fournier.pasa@XEROX.ARPA (A. Marina Fournier) (05/15/85)
For your information: Alan Stivell (Cochevelou): a Breton harper whose father "reinvented" the manufacture of the Celtic harp, began playing at 3. The albums for which he is best known in this country are: The Renaissance of the Celtic Harp, Celtic Symphony, and Journee a la Maison. He ususally plays a wire-strung harp of about 32 strings, standing about 4 1/2 or 5 feet. Ewan McColl, a Scots ballad-singer, music collector (from oral traditional sources), political activist, is married to Peggy Seeger. He is the author of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Ballad of SpringHill" (about a mining disaster), "Calling the Fishing/Shoals of Herring" (I'm foggy on the title), "Sweet Thames Flow Softly", and many more, as well as writing/editing books on political and traditional folk songs. They do not like Steeleye Span-type music, feeling it's a travesty and never/seldom leads people to "Real" folk music. Kate and Anna McGarrigle are two sisters from Canada (I don't know which province) who blend traditional folk and contemporary songwriting. They enjoy a small amount of popularity in the American folk/jazz/pop scene, from what I can see. The Bothy Band, no longer extant, was from Ireland. Please look up bothy in the dictionary, as I do not have a good clear definition to give you. It was composed of Triona ni Domnhaill, her brother, Michal O' Domnhaill (pronounced ni Donnell and O'Donnell), Donal Lunny (at times), Kevin Burke, Matt Molloy, and perhaps a few I've forgotten. Triona, Michal, and Kevin now live in this country, I believe; Triona is with a group out of the Carolinas called Touchstone, and Kevin and Michal sometimes tour together. Michal has recorded with someone whose name I've forgotten on Wyndam Hill (sp?) records, but it is not his best. Donal Lunny produces fine records, has played also with the Irish group Planxty, and has a younger (baby) brother named Manus who has toured with Andy M. Stewart of Silly Wizard. Matt Molloy was also affiliated with Planxty at some time, I believe. You might hear any of the above by listening to NPR's Thistle and SHamrock or Prairie Home Companion programs. In the Los Angeles area, you may also hear them on KPFK's FOLKSCENE with Roz and Howard Larman, Sunday nights from 9:30 pm to Midnight, and Tuesday mornings from 9:30 to 11 am (90.7 fm). That's where I first heard most of these folk. Billie Holiday's live was adapted in a movie called "Lady Sings the Blues", starring Diana Ross. She was big in the 40's and 50's, in blues, torch songs, and that ilk. Buddy Holly was just getting to where fame was going to run away with him when he crashed in the Rockies? in the late 50's. He was Rock and Roll. These last two are out of my specialty, but are historical figures who contributed greatly to musical styles then and now. I apologize for typing and spelling errors, as well as vagueness of info--my stuff's at home, and I am not. A. Marina Fournier <fournier.pasa@Xerox>
cmoore@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) (05/15/85)
Buddy Holly was killed in Iowa on Feb. 4(?), 1959.
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (05/17/85)
> The Bothy Band, no longer extant, was from Ireland. Please look up bothy > in the dictionary, as I do not have a good clear definition to give you. > It was composed of Triona ni Domnhaill, her brother, Michal O' Domnhaill > (pronounced ni Donnell and O'Donnell), Donal Lunny (at times), Kevin > Burke, Matt Molloy, and perhaps a few I've forgotten. Triona, Michal, > and Kevin now live in this country, I believe; Triona is with a group > out of the Carolinas called Touchstone, > and Kevin and Michal sometimes tour together. Michal has recorded with > someone whose name I've forgotten on Wyndam Hill (sp?) records, but it > is not his best. Donal Lunny produces fine records, has played also > with the Irish group Planxty, and has a younger (baby) brother named > Manus who has toured with Andy M. Stewart of Silly Wizard. Matt Molloy > was also affiliated with Planxty at some time, I believe. > > > A. Marina Fournier > <fournier.pasa@Xerox> Matt Malloy played on a couple of Planxty albums before they broke up - he is now (and has been for about 5 yrs) with the Chieftains. (he is a flautist, by the way) -- jcpatilla "'Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill !'"
elf@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) (05/21/85)
[] > > Kate and Anna McGarrigle are two sisters from Canada (I don't know > which province) who blend traditional folk and contemporary songwriting. > They enjoy a small amount of popularity in the American folk/jazz/pop > scene, from what I can see. > > > A. Marina Fournier > <fournier.pasa@Xerox> They're from Quebec and they're very, very good. And thank-you for the informative article. Eugene Fiume utcsri!elf