Good morning, Readers!
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You all know I love music, and one of my favourite genres of music is folk music. I love all kinds of folk music, and I adore when people insert folk music into other genres. Some of my favourite metal bands include Arkona (Russian), Bloodywood (Indian) and The Hu (Mongolian), all of whom insert folk elements into their music. If you haven't heard of those folks, you should definitely check them out. They're great.
I also adore language, and languages, and I'm particularly attracted to languages that are or have been near to extinction. I love hearing stories of the languages experiencing a revival or renaissance. So, of course, I happen to have a pretty intense interest in Celtic languages. Still learning Welsh. Irish is on my list.
All of this means that when I discovered Seo Linn last year, I was in heaven - folk music sung in Irish? GET IT IN MY EARS, RIGHT MEOW! (For the record, Seo Linn is a bilingual band. They sing in English and Irish both)
Anyway, I made a point of sharing their version of Óró 'Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile when I heard it.
They've recently dropped another modern take on an old Irish folk tune, and once again, I am in love with the music.
I also adore language, and languages, and I'm particularly attracted to languages that are or have been near to extinction. I love hearing stories of the languages experiencing a revival or renaissance. So, of course, I happen to have a pretty intense interest in Celtic languages. Still learning Welsh. Irish is on my list.
All of this means that when I discovered Seo Linn last year, I was in heaven - folk music sung in Irish? GET IT IN MY EARS, RIGHT MEOW! (For the record, Seo Linn is a bilingual band. They sing in English and Irish both)
Anyway, I made a point of sharing their version of Óró 'Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile when I heard it.
They've recently dropped another modern take on an old Irish folk tune, and once again, I am in love with the music.
Of note here is the slight change of lyrics. From "To buy my love a sword of steel" to "To take away their sword of steel."
For me, this turns the song from the lament of a mourning widow (or young woman who never got the chance to marry her love) into something broader - the lament for an entire people, a lament for the oppressed (fuck colonial Britain. Seriously).
It was such a small little detail, but it shifted the entire song.
Anyway, enjoy. I certainly have been.
Ciao!
For me, this turns the song from the lament of a mourning widow (or young woman who never got the chance to marry her love) into something broader - the lament for an entire people, a lament for the oppressed (fuck colonial Britain. Seriously).
It was such a small little detail, but it shifted the entire song.
Anyway, enjoy. I certainly have been.
Ciao!
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