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**Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:58 pm**

Shaz wrote:
firehazard wrote:
Shaz wrote: I listen mainly to English, Irish and European roots music, and realised I had a gap in my Scottish knowledge ...

I know what you mean... although the Cambridge Folk Fest (which I've been going to every year for longer than I like to think about...) tends to have quite a lot of Scottish influence, so I pick some of it up from there. Brian McNeill is always there. This year's Scottish highlights included Julie Fowlis - an amazing Gaelic singer - and a couple of young bands called Lau and the Anna Massie Band. All worth checking out. Oh, and there was also Capercaillie, of course (ahem. )

Currently listening to the Bellowhead album. Which I am really liking (mostly...). Interesting mix of folk, brass, dance, burlesque. And hints of Kurt Weill.
I'll get on to Jim Moray soon.

Thanks, Firehazard -- more names for my list! I was forcefed Capercaillie by a friend, so will definitely pass on that one

I love Kurt Weill, so I can see me sneaking into a shop and escorting the Bellowhead album out in a brown paper bag Can anyone one remember a big roots band from the late 1980s who covered Weill stuff? I think they were called The Happy End, or something. Kind of like Bellowhead, but the singers could actually sing

The Happy End is spot on, though perhaps their time frame was more early-80s than late. They featured, among others, Sarah Jane Morris who was married to one-time Pogue David Coulter and who was the alto singer (to Jimmy Sommerville's counter-tenor) in The Communards. I have a Happy End album of mainly, I think Brecht/Eisler songs called "There's Nothing Quite Like Money" if I'm not mistaken.

**Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:03 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
Shaz wrote:
firehazard wrote:
Shaz wrote: I listen mainly to English, Irish and European roots music, and realised I had a gap in my Scottish knowledge ...

Thanks, Firehazard -- more names for my list! I was forcefed Capercaillie by a friend, so will definitely pass on that one

I love Kurt Weill, so I can see me sneaking into a shop and escorting the Bellowhead album out in a brown paper bag Can anyone one remember a big roots band from the late 1980s who covered Weill stuff? I think they were called The Happy End, or something. Kind of like Bellowhead, but the singers could actually sing

The Happy End is spot on, though perhaps their time frame was more early-80s than late. They featured, among others, Sarah Jane Morris who was married to one-time Pogue David Coulter and who was the alto singer (to Jimmy Sommerville's counter-tenor) in The Communards. I have a Happy End album of mainly, I think Brecht/Eisler songs called "There's Nothing Quite Like Money" if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks Philip, that's the one I was thinking of! I may have another of their album squirrelled away somewhere. I have a feeling they were on Cooking Vinyl.

I seem to recall seeing them at a festival in the mid 1980s. I didn't 'discover' roots music until 1986 when I started my first job -- before then I was far too busy playing cricket and watching rugby and soccer :lol:

**Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:42 pm**

Today:
Red Roses For Me & the Dirty Old Town compilation for my 16 year old daughter Morrigan, who's fallen in love with the crew since I gave them a playing to her.

**Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:18 am**

Shaz wrote:Kind of like Bellowhead, but the singers could actually sing

Oh, cruel... (but sort of true) :wink:

And I'd forgotten about The Happy End...

**Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:42 am**

Fintan wrote:Today:
Red Roses For Me & the Dirty Old Town compilation for my 16 year old daughter Morrigan, who's fallen in love with the crew since I gave them a playing to her.

is she gonna join her captain onboard the good ship medusa then?

**Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:14 am**

Niall wrote:is she gonna join her captain onboard the good ship medusa then?

Oh GODS, Niall, be careful what ye wish fer! :wink:

Yarrr! Shiver me knickers! Avast mateys!

**Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:51 pm**

Billy Bragg Volume II box set
Street Dogs Back to the World

**Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:07 pm**

Today's trip to HMV has yielded the following:

Larrikin Love: The Freedom Spark
PJ Harvey: The Peel Sessions
Albert Hammond Jr: Yours To Keep

**Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:03 pm**

too late to stop now- the very best of the dubliners

**Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:48 pm**

Well... the swag from Ireland has arrived and is being duly noted:

The Iron Behind The Velvet - Christy Moore
Paddy Keenan - Paddy Keenan
After The Break - Planxty
Éist Arís - Various Artists
Blasta! The Irish Traditional Music Special - Various Artists
The Legend Of Sweeney's Men - Sweeney's Men
Gan Dhá Pingin Spré (No Dowry) - Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
The Velvet Earth - Ger Wolfe
Cork Folk Festival Archive - Various Artists
Irish Traditional Accordion Music - Sonaí Choilm Learaí
A New World - Ronnie Drew (a freebie with The Sunday World)
The Life And Works Of W.B. Yeats - John Kavanagh (60 recited poems + extras)
Cold Blow And The Rainy Night - Planxty
Ceol, Scéalta agus Amhráin (Music, Stories and Songs) - Séamus Ennis
This Is The Day - Christy Moore
The Spirit Of Freedom - Christy Moore
The Best Of - Kirsty MacColl
Seoltaí Séidte (Setting Sail) - Various Artists (43 Historic recordings from the Gael Linnn archives).

That should keep me going for a few weeks. WHEN I get the fecking computer disc drive fixed today. :roll:

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:02 am**

Someone gave me Has Been from William Shatner (with a LOT of help from Ben Folds, Henry Rollins, and others) and it is really very very good. Really. I'm not kidding. I know you would think a record from Shatner would just be a joke, but this is slightly tongue in cheek, and more about a few people putting together a concept album, and obviously having fun with it. Great music.

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:16 pm**

Trouble Pilgrim - The Radiators.

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:51 pm**

Eric V wrote:Someone gave me Has Been from William Shatner (with a LOT of help from Ben Folds, Henry Rollins, and others) and it is really very very good. Really. I'm not kidding. I know you would think a record from Shatner would just be a joke, but this is slightly tongue in cheek, and more about a few people putting together a concept album, and obviously having fun with it. Great music.

Shatner at his best!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2Y1IkJwCU

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:44 pm**

They Might Be Giants - Here come the ABC's

This isn't new or anything, but if you haven't heard about their stuff for kids, it's brilliant!

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:25 pm**

Two extras to the swag:
Carolan's Receipt - Derek Bell
Ó Riada sa Gaiety (O'Riada in The Gaiety) - Seán Ó Riada, Ceoltóirí Chualann & Seán Ó Sé.

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