December 2010 Blog Posts (9)

TWO BLUE SKYS.

 

In a haughty mood I dictating the importance of security to a couple of drunken ex-patriot fools.

When concluded I turned to see a dream sat near.…

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Decades Awards in Order 2000-2010

It is 10 years already. Ten years since the last “Best Of The Decade in Irish Music” list on LiveIreland! Ten years of magical moments in Irish music represented here by the very best of the very best of the very best. You get the drift. Each artist listed here has dedicated his or her life to the music, and they are the best there is at the tradition we all hold so dear. These Awards are not recognition of their…

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As we come closer to the end of an intresting year I think back back on some of the things that I done in 2010, My biggest event was a move from Vancouver island in Canada's west coast to Alberta over a thousand miles away. It was a move that was very hard as the weather in Alberta is very cold during the winter. As a street entertainer it's more than difficult to adjust to not performing on the streets during the holiday season but perhaps there are better and warmer days to come. My music…

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Recently I had a band called Session on Stage.

Last gig we played it was like that: http://www.youtube.com/sessiononstage#p/a/u/0/HOUu8FNZXoQ

We had it for a 5 years and now I dismiss it to continue my ITM-education and to build something more traditional.

There was a funny discussion about that on TSO when some guy found the worst of our recent videos:…

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This year has been wonderful. Not only have I been promoted on the job, I also met great musicians online. One is a memorable interview with Fiach Moriarty who recently released an album So I. It was an interview that started after messages in facebook. Fiach echoes what the best in Irish singers/songwriters since Gilbert O'Sullivan and Luka Bloom. Great guy, great sense of humor. Read this interview by visiting… Continue

Irish Pier wins Tasmanian Award

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I was very pleased to be informed last month that my son, Chris, and I had won Tasmania's major annual folk song-writing award, The Mike Silverwood Memorial Prize for our song, The Irish Pier. Chris wrote the music and I wrote the lyrics. The song is about…

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Irish music is much cleaner than American music. I enjoy listening to tradtional Irish music and the music on LiveIreland #2.