August 19, 1969, when Mitchell appeared with some of the performers from Woodstock. The song's lyrics lament, from the position of an outsider, that America is "fighting us all" and has " radedthe fiddle for the drum"; however, the singer can "remember/All the good things you are" and asks "Can we help you find the peace and the star?" As an anti-war song, it was one of the songs that became associated with opposition to the Iraq War; in particular, through the 2004 cover by A Perfect Circle. The song provided the title for the 2007 ballet ''The Fiddle and the Drum'' which Mitchell authored with Jean Grand-Maître, the artistic director of the Alberta Ballet Company. The ballet was filmed for an hour-long 2007 film with the same title. Covers The song has been c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Is The Colour
"Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair)" (Roud 3103) is a traditional ballad folk song known in the US as associated with colonial and later music in the Appalachian Mountains. It is believed to have originated in Scotland, as it refers to the River Clyde in the lyrics. American musicologist Alan Lomax supported the thesis of Scottish origin, saying that the song was an American "re-make of British materials." Different versions Many different versions of this song exist, some addressed to men and others addressed to women. There are other differences: * ''...like some rosy fair...'' or ''...like a rose so fair... ''or ''... something wondrous fair'' * ''...the prettiest face and the neatest hands...'' or ''...the sweetest face and the gentlest hands... ''or ...''the clearest eyes and the strongest hands '' * ''...still I hope the time will come...'' or ''...some times I wish the day will come... ''or ... ''I shall count my life as well begun, when he and I shall be as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
"Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" (Roud 3137), also known as "Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye" or "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", is a popular traditional song, sung to the same tune as "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". First published in London in 1867 and written by Joseph B. Geoghegan, a prolific English songwriter and successful music hall figure, it remained popular in Britain and Ireland and the United States into the early years of the 20th century. The song was recorded by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem on their eponymous album in 1961, leading to a renewal of its popularity. Originally seen as humorous, the song today is considered a powerful anti-war song. Except for an initial framing stanza, the song is a monologue by an Irish woman who meets her former lover on the road to Athy, which is located in County Kildare, Ireland. After their illegitimate child was born, the lover ran away and became a soldier. He was badly disfigured, losing his legs, his arms, his eyes and, in some ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunlavin Green
Dunlavin Green is an Irish ballad referring to the Dunlavin Green executions in 1798 of 36 suspected rebels. Notable recordings * 1956 – Patrick Galvin – Irish Songs of Resistance Part I * 1975 - Gay Woods and Terry Woods - Backwoods * 1975 – Paddy Mahone – Irish Rebellion Album * 1978 - Christy Moore - The Iron Behind the Velvet * 1986 – Terry Corcoran – Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part * 1998 – Dolores Keane – Night Owl * 2008 – Karan Casey – Ships in the Forest See also * Dunlavin Dunlavin () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland, situated about south-west of Dublin. It is centred on the junction of the R412 and R756 regional roads. It was founded around the end of the 17th century and became a prominent town in ... References {{authority control Irish folk songs Ballads of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 Year of song unknown Songwriter unknown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Once Loved A Lass
"I Once Loved a Lass", also known in Scotland as "The False Bride", is a folk song of the British Isles.Edith Fowke, Jay Rahn ''A Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of LaRena Clark'' 1994– Page 103 1895176360 ”I Once Loved a Lass” is also lighthearted and its theme is similar to that of "Adieu to Cold Winter" with a reversal of sexes: here ... Its title has been used in Scotland for a song more commonly known as "The False Bride" that also tells of a man ..." The age of the song is uncertain, but versions of it date at least as far back as the 1680s. Although widely believed to be a Scottish song, the earliest record of it is from Newcastle upon Tyne. The song has been widely recorded since being popularised by Ewan MacColl. His rendition of the song began: The song's theme is of unrequited love and some interpret the ending as implying death or suicide. Ewan MacColl wrote in the notes to his 1956 album ''Classic Scots Ballads'': :Songs of jilted and forsaken lovers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan Casey
Karan Casey (born 1969) is an Irish folk singer, and a former member of the Irish band Solas. She resides in Cork, Ireland. Early years Casey was born in Ballyduff Lower, Kilmeaden, County Waterford, Ireland. Her family encouraged her to sing in the house, in a church choir and at school. At Waterford Regional Technical College she studied piano then took music at University College Dublin in 1987. Having learned to copy Ella Fitzgerald's scat singing, she performed in a Dublin bistro several nights per week while still a student. At the Royal Irish Academy of Music she studied classical music and sang in a jazz band, then a folk-ballad band, then another jazz band. She also fell under the influence of Dublin folk singer Frank Harte. During this time she also formed her own band, called "Dorothy". Emigration to the USA In 1993, Casey moved to New York City, to study jazz at Long Island University. When she began to frequent Irish traditional sessions in New York, she starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Shaw (musician)
Donald Shaw, (born 1967) is a Scottish musician, composer, producer, and one of the founding members of the group Capercaillie. Shaw has composed for film and TV. In 2002, he won two Royal Television Society (RTS) awards for Best Soundtrack and Best Theme in UK television for the drama Crowdie and Cream. His score for the film ''Transition'' (released in 2000) was BAFTA nominated for best soundtrack. In 2004, he composed ''Harvest'', a commission for the opening night of Celtic Connections festival. He won the Scots Trad Music Composer of the Year award in December 2006. Origins Brought up in Taynuilt, Argyll, a part of the world steeped in Gaelic song and traditional music, Shaw was involved in all styles of music from an early age. Taught the accordion by his father. Following taking lessons and receiving classical accordion training from Sylvia Wilson LBCA the two time All Britain Champion,Donald was entered into the All Britain Championship at 16 which he won. A ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compass Records
Compass Records is an independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk music, folk, bluegrass music, bluegrass, Celtic music, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music. In 2006, Compass purchased the Green Linnet Records, Green Linnet and Xenophile Records, Xenophile catalogs, and in 2008 the label purchased Mulligan Records. Red House Records, an independent folk and Americana record label founded in 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota, was purchased by the Compass Records Group in 2017. Roster * Altan (band), Altan * Darol Anger * Russ Barenberg * Bearfoot (American band), Bearfoot * Beoga * Michael Black (musician), Michael Black * Paul Brady * Dale Ann Bradley * Paul Brock * Paul Carrack * Liz Carroll * Beth Nielsen Chapman * The Chapmans * Jeff Coffin * Éamonn Coyne * A. J. Croce * Catie Curtis * Fairport Convention * Kris Drever * Elizabeth and the Catapult * Farmer Not So John * Mike Farris (musician), Mike Farris * Matt Flinner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
