Descripción: Metropolitan Avenue by Noel Brazil
CHRISTY'S COMMENT
I first met Noel Brazil when he came in and played support to Moving Hearts in the Baggott Inn in 1982.He was an extremely nervous performer and a brilliant songwriter. He recorded a number of albums before passing on- far too young.He was ill at ease with the world but I always loved to meet him.I sang another of his songs "Suffocate" in t...
Duración: 04:52 Min Vistos: 10730 Veces
Descripción: Christy Moore - John O' Dreams by Bill Caddick
Christy recorded this back in 1978 on the album The Iron Behind The Velvet. The video is from The Late Late Show.
Duración: 02:29 Min Vistos: 29100 Veces
Descripción: "The Irish Rover" is a traditional Irish song about a magnificent sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, some of whom have made changes to the lyrics.
Duración: 04:05 Min Vistos: 7931 Veces
Descripción: Bob Dylan - Masters of War
Duración: 02:16 Min Vistos: 446389 Veces
Descripción: This is a segment from D. A. Pennebaker's film, Dont Look Back (a documentary on Bob Dylan's tour of England in 1965). In the film, Dylan holds up cue cards for the audience with words from the song on them. While staring at the camera, he flips the cards as the song plays. Interestingly, there are intentional errors throughout the video. For instance, the song's lyrics say "eleven dollar bills," ...
Duración: 02:13 Min Vistos: 2028140 Veces
Descripción: This song was written by Dominic Behan to the tune of 'The Jackets Green'. It tells of the Irish who emigrated over to England, and ended up in the construction industry, frequently exploited, working in bad and dangerous conditions. McAlpine, Wimpey and John Laing were major employers of the Irish.
RIP Ronnie.
Duración: 03:33 Min Vistos: 224388 Veces
Descripción: This song chronicles the Easter Uprising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than of England, as so many young men were doing in World War I.
Duración: 03:06 Min Vistos: 122693 Veces
Descripción: Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton - Crossroads. From "Eric Clapton and Friends In Concert" at Madison Square Garden on 30 July 1999 in aid of 'The Crossroads Centre' in Antigua that Eric set up to help alcoholics and drug users.
Duración: 04:47 Min Vistos: 48828 Veces
Descripción: The Lark In The Morning
Martin Carthy With Steeleye Span - 1970
Source: the Free Reed CD-Rom given to buyers of the Carthy Box-set - see
free-reed.co.uk/carthy .
Duración: 02:34 Min Vistos: 75928 Veces
Descripción: Christy Moore - Johnny Don't Go To Ballincollig
Live recording of John Spillane's song with Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, Declan Sinnott and John Spillane.
Duración: 02:37 Min Vistos: 43775 Veces
Descripción: Fairytale of New York reputedly takes its name from the book, A Fairytale of New York, by James Patrick (JP) Donleavy which was a favorite of Shane's father.
Duración: 04:11 Min Vistos: 32938 Veces
Descripción: Christy Moore - Yellow Triangle (after Pastor Niemöller - dedicated to the memory of Phyllis McGhee)
In Germany they first came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then th...
Duración: 02:42 Min Vistos: 7792 Veces
Descripción: This song written by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger tells the story of a terrible mine disaster in Nova Scotia in Canada.
Duración: 04:16 Min Vistos: 12607 Veces
Descripción: "The Black Velvet Band" is a traditional Irish folk song concerning the waves of Irish people who were sent to places like Australia for their crimes. This song is about a tradesman who meets a young woman who has stolen an item and passed it on to him (the lyrics of the song vary from place to place). The man then appears in court the next day, charged with stealing the item and is sent to Austra...
Duración: 03:23 Min Vistos: 171220 Veces
Descripción: This song was written by Joni Mitchell about the Magdalene Asylums which were homes for "fallen" women, most of them operated by different orders of the Roman Catholic Church. It has been estimated that 30,000 women were admitted during the 150-year history of these institutions, often against their will. The last Magdalene Asylum in Ireland closed on September 25, 1996. One such Irish institution...
Duración: 03:17 Min Vistos: 33966 Veces
Descripción: Go Down,Ye Murderers (The Ballad of Tim Evans)was written by Ewan MacColl about Timothy John Evans (November 20, 1924 -- March 9, 1950). Evans was a young man, possibly mentally retarded, who was hanged in the United Kingdom in 1950 for the murder of his wife and infant daughter. The real murderer was Evans' neighbour and landlord (at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London), John Christie. Even...
Duración: 02:52 Min Vistos: 20330 Veces
Descripción: A traditional Northumbrian song sung by Martin and Dave on the BBC show Once More With Felix in 1968. Source: the Free Reed CD-Rom given to buyers of the Carthy Box-set - see
free-reed.co.uk/carthy .
Duración: 01:11 Min Vistos: 25135 Veces
Descripción: Hans Theesink, Donovan, Arlo Guthrie - Columbus Stockade Blues.Filmed during a 2002 recording session for the album Banjoman-A Tribute To Derroll Adams
Duración: 02:49 Min Vistos: 10643 Veces
Descripción: The 1967 Carthy-Swarbrick duo on the Peter Seller's song "I haven't told her, she hasn't told me" is without equal in the folk revival. One thing they were never known for was vocal duets, so this rarity from Danish TV may come as a surprise. Filmed (very badly it has to be said) in Dave Swarbrick's flat, the recording is a one-off. Source: the Free Reed CD-Rom given to buyers of the Carthy Box-se...
Duración: 01:19 Min Vistos: 20324 Veces
Descripción: The Langer: Tim O'Riordan and Natural Gas. The number one in the Irish Hit Parade in 2004.
Duración: 04:09 Min Vistos: 12344 Veces
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