Favourite Folk and Trad Songs/Videos

Luke Kelly's rendition of Joe Hill,
The Fureys - Belfast Mill
Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger - Derek Bentley

by the many wonderful Folk singers and songs We have,I think,Just a rock in the Atlantic,SO much Talent

Denerick wrote: »

I've been enjoying Carrickfergus by Alan Connaught recently. Also Tommy Sands 'There were Roses'. This island is literally streaming from the seams with brilliant folk musicians. The pity is that we never hear them on the radio or anything like that. You really need to go to old dance halls, pubs, hotels etc. to hear these people. Or youtube

Hi.
I love that song there were roses.
onetime I was singing I wish I was in carrickfergus and a witty flat mate said "Aye so the **** do We lol.

There is a song called Kilkelly Ireland I once heard sung on the late late show,it is based on a whole bunch of letters found in an attic of a house in America.The letters spanned many Years and were from the parents of one of their children forced by poverty to emigrate never to return.
I know I am giving very skimpy information but wonder if anybody knows who sang it?
It,s title may not even be kilkelly Ireland,it was very poignent song though.I know its a long shot but would love to know more about song&artist so I could find a copy of it?
Thanks in advance

banjopaul wrote: »

And here's some groups too..

The Bothy Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASKwb3lZKz4

Gráda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOHAj2vWJI

Lúnasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4df101Vt50

Flook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SamD72aEfUM

Hi Banjopaul,I,m not really a fan of traditional Irish music without Lyrics but got a good buzz from this,It is Barney McKenna(image wise always painted the *stupid* one in the Dubliners.He plays a Medley of tunes on the banjo.where would You or others who might check it out put his talents compared to others on a scale of 1 to 10?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scawc6Q9heI&feature=related

banjopaul wrote: »

Well he has to be respected seeing as he was responsible in a big way for popularising the banjo in trad, and fair play to him for that, but to be honest he's not that great a musician, like nowhere near as technically talented as the players that are around now, even in that video he hits plenty of bum notes. He has a feel for the music alright, but there's nothing special at all about the way he plays in my opinion.



Brilliant music, far better than McKenna, in my opinion of course, and thats only a young lad who I happened to stumble across on the comhaltas site, like not someone famous at all.

You should try get into the instrumental music a bit, its all linked in as part of the tradition! Can't do any harm anyway!:)

Edit: I purposefully didn't give a rating out of ten, music is far to complex to simplify it down to a rating.

I cannot deny the talent of that guy and i realise how difficult an instrument the Banjo is to play,still i did not get the umph from it that a good Ballad can give.I do find though when sometimes i,m in Clare and in a pub amongst an appreciative crowd I can get right into it(with some aid from alcohol)as if that is were Irish jigs&reels were meant for, that enviroment(or in poorest of times playing amongst neighbours in thatched cottages&sipping poition)for whatever reason i can enjoy ballads sober and without company


same thing happens to me when i watch Irish dancing leaves me a bit cold but the UMPH put into it by for instance Riverdance makes it more appealing,so i guess some of it is my problem:)

I should have been a bit clearer about the 1 to 10,even though it is slightly off topic for this thread,what i really meant was say compared to Bluegrass etc, that can be very lively!,proably wiser that you did not try to compare even on a narrower basis though.
Regards

Thanks for the clip and the speedy reply&hey great that these traditions are being kept alive,was looking like Ireland wanted to ditch ALL its heritage&culture during the *boom*

Hi Scien,I enjoyed both those clips.what put the UMPH in was the Uileann pipes on Davy Spillane and the bodhron on the Corrs.


I think the Fureys vocal talents leave a lot to be desired but not their brilliance at playing musical instruments!

As haunting as kilkelly is(with lyrics)First time I heard Finbar Furey play this on the Uileann pipes it blew me away!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8rULrp_J5E&feature=related