Play Show 13 - Back to the Music

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CFP13 Show Notes:

Back to the Music. Some of you are waiting for us to get back to great traditional music here on the Celtic Folk Podcast and that’s OK.

 

Williams and Williams- Abraham. Laurie and Rick Williams are a songwriting couple who draw on many influences and produce songs in many styles. They can pen childrens’ songs to movie scores and everything inbetween.

Laurie is a former opera singer and journalist turned lyracist and music critic. Rick was on the road for years in the Gospel circuit with his family, did some other bits and pieces, met Laurie and got a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. He pens the music and does the arranging.

Laurie and Rick William’s website

 

Laura McGhee- Green Eyes. The beautiful Laura McGhee there with her very catchy song Green Eyes. Laura describes her music as Crossover Celtic Folk Rock - with a hook.

Her influences range from Dolly to Dylan, the Pogues to The Proclaimers. Throw in a bit of Celtic and a little of Loretta and your half way there.

A classically trained fiddler who graduated from the Royal Academy of Music just a couple of years ago, Laura is off to a great start to what I think promises to be a very successful career as a full time musician. Laura’s first pro gig was as the string arranger for Echo and the Bunnymen. From there she landed an appearance on Broadway with Pete Seeger at the Matt McGinn tribute concert.

I sat down and talked with Laura recently and we’ll have that full interview next week. We talk about the fact that like the Proclaimers, she’s not shy about her native accent, and the major music project she’s working on.

Laura’s website 

 

Four Leaf Peat - Follow Me Up To Carlow. Born out of Irish traditional music in pub sessions our next group brings together musicians from various backgrounds whose musical hearts beat Irish! Grounded in tradition with undeniable influences by Ireland’s traditional pipers, fiddlers and singers, they also doff their caps to the current innovators of traditional music.

Four Leaf Peat’s website

 

Larry Allen Brown - Jaime Marie. Born and raised in Chicago, Larry Allen Brown has had a long career as lead guitarist for a variety of groups. Larry embarked upon a solo career as a composer and performer on the acoustic guitar six years ago. Larry teaches in Birmingham, Alabama where he resides with his wife Kathryn and their dogs, Dipstick and Murphy.

Larry has also been a guest artist with Trad. music legend Alasdair Fraser.

 

Larry’s website 

 

The ShowStopper Track:

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Alasdair White- The Cockerel In the Creel.

Alasdair White’s MySpace page
Battlefield Band’s website
Temple Records

 

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STOP PRESS OK, so perhaps we have one or two more things to do to get Upbeat Sounds ready for the music-hungry public, but we’re so close. We will be opening this new shop just as soon as we can. You’ll be able to find it here when it goes live. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress.

 

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Well, here I am in yet another hotel room; this one in Dallas, TX.

As some of you may know, I have been a professional pilot for 20 years and took a break from flying about two years ago.  The break was planned to be a retirement of sorts, but since then (over the last year) I have been flying again for a local management and charter company.  A couple of episodes of the Celtic Folk Podcast have been “on the road” and this is due to the fact that every once in a while I end up on a multi-day trip in the aircraft and have to produce the show from the hotel room!

These past two weeks have seen me on the road again, this time in Dallas completing what is called a Type Rating for a new aircraft.  For those of you who may want to know what a Type Rating is, it’s basically a course of instruction on a jet or larger aircraft, culminating in a 2.5 hour simulator test.  The course lasts just over two weeks.

What does all this mean?  Well, for all our listeners and subscribers, it means a break in bringing you the latest Celtic Folk Podcast.  But not to worry!  We’ll be back next week with a full episode.

In the meantime, wish me luck, check out our past episodes and don’t forget to tell your friends about the Celtic Folk Podcast and send them a link to our home page.

Thanks,

Al.