Issue 26 10/2003
A UNIQUE FOLK MUSIC CALENDAR
FROM SCOTLAND
- WIN ONE
OF FOUR SIGNED COPIES
FolkWorld/Scotland. A calender full of folk music and art Linda McCann is a Scottish artist. She makes fantastic clay figueres of mainly Scottish and Irish folk musicians and also colourful sketches. This year she has a special project - she has made a folk music calender for 2004. The Graphic Designer Miker Garden has put together out of her sketches, photos of the figuers of musicians and photos of the musicians a unique combination. Each month covers a different band / musician, including Flook, Malinky, Altan, Michael McGoldrick and The Dubliners. Additional to the photos and sketches there is always a short introductional text to the musicians.
Linda moved in 1998 to Edinburgh and the vibrant folk scene there was the inspiration for this kind of clay figuers. The debut of her figuers were at Celtic Connections 2000, where she made figures for the Danny Kyle Awards. Since then she has created a large number of figures of musicians. Linda has another link to the folk music scene - she is married to the excellent accordion player Leo McCann.
To find out
more about Linda's calendar and her other projects, please look at her homepage,
www.canndhu.com. If you want to stock up
highly original Christmas presents, order your copies of the calendar from
Canndhu Productions, P.of.Box 23341, EDINBURGH, EH1 3WQ
Tel: +44 (0) 131 476 4363
info@canndhu.com
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With FolkWorld, you have also the chance to win one of four signed calenders
(two are signed by Malinky and two by Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham). To
participate in the competition, please look at the calendar's december
picture, and name us as many of the musician on the picture you can recognize!
Entries are accepted until the 15 November 2003. Competition completed! |
Marc Robine died
France. Marc Robine, one of the great French folk singers, died on the 27 August
2003 of cancer. Marc's style was somewhere between chanson and traditional French
song; he attracted both a folk and Chanson audience. He was a very good songwriter,
singing poetic songs about journeys of life, love, homesickness. At the same
time, he did also a lot of valuable research into the history of French traditional
song. One of his most impressive works was an anthology of French song, featuring
traditional and contemporary French songs of the last few hundred years. His
tours took him mainly through France, Germany and Northern Africa, mostly accompanied
by Patrice Lacaud on diatonic accordion. Marc was also a fan and regular of
the Danish Tønder Festival. He died just a day before this years Tønder
Festival.
We have lost a great singer and kind warm hearted person.
Happy birthday Newfolksounds!
The Netherlands. Newfolksounds, one of the high quality European folk magazines
celebrates this summer its 25th anniversay.
The Dutch magazine started off in 1977 with the name "Janviool". When
starting, it was more a magazine from musicians for musicians. Over the time,
this emphasis has more and more shifted towards a readership of consumers, and
a more journalistic and professional approach to the magazine. Today, the magazine
is very much a fanzine, with news, articles, interviews, event calendar. The
magazine covers folk music from all over the world, yet with a focus on European
and in particular Celtic music, as Celtic folk is still the biggest segment
in the Dutch folk music market. The features strike a good balance between well
known and newcomer acts. The lay-out looks today very professional, and Newfolksounds
also features good folk writers. One of the editors is Eelco Schilder, who has,
on top of that responsibility, still enough time to review several dozen CDs
for FolkWorld magazine.
May this great magazine last another 25 years and more!
If you understand Dutch, it is definitely worth to check out Newfolksounds.
Information can be found at www.newfolksounds.nl
New line up of La Bottine
Souriante
Canada. La Bottine Souriante, one of the most popular folk bands around, has
gone through a major line-up change:. Both La Bottine Souriante's icon and lead
singer/musician Yves Lambert (the one with the hat, accordion and funny dialect),
and one of the musical geniuses of the band, Michel Bordeleau (fiddle, string
instruments and sitting stepping) have left the band during the last few months.
They are replaced by two young musicians, Pierre-Luc Dupuis and Éric Beaudry.
FolkWorld has been at one of their first gigs in this new line-up, and even
though the music was still great, we were not convinced if La Bottine will be
able to keep their reputation as best band in the world. Read
the full review.
