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12 August 2004
RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
RTÉ Radio has announced that it will reissue 'Elizabeth Crotty, Concertina Music from West Clare' five years after it was first launched to critical acclaim.
Crotty (1885-1960) was one of Ireland's most popular and influential traditional musicians and this reissue is in response to the original pressing selling out.
Her concertina playing was introduced to a nationwide audience by RTÉ's Ciarán Mac Mathúna on his radio show. Her playing has influenced many contemporary musicians, including The Chieftains.
The CD contains 31 tracks and is priced at €14.99.
Mrs Crotty´s playing has influenced the Chieftains ? Mmmmmm........well, influence is sometimes difficult to pin down and identify. It depends on who you play with, what you´ve heard, who taught you, what you like, what you want to sound like, even what you subconsciously want to sound like, and maybe other factors.
The obvious connection between the Chieftains and Mrs Crotty is Michael Tubridy, a former Chieftain who knew and had played with Mrs Crotty. I imagine he was influenced by Mrs Crotty´s playing and, when he joined the Chieftains, brought that influence with him, which in turn influenced the overall sound of the group.
My own opinion is that you would have to listen very carefully to the Chieftain´s material and be quite imaginative to detect the influence of Mrs Crottys playing - but, perhaps others would hear it differently.
Anyway, it makes good publicity blurb for the re-issue for which the objective is to sell as many copies as possible.
Having said all that, it´s great news that this collection of Mrs Crottys playing is to be re-issued. No concertina player should be without it and for all musicians it´s a fascinating insight into how this music was played at house dances in the first half of the last century.
Well done RTE !
Hopefully this is the start of more re-releases. I think the Padraig O'Keeffe, and the Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford CDs from RTE are no longer available (the last time I checked with Celtic Grooves).
I dunno, Jim. The upper case of @ is ". The thing is, when I type it out everything is OK on the screen, the gremlins get in when the posted version appears. Maybe I've been using accents instead of apostrophies. Let's see how this comes out )
RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
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I thought this might be of interest.
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12 August 2004
RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
RTÉ Radio has announced that it will reissue 'Elizabeth Crotty, Concertina Music from West Clare' five years after it was first launched to critical acclaim.
Crotty (1885-1960) was one of Ireland's most popular and influential traditional musicians and this reissue is in response to the original pressing selling out.
Her concertina playing was introduced to a nationwide audience by RTÉ's Ciarán Mac Mathúna on his radio show. Her playing has influenced many contemporary musicians, including The Chieftains.
The CD contains 31 tracks and is priced at €14.99.
# Posted on August 13th 2004 by Ptollemy
Re: RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
Mrs Crotty´s playing has influenced the Chieftains ? Mmmmmm........well, influence is sometimes difficult to pin down and identify. It depends on who you play with, what you´ve heard, who taught you, what you like, what you want to sound like, even what you subconsciously want to sound like, and maybe other factors.
The obvious connection between the Chieftains and Mrs Crotty is Michael Tubridy, a former Chieftain who knew and had played with Mrs Crotty. I imagine he was influenced by Mrs Crotty´s playing and, when he joined the Chieftains, brought that influence with him, which in turn influenced the overall sound of the group.
My own opinion is that you would have to listen very carefully to the Chieftain´s material and be quite imaginative to detect the influence of Mrs Crottys playing - but, perhaps others would hear it differently.
Anyway, it makes good publicity blurb for the re-issue for which the objective is to sell as many copies as possible.
Having said all that, it´s great news that this collection of Mrs Crottys playing is to be re-issued. No concertina player should be without it and for all musicians it´s a fascinating insight into how this music was played at house dances in the first half of the last century.
Well done RTE !
# Posted on August 13th 2004 by murfbox
Re: RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
excellent news, looking forward to its re-release.
# Posted on August 13th 2004 by Hanley
Re: RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
Hopefully this is the start of more re-releases. I think the Padraig O'Keeffe, and the Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford CDs from RTE are no longer available (the last time I checked with Celtic Grooves).
# Posted on August 13th 2004 by Jiml
Re: RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
I dunno, Jim. The upper case of @ is ". The thing is, when I type it out everything is OK on the screen, the gremlins get in when the posted version appears. Maybe I've been using accents instead of apostrophies. Let's see how this comes out
)
# Posted on August 14th 2004 by murfbox
Re: RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
That's better, problem solved !
# Posted on August 14th 2004 by murfbox
Re: RTÉ to reissue Elizabeth Crotty CD
Is there an RTE site where the archival recordings are cataloged?
Or any such listing?
I keep reading about RTE recordings made in the '50's or '60's in artists' biographies but I can't seem to find how to get copies.
Are these only available as commercial labels license them, or directly from RTE?
Many thanks,
stvlustingforhistory
# Posted on August 14th 2004 by stv culchie