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I’m going to see Ewan MacGregor .

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Irish Independent:The 38-year-old McGregor plays Camerlengo Patrick McKenna, an ultra-zealous Irish papal deputy determined to defend the Church from malign forces.

5398921  My favorite Scottish actor  Ewan MacGregor  is back  for the sequel to The Da Vinci Code.I am looking forward to this movie. My friends have seen it and they said Ewan’s character in Angels and Demons is great and his performance is simply superb.It was Trainspotting that caught my attention. Yes yes yes he CAN sing as evident in Maulin Rouge.

The Fields of Athenry-an enduring anthem

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Pete St. John

Pete St. John

  If you are a fan of Dropkick Murphys then you might have listened to this song a countless times. It was actually suggested by a friend from Northen Ireland and after listening to it in several renditions, I could say that it is powerful. I mean there’s even a reggae version of this song recorded around 2003 .  I haven’t seen Veronica Guerin starring Cate Blanchett and I would be looking forward seeing it after realizing that this song also appears in that movie.

  The Fields of Athenry is a folk ballad written by Pete St. John in the 70s,  set on a great famine(1845-50).According to Wiki: about a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family. It is a widely known and popular anthem for Irish sports supporters and fans of Celtic FC.

  Here’s the lyrics:

By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young girl calling:
“Michael, they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevelyn’s corn,
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.”

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young man calling
“Nothing matters, Mary, when you’re free
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they cut me down.
Now you must raise our child with dignity.”

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

By a lonely harbor wall,
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived to hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

 

So what’s new with Moya Brennan?

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  Following the release of Heartstrings, Moya Brennan is on an official U.S tour. All infos can be viewed on her official site http://www.moyabrennan.com/.

The Clannad newsblog is also reporting updates as well as recent events in her solo career which started all the way back to the 90’s.You can check them here:http://www.clannad.nl/

What can I say? it seems like Moya and the rest of Clannad are on full force.Hungry ears couldn’t rest!

A Splash of Orinoco Flow on Live Ireland Radio2

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Been listening to Barry Dunne of liveireland.com when the first few chords of Orinoco Flow by Enya started playing just after Westlife’s Swear it Again.It’s actually radio 2 which focuses more on contemporary Irish music. For those who are into traditional stuff, just click on radio 1.

I have been a subscriber for a year now and I always enjoy the playlist. I do frequent radio 2 for the traditional music featuring The Cheiftains and Altan etc but once in a while when one feels funky U2 or Van Morrison can be the answer.

Susan Boyle: A Scot who didn’t back away.

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I really don’t follow shows like American Idol and Britain’s Got talent.
So it is no surprise that I only got second hand information the day
Susan Boyle made a standing ovation in front of 60 million audiences around the world.
I watcher her performance in youtube and showed it to my folks. They were moved.
 She offered something refreshing. She’s got the style or should I say
the ‘it’.I think  the majority of her appeal comes from the fact that she represents
us-the underdogs of society.
  After all we have been treated to the typical glamour stuff that shows such as this one 
presents.Sure there are other singers who can sing like her. Maybe some can even sing 
better.But what made her special was the fact that her’s was an unwelcomed possibility. I 
mean who doesn’t want a singing contestant who looks like Taylor Swift?But that’s the point. 
For the first time people were made to put their ideals to rest and just listen to the 
song…the melody, what it’s all about and the music.They were made to suspend their 
prejudices and made to focus on the music-the real intention of sincing contests such as 
this one.
  I am glad when things like this happen.For people like us who listen to the music first 
before the artist, it’s a breath of fresh air.  When Simon said”Susan, you’re an old tiger 
aren’t you”?I think the truth couldn’t be far.Just goes to prove what a Celtic Tiger can do.

 

Original news can be found here:

http://new.music.yahoo.com/various-artists/news/unlikely-uk-sensation

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I really don’t follow shows like American Idol and Britain’s Got Talent.So it is no surprise that I only got second hand information the day Susan Boyle(Born April 1,1961 in Blackburn,West Lothian Scotland)   drew a standing ovation in front of 60 million audience around the world.

I watched her performance on youtube.com  and showed it to my folks. They were moved. She offered something refreshing. She’s got the style or should I say the ‘it’.I think  the majority of her appeal comes from the fact that she represents us-the underdogs of society.

  After all we have been treated to the typical glamour stuff that shows such as this one presents.Sure there are other singers who can sing like her. Maybe some can even sing better.But what made her special was the fact that her’s was an surprise probably even to her. Coming from a small town and often bullied as a child in school,Susan was inflicted with learning difficulties.

It’s amazing that for the first time people were made to put their ideals to rest and just listen to the song…the melody, what it’s all about and the music.They were made to suspend their prejudices and made to focus on the music-the real intention of singing contests such as this one.

  I am glad when things like this happen.For people like us who listen to the music first before the artist, it’s a breath of fresh air.  When Simon Cowell said”Susan, you’re an old tiger aren’t you”?I think the truth couldn’t be farther.