Hey again and sorry to be a pest, but does anyone here know someone on the inside at RTE Radio, who can pull a few strings for me? I sent them an email but haven't heard back. I'm trying to find a series of radios talks given by Paddy Moloney in the 1960s about connections between Irish and Bluegrass music. I recently purchased the DVD of the 2002 Nashville concert, which has a few interviews with the artists, but nothing of helpful caliber...(more along the lines of, "Gee, aren't these connections great, and listen to Earl Scruggs!") I'm hoping to find some useful discussions of which ballads crossed the Atlantic, how they changed, how they've been reconfigured today.... Rats, I don't want to do the real research and read the books on this!
Help!
Haha! Yes thats what is all boils down to. Well, at the University Of Southeast Missouri there is a book on how alot of music crossed the Atlantic and upon arivial here some of was taken and made into American form. The book discusses some about German and a few more obscure forms of folk music, but the mainstay of the book is about Celtic music. If you like next time I go to their Library I'll find the tital for you, but you said you wouldnt want to do alot of research, so I really don't know if it would be of alot of use.
Actually, Matt Glaser wrote his master's thesis at Tufts University about controlled improvisation in bluegrass music...specifically, one particular tune, Grey Eagle. Reading the thesis, one can make direct comparisons to Irish music. I would highly recommend this for your project, it makes connections between Irish and bluegrass music blatantly obvious.
Cara
Johnathan, would you get the title and post it here for others of us who are interested?
Has anybody been to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville? I went there years ago, and they have (or had) this fascinating wallsize map of threads of music: where they originated, how they diversified and reconnected and got interwoven, like music from the British Isles becoming separated into country (mountain or Appalachian) and Western and eventually winding up as country and Western. Fascinating, except I can remember very little of it.
Well, the CD really doesnt have a tital. And I've been looking for it on Ebay and also on the internet. Its basicly a CD which is used by radio stations who wish to put together interveiws and have The Chieftains answer the question, and the CD has a set of questions each corresponding to a track. Such as, "Could you explain the connections between Irish tradtional music and bluegrass?" the announcer would say, and then the radio station would simply play the right track of Paddy Moloney answering the question. I could possibly transpose the CD down and post most of everything said, but that might take a week or two! But if you all really want to see it and need it, I'm sure I could do it for everyone. These CD's were selling like hotcakes when The Chieftains CD Down The Old Plank Road came out, but now you can't this CD anywhere. I believe Keane, Moloney, and Bell to be sure of speak on the track, but I'd have to listen to it to be sure. Im really sorry I couldnt be of much more help. But if you'd like me to work on transposing it, just tell me and I'll start to work.
Ohh! Also! This Sunday night in Springfield, Missouri I get to see The Chieftains in concert!!!!!! I've got alot of my friends hooked onto Irish traditional music through them, and Im bring two people reletivley new to Irish trad. music. So I hope they like it. And I hope this post was of help.
Hey Jonathan -
That would be great if you could transpose the CD, and I'd
be happy to reimburse you if it took up too much of your time.
But what are the rules for burning copies of CDs and mailing them to friends? You're allowed to make a copy for yourself, right?
Talk to you soon,
Kathryn
llyrus@yahoo.com
Carol, this might be of interest as well:
_Mel Bay's Encyclopedia of Irish and American fiddle tunes : for fingerstyle guitar_[arranged] by Duck Baker.
Published/distributed: Pacific, MO : Mel Bay, c2003.
P.S. Jonathan, if you do find the title of the book you mention, please be sure to send it along because I do need to do the research. Cara, thanks for the thesis - I'll try to order it from the Univeristy of Michigan's database, where they store dissertations......
If you hurry, you can hear an example of a tune that crossed the ocean - Lord MacDonald's aka Leather Britches, played in Irish, Scottish, Appalachian, and Texas Contest (sic) styles.
1. Go to http://www.wgbh.org/webcasts/
2. Click on A Celtic Sojourn
3. In the popup, click on Last Week's Show.
4. If the Clip Info still says 01/03/04, you're in luck.
5. The particular segment of interest is about 30 minutes into the show. Drag the slider to find it.
Coda on The Chieftains
Coda on The Chieftains
Hey again and sorry to be a pest, but does anyone here know someone on the inside at RTE Radio, who can pull a few strings for me? I sent them an email but haven't heard back.
