Listen: Andy Irvine on Mystery Train with John Kelly

Andy appeared on Mystery Train on Sunday night with John Kelly. He chatted with John & picked the tunes, very interesting selection. Listen back to the show here:

Listen: Mystery Train – 06/05/2018

Mystery Train is a nightly journey through the many wonders of recorded music – from its vintage glories to the latest sounds. Essential listening for the discerning music fan.

Music Played on the Show

Farewell To Ballymoney
 Composer: Trad arr. Andy Irvine
 Performer(s): Andy Irvine & Luke Plumb
 Album: Precious Heroes / 2018 Andy Irivine / AK-7

Who?
 Composer: Kern
 Performer(s): Binnie Hale & Jack Buchanan
 Album: Jack Buchanan with Elsie Randolph / Pavillion Records / PAST CD 9763

I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
 Composer: Howard Dietz
 Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Jack Buchanan
 Album: Those Magnificent MGM Musicals / EMI / CDP 7 94082 2

These Foolish Things
 Composer: Jack Strachey
 Performer(s): Charlie Parker
 Album: The Washington Concerts / Blue Note Records / itunes

Columbas Stockade
 Composer: Trad
 Performer(s): Woody Guthrie
 Album: The Early Years [Legacy] / Columbia / Legacy 345

The Gold Ring
 Composer: Trad
 Performer(s): Willie Clancy
 Album: The Pipering of Willie Clancy / Claddagh Records / CC39CD

The Shoals Of Herring
 Composer: Ewan MacColl
 Performer(s): Luke Kelly
 Album: Luke Kelly The Definitive Collection / IML / CACD0205

Omie Wise
 Composer: Trad arr
 Performer(s): Gb Grayson
 Album: Anthology of American Folk Music Volume 1 / Count Records / itunes

Standing On The Shore
 Composer: Trad arr
 Performer(s): Sweeney's Men
 Album: The Legend of Sweeney's Men / Castle Music / CMDDD932

Slow Air
 Composer: Trad
 Performer(s): Kostadin Varimezov

Arnold Layne
 Composer: Barrett, Syd
 Performer(s): Pink Floyd
 Album: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd / Lyte Records / LR019

Azt Gondoltam Eso Esik
 Composer: Trad
 Performer(s): Muzikas With Marta Sebestyen
 Album: The Prisoner's Song / Hannibal Records / HNCD 1341

Kitty Lie Over/ Munster Buttermilk
 Composer: Trad
 Performer(s): Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O Raghallaigh
 Album: Kitty Lie Over / ACM Records / ACMCD 102

Planxty Live 1979 Album to be released March 23rd 2018!

Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Liam O’Flynn, Christy Moore and Matt Molloy

Radio Bremen Issues 1979 Planxty Recording

Concert took place at Bremen University during an extensive European tour.

Radio Bremen and the MIG (Made in Germany) label have released One Night in Bremen, a live recording of the original Planxty line-up along with Matt Molloy in April 1979.

The concert took place at Bremen University amidst an extensive European tour in which they played forty-seven concerts in fifty-eight days.

Recalling the tour, Andy Irvine writes in the sleeve notes:

In the spring of 1978, Christy was playing with The Christy Moore Band, Donal was in The Bothy Band, which was in the process of breaking up, Liam was playing solo and I was either touring with Mick Hanly or playing solo too.

Christy saw it as a good time to recreate the ‘Original Planxty’. Liam and myself agreed wholeheartedly. I think I had been hoping for this moment for a couple of years. Donal still felt a responsibility towards the other members of The Bothy Band, but eventually he was persuaded and he brought with him the great Bothies flute player Matt Molloy…

Things were different. Looking back at it, we had all grown up by this time. Life was not as freewheeling as it had been. Mortgages had to be paid and children fed. Still we felt that we could pick up where we had left off in 1975 and a monster tour was planned for the spring of 1979…

I remember we played our tryout gig at The Meeting Place in Dublin, a pub that held about 60 people and two days later we opened the tour at the Hammersmith Odeon that held about 3,000! It was a nervous start.  The tour went on through Britain and Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Holland and finally Ireland. 45 gigs in 58 days. We finished in Dublin and the following week we were in the new Windmill Lane studios to record After the Break.

One Night in Bremen features 12 tracks, including ‘The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes’, ‘You Rambling Boys of Pleasure’ and ‘Smecana Horo’. Listen to the opening track below.

The album will be released on vinyl, CDand online in March. For more, visit https://goo.gl/3UqtnQ

Published on 28 February 2018

Source: http://journalofmusic.com/news/radio-bremen-issues-1979-planxty-recording

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Details

Title:	One Night In Bremen
Genre:	Folk
Release Date:	06/04/2018
Label:	Made in Germany Music
Media Format:	CD
UPC:	885513020628

Track Listing

1.  The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes
2. Slip Jigs (Ride a Mile / Hardiman the Fiddler / the Yellow Wattle)
3. The Bonny Light Horseman
4. Double Jigs (East of Glendart / Brian O’Lynn / Pay the Reckoning)
5. The Rambling Boys of Pleasure
6. The Good Ship Kangeroo
7. Reels (The Humours of Carrigaholt / the Chattering Magpie / Lord MacDonald’s)
8. The Rambling Siuler
9. Smeceno Horo
10. Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do Lamh
11. Nancy Spain
12. Reels (The Blackberry Blossom / Lucky in Love / the Dairy Maid)

