Re: Danu concert

From: Kitt Bradley <kittk at blarg.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:58:28 -0700

Reminds me of the important musical fact that ANY Emily Dickinson poem can be handily sung to "The Yellow Rose of Texas". (Go ahead, try it!)

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> Subject: Danu concert
> Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 11:13 PM
>
> A friend and I went last night, and it was a lot of fun. I was really
> sorry that I bruised my foot the day before at the Paperboys show and
> couldn't dance to them, because what they played would have been great
for
> a ceili. Traditional style Irish, but almost entirely original
> compositions. 6 musicians: bouzuki, bodhran & uillean pipes, flute,
> fiddle, accordian, & guitar; all of them under the age of 25 from
Southern
> Ireland. They also had a gentleman providing periodic songs in English &
> Gaelic. A real high energy group, they were having fun, and that
> communicated clearly to the audience; even though their stage presence is
> still in need of some polishing in other respects.
>
> I recommend checking them out if they do a show in your area, or if you
> have a chance to hear their album!
>
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>
> P.S. The only sort of downside to the show was when they went into a
> lively piece, and the words of a certain bard popped into my head:
"Listen
> to the tagline on each pass of almost any hornpipe, and you'll find it
will
> scan to the words 'oatmeal cookie and a catnip mouse.'" I'm never going
to
> be able to listen to a hornpipe with a straight face again! :) [Don't
ask
> about the story behind this, it was a product of too many hours without
> sleep, and I don't remember much of the details.]
>
> Until later,
> Quarong
>
>
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