I'm trying to find a series of radios talks given by Paddy Moloney in the 1960s about connections between Irish and Bluegrass music. I recently purchased the DVD of the 2002 Nashville concert, which has a few interviews with the artists, but nothing of helpful caliber...(more along the lines of, "Gee, aren't these connections great, and listen to Earl Scruggs!") I'm hoping to find some useful discussions of which ballads crossed the Atlantic, how they changed, how they've been reconfigured today.... Rats, I don't want to do the real research and read the books on this! 
Help!
# Posted on January 12th 2004 by lyrical
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
Haha! Yes thats what is all boils down to. Well, at the University Of Southeast Missouri there is a book on how alot of music crossed the Atlantic and upon arivial here some of was taken and made into American form. The book discusses some about German and a few more obscure forms of folk music, but the mainstay of the book is about Celtic music. If you like next time I go to their Library I'll find the tital for you, but you said you wouldnt want to do alot of research, so I really don't know if it would be of alot of use.
Johnathan
# Posted on January 12th 2004 by Harper_Lad
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
Actually, Matt Glaser wrote his master's thesis at Tufts University about controlled improvisation in bluegrass music...specifically, one particular tune, Grey Eagle. Reading the thesis, one can make direct comparisons to Irish music. I would highly recommend this for your project, it makes connections between Irish and bluegrass music blatantly obvious.
Cara
# Posted on January 12th 2004 by carafiddle
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
Johnathan, would you get the title and post it here for others of us who are interested?
Has anybody been to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville? I went there years ago, and they have (or had) this fascinating wallsize map of threads of music: where they originated, how they diversified and reconnected and got interwoven, like music from the British Isles becoming separated into country (mountain or Appalachian) and Western and eventually winding up as country and Western. Fascinating, except I can remember very little of it.
Thanks, Carol
# Posted on January 13th 2004 by carolsviolin
The Chieftains Interview
Well, the CD really doesnt have a tital. And I've been looking for it on Ebay and also on the internet. Its basicly a CD which is used by radio stations who wish to put together interveiws and have The Chieftains answer the question, and the CD has a set of questions each corresponding to a track. Such as, "Could you explain the connections between Irish tradtional music and bluegrass?" the announcer would say, and then the radio station would simply play the right track of Paddy Moloney answering the question. I could possibly transpose the CD down and post most of everything said, but that might take a week or two! But if you all really want to see it and need it, I'm sure I could do it for everyone. These CD's were selling like hotcakes when The Chieftains CD Down The Old Plank Road came out, but now you can't this CD anywhere. I believe Keane, Moloney, and Bell to be sure of speak on the track, but I'd have to listen to it to be sure. Im really sorry I couldnt be of much more help. But if you'd like me to work on transposing it, just tell me and I'll start to work.
Ohh! Also! This Sunday night in Springfield, Missouri I get to see The Chieftains in concert!!!!!! I've got alot of my friends hooked onto Irish traditional music through them, and Im bring two people reletivley new to Irish trad. music. So I hope they like it. And I hope this post was of help.
# Posted on January 13th 2004 by Harper_Lad
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
Hey Jonathan -
You're allowed to make a copy for yourself, right?
That would be great if you could transpose the CD, and I'd
be happy to reimburse you if it took up too much of your time.
But what are the rules for burning copies of CDs and mailing them to friends?
Talk to you soon,
Kathryn
llyrus@yahoo.com
# Posted on January 14th 2004 by lyrical
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
Carol, this might be of interest as well:
_Mel Bay's Encyclopedia of Irish and American fiddle tunes : for fingerstyle guitar_[arranged] by Duck Baker.
Published/distributed: Pacific, MO : Mel Bay, c2003.
# Posted on January 14th 2004 by lyrical
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
P.S. Jonathan, if you do find the title of the book you mention, please be sure to send it along because I do need to do the research.
Cara, thanks for the thesis - I'll try to order it from the Univeristy of Michigan's database, where they store dissertations......
# Posted on January 14th 2004 by lyrical
Re: Coda on The Chieftains
If you hurry, you can hear an example of a tune that crossed the ocean - Lord MacDonald's aka Leather Britches, played in Irish, Scottish, Appalachian, and Texas Contest (sic) styles.
1. Go to http://www.wgbh.org/webcasts/
2. Click on A Celtic Sojourn
3. In the popup, click on Last Week's Show.
4. If the Clip Info still says 01/03/04, you're in luck.
5. The particular segment of interest is about 30 minutes into the show. Drag the slider to find it.
# Posted on January 17th 2004 by pm