Andy Irvine Remembering Woody Radio Show

Remembering Woody Guthrie – Arena With Seán Rocks – Thursday 21 December 2017

Andy Irvine remembers the life and career of Woody Guthrie, one of the most significant figures in American folk music and a tireless campaigner for social justice, who died 50 years ago this year

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Music Played on the Show

This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
The Rangers Command - Andy Irvine
The Great Dust Storm - Andy Irvine
Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie
The Ballad Of Tom Joad - Andy Irvine
Seamen Three - Andy Irvine
So Long It's Been Good To Know You - Woody Guthrie

Listen Back: 16th Apr 2017 – RTE Radio 1 – The History Show (Easter Sunday)

The History Show

A special Easter Sunday programme looking at Ireland in 1917 – a year on from the Rising, with historian Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh; playwright Philip Orr; and poet Dermot Bolger.

Andy Featured on the History Show singing a song written in 1917 "That's the Stuff to Give 'Em". 
Unfortunately the songs has been intentionally excluded from the podcast. 
You can listen back to the show to hear a background to the song anyway which is rather interesting none the less.

 A year on from the Easter Rising

In the programme, we look at life in Ireland in 1917 – a year on from the Easter Rising.  Myles is joined by Galway historian, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh; Belfast playwright Philip Orr; by Katherine McSharry from the National Library; and Mark Duncan from Century Ireland.  There’s also music from Andy Irvine and Kate O’Callaghan; a poetry reading by actor, Barry McGovern; and a reflection by writer, Dermot Bolger.

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About The Show

Bringing the past to life! Discover how our world was shaped as Myles Dungan and guests explore events ranging from medieval times to the recent past.

We want to help explain ourselves to ourselves. We will search out fresh angles on familiar topics, seek out the unfamiliar and will not shy away from bizarre or controversial issues. Our ultimate goal is to make The History Show the primary port of call for those with an intense or even a modest interest in the subject. We want to entice the casual and the curious to join us in celebrating the past.

Our aim is to create informative, reflective, stimulating and above all, entertaining radio.

Join us on Sundays from 6.05pm for The History Show with Myles Dungan on RTÉ Radio 1.

Listen: rte.ie/radio

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THAT’S THE STUFF TO GIVE ‘EM

I’m always fond of company; I’m always fond of noise
And never so delighted as when with the Khaki boys
To try and make our Tommies smile of songs I’ve sung a few
It’s grand to hear them on the march and don’t they sing ’em too.

Chorus: That’s the stuff, that’s the stuff, that’s the stuff to give ’em
There’s nothing beats the cheery song
To help our gallant boys along
Never mind about the words
Blow the bloomin’ rhythm
But a nice little girl with a saucy curl
That’s the stuff to give ’em.

They do say half a dozen women round a pot of tea
Will talk for hours and hours of things they never see
But if you’d like to hear the spicy stories they can spin
Just place that same old half a dozen round a drop of gin.

Chorus: That’s the stuff, that’s the stuff, that’s the stuff to give ’em
A drop of Mother’s ruin neat
They soon begin to feel their feet
When their tongues begin to wag
There’s nothing in it with ’em
And to open a school for scandal, whoa
That’s the stuff to give ’em.

When nice and cosy in your bed you can’t say it’s a treat
When wifey dabs into your back a pair of icy feet
And when the twins begin to cry then off will go the clothes
For safety pins and dummies, well you bet that Mother knows.

Chorus: That’s the stuff, that’s the stuff, that’s the stuff to give ’em
And when the twins begin to shout,
You shouldn’t put yourselves about
Mother knows just what to do
As soon as she gets with ’em
Oh, a tickling up with the powder puff
That’s the stuff to give ’em.

You often hear a fellow say he’s tired of married life
Well, that’s because he knows not how to treat his darling wife
But I’ve invented something that will please each little dear
It isn’t much but I can guarantee what I’ve got here.

Chorus: That’s the stuff, that’s the stuff, that’s the stuff to give ’em
When wifey dear begins to jaw
Why, don’t go out and slam the door
Never argue, never shout,
Or say that you’ll forgive ’em
But a nice little tap on the top of the nap
That’s the stuff to give ’em.

Written and composed by Harry Freeman & George Grant – 1917
Performed by Harry Freeman (1858-1922)

source: monologues.co.uk

Andy & Luke on ABC Radio National’s The Music Show

Andy Irvine was born in London of Irish roots. His career has taken him from traditional Irish and English folk songs to traditional music of Bulgaria, Greece and Hungary and the latter changed his output forever. From his early Irish folk days with Christy Moore, Paul Brady and Donal Lunny, Andy’s helped turn the sound of folk music from an unaccompanied form to include bazouki’s, gaida’s and the kaval, but always resisting drum kits and bass guitar. He’s in for a live set with mandolinist Luke Plumb.

Music played live in this segment:
Farewell to Kellswater (Trad. Sam Henry collection)
Frank Ryan (comp. Irvine)

Performed on bass mandola and mandolins by Andy Irvine and Luke Plumb

Credits
Producer: Penny Lomax

source: abc.net.au