Woman's Hour had a feature onThursday 9 December about the concertina in Irish music. Here's the blurb:
"In Irish folk music there's been a long tradition of the concertina being a woman's instrument primarily because it was small and cheap - it’s now becoming popular again among Irish musicians of both sexes. Sarah Swadling met three concertina players, who span the generations: Niamh NiCharra, Mary-Ellen Curtin, and Jacqueline McCarthy."
For those that missed it, you can listen again here:
**NOTE**: The BBC website managers seem to have got their links in a twist, so you need to follow the link to the feature on the 1918 election to get the bit about concertinas.
For all the justified outcry against the behaviour of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on air recently, the Beeb remains a bastion of high-quality programmes and culture. Granted it has to drag an awful lot of prolefeed and dreck, but it could be immeasurably worse: certainly if its independence was ended and it came under political / tycoon control.
WERE cheaper. Relatively. In that hallowed time, when the tradition began. And that one junk shop/garage sale, where a friend of a friend bought a nice Jeffries for $50. (I've actually met this person...)
It didn't hit on the Concertina show for me. It was something about a campaign for getting "lads mags" put on the top shelf. Fair enough but not what I was after. However Woman's Hour did do an Irish concertina article a year or two ago, so maybe I'd heard it anyway.
Agree with nicholas about the beeb, in general - I've always detested Jonathon ross and never really liked his former junky sidekick either. So their demise, however temporary, is good news to me. But like bad pennies they'll be back.
oh, and why does devinmccabe call the BRITISH broadcasting corporation an ENGLISH station? When it even has the word "British" in its title? Cop on for christ sake.
That explains it.............. the connection between the concertina and women. I once had an old fiddler friend who use to refer to the plural of concertinas as a 'Cat Fight of Concertinas'.
Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
Woman's Hour had a feature onThursday 9 December about the concertina in Irish music. Here's the blurb:
"In Irish folk music there's been a long tradition of the concertina being a woman's instrument primarily because it was small and cheap - it’s now becoming popular again among Irish musicians of both sexes. Sarah Swadling met three concertina players, who span the generations: Niamh NiCharra, Mary-Ellen Curtin, and Jacqueline McCarthy."
For those that missed it, you can listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/listenagain/2008_50_thu.shtml
**NOTE**: The BBC website managers seem to have got their links in a twist, so you need to follow the link to the feature on the 1918 election to get the bit about concertinas.
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
Why is it that Irish and English radio stations are the last holdouts on the awful Real Media format?
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by mcdevincabe
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
Because they're Irish and English.
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
For all the justified outcry against the behaviour of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on air recently, the Beeb remains a bastion of high-quality programmes and culture. Granted it has to drag an awful lot of prolefeed and dreck, but it could be immeasurably worse: certainly if its independence was ended and it came under political / tycoon control.
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by nicholas
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
Can anyone direct me to were the good cheap concertinas are?
As mentioned above
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by bazouki dave
I enjoyed that very much once I found it Thanks Ragman
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by bazouki dave
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
WERE cheaper. Relatively. In that hallowed time, when the tradition began. And that one junk shop/garage sale, where a friend of a friend bought a nice Jeffries for $50. (I've actually met this person...)
# Posted on December 13th 2008 by Gzeg
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
It didn't hit on the Concertina show for me. It was something about a campaign for getting "lads mags" put on the top shelf. Fair enough but not what I was after. However Woman's Hour did do an Irish concertina article a year or two ago, so maybe I'd heard it anyway.
Agree with nicholas about the beeb, in general - I've always detested Jonathon ross and never really liked his former junky sidekick either. So their demise, however temporary, is good news to me. But like bad pennies they'll be back.
# Posted on December 14th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
oh, and why does devinmccabe call the BRITISH broadcasting corporation an ENGLISH station? When it even has the word "British" in its title? Cop on for christ sake.
# Posted on December 14th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Concertinas on BBC Radio 4
That explains it.............. the connection between the concertina and women. I once had an old fiddler friend who use to refer to the plural of concertinas as a 'Cat Fight of Concertinas'.
# Posted on December 14th 2008 by Free Reed