If you’re going to keep a green planet, and you’re having trouble remembering why, warm up your coffee, take a breath and sink into this one. Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, The McGarrigles, Rufus Wainwright, Alley Bain and Jerry Douglas.
It’s spring, no matter what the gyrations of the atmosphere, its the only spring we’ve got – so get out there and breath the moist air in – and mix it with this music in your chest.
Then, get back to work defending it with Dick Gaughan’s “Worker’s Song” (below the fold) in your belly.
OK, Gaughan’s a Scot – but dammit so am I, and nothing that I’ve heard expresses the the spirit of trampled earth and trampled people better than this one.
Scot, English, Chinese… today, we’re all Irish.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzI5ODc5Nzg0.html
This Gaelic version by Máire Ní Bhraonáin (Moya Brennan) is very nice, too:
http://en.gloria.tv/?media=209699
nice one.
I’ll see you and raise you this
Sweet!
I’ll see your 6 strings, and raise you about 42 more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keFvX2TcT2U
(I have a yangqin, but I sure can’t do that.)
BTW, if you like this kind of music, she’s posted about 70 YouTube recordings; here’s a playlist:
Well, that didn’t work. But you can go to the “featured” tab on her user page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/champaka8/featured
…and then click on “Play All”
Fabulous Dave! Music is the international language.
“international language”
case in point
Nice! Champaka8 is also Japanese. 🙂
Have anyone of youze guys heard the Chieftains in China? Really neat. Slainte!
Thank you for that! I googled and found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38s4mVY2b_Y
Big fun!