The continental Irish Folk
Festival on the "road to tradition"
Germany. The Irish Folk Festival 2003 is touring again through Germany and Switzerland
in October/November, with 34 appearances ."The Road to Tradition" is this year's
theme, and the bands that perform will be Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan, Catriona
McKay & Chris Stout, the Éilis Kennedy Band and young band Galldubh. With its
29 years of age, the festival will still be fresh and attractive. Full information
can be found at http://www.irishfolkfestival.de
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The Whistlebinkies and
other celebreties
Scotland. It was one of this year's weddings most looked out for by the boulevard
press: Stella McCartney married Alasdhair Willis on Saturday 30th August 2003.
It was a top notch celebrity event, and all those famous people were able to
experience a folk celebrity: Amongst all the secrets and celebrities, the Scottish
band Whistlebinkies performed at the wedding service. The service took place
at Mount Stuart, on the beautiful Isle of Bute. Whistlebinkies played ' Achmore
Loch' as Sir Paul McCartney walked his daughter Stella down the aisle.
A decade of Deaf Shepherd
Scotland. Congratulations to Deaf Shepherd, Scotland's best traditional folk
band, who celebrated their 10th Anniversary by performing at the Queen's Hall
in Edinburgh on 17th August 2003.
Blazin in Beauly ‘03
Scotland. Blazin Fiddles annual fiddle extravaganza Blazin in Beauly (October
20th to 24th) is now into it’s third year. This years event looks to be the
best yet with guest artists Frankie Gavin, Bruce Molsky, Charlie McKerron, Duncan
Chisholm, Anna Massie and Archie MacAllister. Together with the Blazers themselves
and some help from actors, writers and locals, Blazin in Beauly is seen by many
of those who attend as the most enjoyable, exciting and inspiring music festival
in the country.
Johnny
Cash (1932-2003)
USA. Country legend Johnny Cash passed away on September 12th at the Baptist
Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, just half a year after the death of his beloved
wife June Carter Cash. Johnny Cash's indescribable career spanned nearly five
decades. That meant more than 1,500 songs, over 130 hits on the Billboard Country
charts and 48 singles on the Billboard Pop charts, more than 50 million sold
records, 45 albums still in print, and 11 Grammys. As Rich Kinezie observed,
Cash strengthened the bonds between folk and country music so that both sides
saw their similarities as well as their differences. He helped to liberalize
Nashville so that it could accept the unconventional and the controversial and
he did as much as anyone to make the 'outlaw' phenomenon possible. The Man
In Black was a complex, unpredictable, ball of talent and energy that no
one has ever been able to pigeonhole or categorize. Johnny Cash's legacy will
live on forever. His music, integrity and deeds will survive time itself. His
contributions to mankind are immeasurable. A man loved by millions the world
over; he will be deeply missed by all. (www.johnnycash.com)
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More about Johnny Cash for our German readers: FW#25.
Lisdoonvarna
and other Irish Festivals
Ireland. Strange things happen - sometimes. The town of Lisdoonvarna moved 200
km eastward from County Clare to Dublin town. More precisely, the Lisdoonvarna
revival festival had to move. Clare County Council said No, reasons
cited were traffic disruption, inadequate infrastructure, litter problems and
damage caused to farmland. Sean Laffey, editor of Irish Music magazine, notes:
Is the new entertainment law symptomatic of a puritan backlash? Are laws
taking the fun out of Ireland, have we all become too complacent sitting inside
our new houses looking out on the faceless suburbs that have mushroomed since
the Celtic Tiger walked the land? Lisdoonvarna/Dublin festival headliner
Christy Moore (-> FW#1,FW#2a,FW#3)
sighs:
Everybody needs a break, climb a mountain, jump into a lakeWell, that's already history at the time of writing, but there's still some craic and ceol at the end of summer:
Some jet off to Frijiliana, but I always head for Lisdoonvarna
If it's music you want, you should go to Clare
Cause Woodstock nor Knock nor The Feast of Cana can hold a match to Lisdoonvarna
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New monthly music venue
for Glasgow
Scotland. Traditional singer, Kirsten Easdale is to run a new monthly club for
Cy Laurie in his city centre venue Laurie's. Cy is also the owner of Glasgow's
Riverside Club and he ran the successful Tron Ceilidh House in Edinburgh for
many years, where singer Elspeth Cowie ran a similar club for him. The new Trad
In The City concerts will take place one Saturday a month at 8.30pm in The Music
Room at Laurie's, King St, Glasgow and aims to showcase some of the finest acoustic
music solo artists, duos and trios currently touring the country.
For further infos about Trad in the City, contact Kirsten Easdale Tel: 0141
779 9228 email k@easdales.fsnet.co.uk
In the German news you can find some additional news:
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