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Written by John Cutliffe
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Sunday, 30 August 2009 |
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It was a sad weekend as many of us bade farewell to Senator Edward Kennedy. He will be missed my so many. It was a beautiful send off though. I wrote a short piece for Facebook on the day after I heard the news about my own personal feelings about this giant of a man. Check it out here . It was truly one of the great honours of my life to be in the same room with a man who changed the world for the better.  The Podcast of the show is up a little late this week but if you managed to catch the show on ICR I hope you enjoyed the music. For those of you who wait for the archive stream on JigTime or the podcast, then I think you are in for a treat. Music on the show from Colin Hay, Cara Dillon, Bela Fleck and more.
Don't forget next week is Show number 50. So join me as I celebrate the music of my Facebook friends. So you can expect music from Ciaran Tourish, John Doyle, Pauline Scanlon, Sharon Shannon and many more. So do tune in later this week to ICRFM.ie
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Acoss The Pond - Episode 48 |
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Written by John Cutliffe
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Sunday, 23 August 2009 |
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Another week and another episode of the show that brings you music from both sides of the Atlantic. On this week's Across The Pond I have some great music from Galicia, Wales, Ireland and the mountains of America. I have a classic from Little Feat and some great new music from Ireland's legendary Christy Moore. So once again an eclectic mix of music for you to enjoy. Please don't forget to tell all your friends on Facebook to sign up for the show page so you can keep up with the latest episodes and news from the world of music.
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New Loudon Wainwright III CD Out Now |
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Written by John Cutliffe
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Sunday, 16 August 2009 |
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 Loudon Wainwright III, together with producer Dick Connette, has created one of the most ambitious projects of his career with the 2 CD set High Wide & Handsome - a grand gathering of songs, both old and original, revisiting the life, times and recorded legacy of legendary singer and banjo picker Charlie Poole (1892-1931).
The music ranges from old-timey to dixieland, from parlor songs to acapella gospel, a compendium of the strains that have created and continue to create American popular music. Greil Marcus wrote in his notes for the project, "Poole might have been waiting all these years for someone to talk back to him so completely in his own language; Wainwright might have been waiting since he first heard Charlie Poole to get up the nerve to do it."
Guests on the album include Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, the Roches, and Chris Thile.
I met up with Loudon some months back at a gig in Atlanta where he played some of the songs from the CD. I will certainly be playing some tracks from the new CD on the show and hopefully get a chance to talk to Loudon about the project very soon. |
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