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Down by the Salley Gardens

Showcasing the best of the British Isles

2/7: Incredible Synth Band / Edward, Edward

Posted by: celtic
Feb 07 2010 2:53 pm

Featuring synth-y Silly Wizard, a take on the child ballad Edward from Steeleye Span, Incredible String Band, and Alan Stivell.

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And this is what Brahms did with Edward (can you hear the blood dripping?):
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Welsh Rabbit

Posted by: celtic
Jan 28 2010 1:44 am

Samples from Andy Votel’s (Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys) compilation on Finders Keepers: Welsh Rare Beat (pun on the famous dish Welsh rarebit/rabbit), and the Chieftains’s 1987 debut in China. 

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welsh rarebit

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January 17, 2009

Posted by: celtic
Jan 24 2010 11:37 am

Featuring Bill Whelan’s Connemara Suite

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in Galway, Ireland

Do you see the profile? Taken just outside of Galway, Ireland.

Celtic Holiday Special

Posted by: celtic
Jan 17 2010 2:15 pm

I know this is a bit late, but it’s probably one of my most magical sets.

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Mari Llwyd

The Mari Lwyd (”Grey Mare”) is a Welsh new year tradition, and involves a mare’s skull, lots of singing, and rhyming competitions.

Image copyright Michelle Griffiths

January 10, 2010

Posted by: celtic
Jan 17 2010 12:09 pm

I bought a hammered dulcimer and Drag City reissued some Bert Jansch. The product:

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Banish Misfortune Album Cover

Bert Jansch

Blodeugerdd, Song of the Flowers

Posted by: celtic
Oct 11 2009 11:10 am

So I played an entire album:

Blodeugerdd, Song of the Flowers: An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song (Smithsonian Folkways, 2009), Click!

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It’s Welsh and wunderbar!

Wales!

September 27, 2009

Posted by: celtic
Oct 04 2009 10:41 am

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