Yes it's Gaughan again.........and first an addendum....
Way back on the 14th of Feb this year I posted a review/reminder of DG's great album Handful of Earth. I hope it was of interest to you and you will give it room in your collection when you get the chance? I did miss one or two vital bits of folk trivia though. In 1981 it was voted Melody Maker's 'Album of the Year' and in 1989, 'Album of the Decade'! Not bad at all for a folk album.
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Now the second bite of Folktalkinfolk's essential albums 'cherry'. Dick's first ever offering from way back in 1972 (on plastic) and still available today (LER CD 2072) from that famous Internet site and many others, No More Forever. It is made up of eleven traditional tracks with something for everyone. With Aly Bain on fiddle this must be the first signs of the band that would become, Boys of the Lough. If you are a 'slow air' fan you have them and if foot tappin' is your thing this album is full of them too. Rattlin' Roarin' Willie to Jock O' Hazeldean it is just one great track after another. Since these early days Dick has taught himself how to read and write music and has become quite an authority on folk music. Needless to say he is worth every inch of praise we give him (do you give praise in inches?). He is a true 'living legand' of folk music. Miss this album at your peril.
I have a few links I want to remind you of :-
David Hope from 'over the water', Tweet: @DavidPHope, Net: http://www.davidhope.ie/, you can find him on Facebook too.
Art Ceilidh, The Russian guys with the 'Celtic' sound, Tweet: @ArtCeilidh, Net: http://artceilidh.com/, also on Reverbnation.
Barnsley Folk Club, Tweet: @BarnsleyFolk,
Net: http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/barnsleyfolkandacousticnight.
NB. This will be my last posting for a week or so as my now VERY ageing laptop is away in hospital! Will be back in a couple of weeks.
If you get bored please 'follow' me on Twitter: @folktalkinfolk, Email: folktalkinfolk@gmail.com, or
Tel: 07526 504285.
Now the second bite of Folktalkinfolk's essential albums 'cherry'. Dick's first ever offering from way back in 1972 (on plastic) and still available today (LER CD 2072) from that famous Internet site and many others, No More Forever. It is made up of eleven traditional tracks with something for everyone. With Aly Bain on fiddle this must be the first signs of the band that would become, Boys of the Lough. If you are a 'slow air' fan you have them and if foot tappin' is your thing this album is full of them too. Rattlin' Roarin' Willie to Jock O' Hazeldean it is just one great track after another. Since these early days Dick has taught himself how to read and write music and has become quite an authority on folk music. Needless to say he is worth every inch of praise we give him (do you give praise in inches?). He is a true 'living legand' of folk music. Miss this album at your peril.
I have a few links I want to remind you of :-
David Hope from 'over the water', Tweet: @DavidPHope, Net: http://www.davidhope.ie/, you can find him on Facebook too.
Art Ceilidh, The Russian guys with the 'Celtic' sound, Tweet: @ArtCeilidh, Net: http://artceilidh.com/, also on Reverbnation.
Barnsley Folk Club, Tweet: @BarnsleyFolk,
Net: http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/barnsleyfolkandacousticnight.
NB. This will be my last posting for a week or so as my now VERY ageing laptop is away in hospital! Will be back in a couple of weeks.
If you get bored please 'follow' me on Twitter: @folktalkinfolk, Email: folktalkinfolk@gmail.com, or
Tel: 07526 504285.
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