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The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
"The Lakes of Pontchartrain" is a ballad from the United States about a man who is given shelter by a Louisiana Creole woman. He falls in love with her and asks her to marry him, but she is already promised to a sailor and declines. Setting The song is named for and set on the shores of the major estuarine waterbodies of the Pontchartrain Basin, including lakes Maurepas, Pontchartrain, and Borgne. Lake Pontchartrain forms the northern boundary of New Orleans, while Lake Maurepas is west of Lake Pontchartrain and connected to Lake Pontchartrain by Pass Manchac and North Pass. Lake Borgne is east of Lake Pontchartrain and connects to Lake Pontchartrain through the GIWW/IHNC, Pass Rigolets, and Chef Menteur Pass. Lake Borgne extends into Mississippi Sound and therefore is directly connected to the Gulf of Mexico. Origins The exact origin of the song is unknown, though it is commonly held to have originated in the southern United States in the 19th century. Ruth Smith explored th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. Ballads are often 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form, consisting of couplets (two lines) of rhymed verse, each of 14 syllables. Another common form is ABAB or ABCB repeated, in alternating eight and six syllable lines. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards to produce lyrical ballads. In the later 19th century, the term took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and is often used for any love song, particularly the sentimental ballad of pop or roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Blow And The Rainy Night (album)
''Cold Blow and the Rainy Night'' is the third album by the Irish folk group Planxty. It was recorded in Sarm Studios, Whitechapel, London during August 1974 and released the same year. It takes its title from the third song on the album, "Cold Blow and the Rainy Night". Track listing All titles are Traditional, arranged by Planxty, except where indicated. #" Johnny Cope" (song & hornpipe) – 5:16 #"Dennis Murphy's Polka"/"The 42-Pound Cheque"/"John Ryan's Polka" ( polkas) – 3:07 #"Cold Blow And The Rainy Night" (song) – 2:40 #"'P' Stands For Paddy, I Suppose" (song) – 4:36 #"The Old Torn Petticoat"/"The Dublin Reel"/"The Wind That Shakes The Barley" ( reels) – 3:46 #" Băneasă's Green Glade"/"Mominsko Horo" (song/ Balkan dance) – 5:48(Andy Irvine)/(Trad., Arr. Irvine-Lunny) #"The Little Drummer" (song) – 3:16 #"The Lakes Of Pontchartrain" (song) – 5:48 #"The Hare In The Corn"/"The Frost Is All Over"/"The Gander In The Pratie Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Has Come (Christy Moore Album)
''The Time Has Come'' is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore. The album also features instrumental work by Irish musician Dónal Lunny. Track listing #"The Knock Song" (Christy Moore) # "Faithful Departed" (Philip Chevron) # "Nancy Spain" (Barney Rush) # "Lanigans Ball" (Christy Moore) # "All I Remember" (Mick Hanly) # " Lakes of Pontchartrain" (Christy Moore) # "Don't Forget Your Shovel" (Christie Hennessy) # "The Wicklow Boy" (Christy Moore) # "The Time Has Come" (Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny) # "Go Move Shift" (Ewan MacColl) # "Curragh of Kildare" (Christy Moore, Robert Burns) # "Sacco and Vanzetti" (Woody Guthrie) # "Section 31" (Barry Moore aka Luka Bloom) # " Only Our Rivers Run Free" (Mickey MacConnell) Personnel *Christy Moore - vocals, guitar, bodhrán *Dónal Lunny Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his significant success as an individual, he is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, ''Paddy'' ''on the Road'' was recorded with Dominic Behan in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards. Early life Moore was born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland and attended Newbridge College. His mother Nancy Moore was a Fine Gael election candidate. He was originally a bank employee who wanted to express himself using traditional music. During a bank strike in 1966, which lasted twelve weeks, he went to England, as many striking officials did, but didn't return when the strike was settled. "I had a wild and wonderful time in England, with no bank manager looking over my shoulder," he said. Doing general labouring work, he frequented the folk clubs and the Irish music p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francie Mooney
Francie is a given name, often a shortened form of Francis (male) or Frances (female). The name may refer to: People: *Francie Barrett (born 1977), Irish boxer * Francie Bellew (born 1976), Irish Gaelic footballer *Francie Brolly (born 1947), Northern Ireland Sinn Féin politician *Françoise Ducros, Canadian government official *Francie Kraker Goodridge (born 1947), American former women's track and field athlete and coach * Francie Grehan, Irish Gaelic footballer *Francie Molloy (born 1950), Northern Ireland Sinn Féin politician * Francis O'Brien (Irish politician) (born 1943), Irish former Fianna Fáil politician *Francie Larrieu Smith (born 1952), American middle- and long-distance runner Other: * Francie (Barbie), a fashion doll produced by Mattel *Francis "Francie" Brady, protagonist of the Irish novel '' The Butcher Boy'' *Francie Calfo, a fictional character on the television series ''Alias'' *Francie Nolan, heroine of the novel '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', as well as th ... [...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] |
