Al compas del mundo, programa #63 - Music of the British Isles: England, Ireland and Scotland

Sorry if I’ve raised any hackles by lumping Ireland into the association of “British” Isles. Those of Northern Ireland would likely approve but the remaining population may end up trolling me on Twitter, Facebook, and every other social media forum…none of which I frequent, fortunately. Be that as it may, I’m all for a rousing good musical time and a cessation of divisive politics. That’s the here and now of this program and that’s all I’ll say about that.

My father was a fisherman,
my mother a fisherman's friend.

We Americans find the Brits’ accent engaging and somehow, still, with a suggestion of diffident superiority (methinks). But let Stick In the Wheel’s lead singer sport her Cockney accent and it’s love at first hearing – I want to sit in a pub and have a pint with her! And then how is it that The High Kings, an Irish band, sound more Midwestern USA than sons of the sod? Another example of international commodities finding that sensible middle ground, maybe? There’s beauty, grace, challenge, good fellowship, songs of the sea, and sadness to be heard here. True folk music expresses the reality of true folks. And yes, what will we do when we have no money? - J.H.

Play list for Music of the British Isles: England, Ireland and Scotland - First broadcast Feb 2, 2023

01 Silly Wizard - Donald McGillavry – O’Neill’s Cavalry March (Scotland)

02 Stick In the Wheel - Over Again (England)

03 Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy - Died For Love (England)

04 Old Blind Dogs - Edward (Scotland)

05 Steeleye span - Lowlands of Holland (England)

06 The Imagined Village - Washing Song (England)

07 The Elizabethan Session - The Monnington Pavane-Ortiz Ground (England)

08 Martin Carthy - The Mermaid (England)

09 Fisherman’s Friends - Silver Darlins (England))

10 Beoga - The Bonny Ship, the Diamond (Ireland)

11 Linda Nicleoid - Fill-Iu Oro Hu O (Ireland)

12 The High Kings - Galway Girl (Ireland)

13 Johnny Óg Connolly, Clíodhna Costello & Pádraig Ó Dubhghaill - Slí na mBeaglaoich (Ireland)

14 Lankum - What Will We Do When We Have No Money? (Ireland)

15 Stick In The Wheel - Common Ground (England)

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