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What's everyone's favorite Irish music group?
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- Hometown:
- Portland, Oregon
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- About Me:
- Using StumbleUpon, I discovered LiveIreland during what turned out to be Klara McDonnell's last Wednesday show, and have been hooked ever since. Other than listening to LI, I like reading science fiction, photography, traveling when I can afford it. Although I'm more of an enthusiastic music listener, I have played around with the bowed psaltery, the Appalachian dulcimer, tin whistle, and harmonica for fun.
My real name is Richard Wales, and for many years my nickname was Dick, but phone jobs convinced me to give that up and go with Rick. Knowing I was known as Dick Wales makes it easy to understand the online name Moby or MobyD.
My ancestors are from Scotland on my father's side - from Ayreshire, I believe, emigrating in the 1700s. Some years ago I met Tony Cuiffe's wife Katherine at a Burns Night. Her maiden last name is Wales, and she's from Ayreshire. She'd heard someone say the Waleses might have originally been from Lithuania!
My mother's side, the Billings, came over from Taunton, England before the Revolutionary War. I never found out if there's any relation to the person Billings, MT is named for.
I helped run a coffeehouse in a church basement - Northern Lights in Fitchburg, MA from 1976 to 1989. I also hosted a couple of folk shows on public radio station WICN in Worcester, MA from 1985 to 1991. The shows took on an increasing Celtic flavor as time went on. At various times the Saturday show I co-hosted preceded "A Prairie Home Companion" and later "The Thistle & Shamrock."
I relocated from Massachusetts to Oregon in the summer of 2000. I do not miss New England winters one bit. Winters in Portland are rainy, but you don't have to shovel rain!
- Website:
- http://havepun-willtravel.com/
- Favorite Music:
- Irish including Altan, Enya, Clannad, DeDannon, Bothy Band; Scottish including Alasdair Fraser, Silly Wizard, Ossian, Battlefield Band, Tannahill Weavers; English including Brass Monkey, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Albion Band, Pentangle, Maddy Prior; other Celtic artists including, of course, Loreena McKennitt - the list keeps expanding. I've got a number of Squidoo lenses (it's what they call web pages) about Celtic music - see http://www.squidoo.com/CelticMusic-Lenses and there's a Celtic music section on my Have Pun Will Travel website. I'm an Amazon Associate, so if you order stuff from the lenses or the website, with the latter being my preference, I'll make a little bit of money and it won't cost you anything extra.
- Currently Reading? (Books Magazines etc)
- "Spindrift" by Allen Steele. Also, I'm a big fan of Spider Robinson, Allen Steele, John Varley, and Anne McCaffrey
- Favourite Place?
- Oregon coast, Mt. St. Helens, Renaissance Faires, and I'll always remember the Old Songs Festival outside Albany, NY
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A Couple of Additions to my Celtic Music Series of Lenses
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Posted on 30 March 2009 at 5:22pm —
Celtic Music: Lenses on Squidoo - Lens of the Day!
When I got up this morning (which is the middle of the afternoon for you folks on the other side of the pond) I was just expecting to get in a new blog post about a Squidoo lens I'd published yesterday. But when I checked my email, I no… Continue
Posted on 16 March 2009 at 6:10pm —
Maggie's Music
Posted on 29 December 2008 at 3:41pm — 2 Comments
My Celtic Music Pages
Here's a list of Celtic Music Lens Links:
Celtic Music: Christmas Compilations… Continue
Posted on 15 December 2008 at 12:05am —
Some Recent Celtic Music Squidoo Lenses
I made a lens for Celtic Christmas music by individual artists or groups and another one for Celtic Christmas music compilations. Working on the first one led me to create a lens for Bonnie Rideout, a Scottish-American fi… Continue
Posted on 14 November 2008 at 7:30pm —
Features
album launch
Posted by steve browne on 22 June 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments
Margeson on the Music June, 2009.
Posted by Bill Margeson on 28 May 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
Connemara Revisited!
Posted by Ann Brien on 22 May 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
Cara Dillon
Posted by mrbaxteria on 27 May 2009 at 10:24pm — 1 Comment
Myth In The Music by Siofra Kilroy
Posted by LiveIreland on 1 May 2009 at 6:30pm
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Great bookl I just finished.
Also check out Eckard page as well he lives in Germany and into Medieveal Faires....brilliant
How are you? Happy New year
I have enjoyed viewing your pictures..I do see that you have some photos of a Faire??? By any chance is this the same one Don Lewis Idaho......managers?? Shrewsbury Faaire in Oregon?
I have seen a few pictures from my friends who has gone there . I recognize picture #10 a women sword juggling...she has a similar photo..perhaps you were at the same faire........small world ........
Take care see you on the chat sometime
Slan
What a great documentary about Mr. Cahill and Hayes..!
That simply touches my heart... (Few years ago, I had the priviledge of being introduced to and shake hand with Martin Hayes... 5 minutes later, he was on stage, alone, for an unforgottable performance...)
What a souvenir you just brought back... thank for posting these links...! Superb...!
wwm
I'm not online much these days. Outside enjoying the weather. That's why I dropped a line to see how things were going. I'm glad all is well. I'm sure I'll catch you around at some point.
Take care & God bless,
Char
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