The Best Of Paul Brady
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1999. Specific locations *1999 in British music * 1999 in Norwegian music * 1999 in South Korean music Specific genres * 1999 in classical music * 1999 in country music *1999 in Latin music * 1999 in jazz Events January *January 7 **After eight years of marriage, musician husband Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. **Paul McCartney attends the launch of his daughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia. *January 11 – During the American Music Awards, Billy Joel is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship." *January 12 – Britney Spears releases her hit album ''...Baby One More Time''. The album is the second best-selling album of the 90s in the US and the third best-selling album of the 90s worldwide. It also enters the list of the top 20 best-selling albums of all time. *January 12 – Fredrik Johansso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Hall
Liberty Hall ( ga, Halla na Saoirse), in Dublin, Ireland, is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU). Designed by Desmond Rea O'Kelly, it was completed in 1965. It was for a time the tallest building in the country, at 59.4 metres, (195 feet) high until it was superseded by the County Hall in Cork city, which was itself superseded by The Elysian in Cork. Liberty Hall is now the fourth tallest building in Dublin, after Capital Dock, Montevetro (now Google Docks) and the Millennium Tower in Grand Canal Dock. Liberty Hall is more historically significant in its earlier form, as the headquarters of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union early in the 20th century, and also as the headquarters of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA). History Standing on Beresford Place and Eden Quay, near the Custom House, the original Liberty Hall was built as the Northumberland Hotel before it became the headquarters of the Irish Citizen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002. Specific locations * 2002 in British music * 2002 in Norwegian music * 2002 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2002 in classical music * 2002 in country music * 2002 in heavy metal music * 2002 in hip hop music * 2002 in Latin music * 2002 in jazz Events January–February * January 1 – Eric Clapton marries his 25-year-old American girlfriend in a surprise wedding ceremony at a church in the English village of Ripley, Surrey. * January 8 – The Black Crowes announce they are taking a hiatus. * January 14 – Adam Ant is committed to a psychiatric hospital two days after being arrested for carrying a firearm into a London pub that Ant claims was fake. * January 18 – Rapper C-Murder is arrested and charged with second-degree murder over a fatal shooting in a Harvey, Louisiana nightclub on January 12. * January 18– February 3 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978. Specific locations * 1978 in British music *1978 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1978 in country music * 1978 in heavy metal music * 1978 in jazz Events January–April *January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. *January 16 – Elton John appears on this week's ''People'' (magazine) without his trademark glasses. John will still wear glasses occasionally for the next ten years until wearing them permanently again. *January 17 – Simple Minds make their very first live performance at Glasgow's Satellite City. *January 21 – As '' Saturday Night Fever'' becomes a cultural phenomenon, the soundtrack hits #1 on the Billboard Charts, where it will stay until July. *January 23 – Terry Kath, guitarist and founding member of rock band Chicago, dies from an accidental gunshot wound to the head from a gun he thought was unload ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Here Kind Stranger
''Welcome Here Kind Stranger'' is a 1978 in music, 1978 album by Paul Brady. After leaving The Johnstons, Brady toured with Planxty until they disbanded in 1975, and recorded a duo album with Andy Irvine (musician), Andy Irvine in 1976. ''Welcome Here Kind Stranger'' ''Welcome Here Kind Stranger'' is Brady's first solo album and his final folk recording before switching to mainstream rock. Its title is a phrase taken from one of the album's songs: "The Lakes of Pontchartrain". The album was initially released (vinyl and cassette) on Dónal Lunny's Mulligan label (LUN024) in 1978 and was voted "Folk Album of the Year" by ''Melody Maker'' magazine. Release history The album was never officially released on CD due to a breakdown in the relationship between Brady and the Mulligan label and remained out of print for many years, until finally re-mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs and released in 2009 on Brady's own label, PeeBee Music.Sleeve notes from ''Paul Brady – Welcome Here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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