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CROW OF CONNEMARA has a fair amount of traditional Irish music referenced within it. What? You didn’t know that? That means you haven’t picked up and started reading the book. Why not? I’d fall to my knees and beg, blubbering about how if you don’t buy the book, my children will starve, we’ll lose our home, and my publisher won’t be happy and won’t want any more books from me, but begging is SO undignified, so I won’t. I’ll just give you links and let your conscience guide you...
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Powell’s / Indiebound
Back from ordering the book? Good. Anyway, as I was saying, when I do readings from the book over the next month or two, I hope to not just read, but also give a little sample of the music.
The people who signed for the newsletter have already heard a few samples of me practicing (and if you haven’t signed up for the newsletter, why not? Just go to the website and click on the link at near the top of the page). Mind you, those were emphatically not professional recordings; they were me practicing and recording the results on my laptop, using just the built-in mic: very "Lo-Fi," not "Hi-Fi". But… what the heck, I thought I’d share one of those ‘hidden’ links with the rest of you.
The link (when I eventually get to it) is to "The Cliffs of Dooneen." The lyrics were written by a Jack McAuliffe sometime in the 1930s, as he was visiting his sister and spending time with locals near the cliffs, which are in County Kerry at the mouth of the River Shannon at Dooneen Point. He reputedly wrote the poem at the kitchen window of a cottage there, leaving it behind when he left. The lyrics were put to music years later by an unknown local musician. The song is perhaps best known in Christy Moore of Planxty's version -- look it up on YouTube if you want to hear and see it done right (and hey, I can sweat nearly as much as he does).
Anyway, here’s me practicing the song. Again, this is a crude recording and I make no pretense that it’s anything approaching a polished version…
Oh -- one last thing. If you do buy the book and if you enjoy the read, consider writing a brief review and posting it. Word of mouth, y’know! :-)
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Powell’s / Indiebound
Back from ordering the book? Good. Anyway, as I was saying, when I do readings from the book over the next month or two, I hope to not just read, but also give a little sample of the music.
The people who signed for the newsletter have already heard a few samples of me practicing (and if you haven’t signed up for the newsletter, why not? Just go to the website and click on the link at near the top of the page). Mind you, those were emphatically not professional recordings; they were me practicing and recording the results on my laptop, using just the built-in mic: very "Lo-Fi," not "Hi-Fi". But… what the heck, I thought I’d share one of those ‘hidden’ links with the rest of you.
The link (when I eventually get to it) is to "The Cliffs of Dooneen." The lyrics were written by a Jack McAuliffe sometime in the 1930s, as he was visiting his sister and spending time with locals near the cliffs, which are in County Kerry at the mouth of the River Shannon at Dooneen Point. He reputedly wrote the poem at the kitchen window of a cottage there, leaving it behind when he left. The lyrics were put to music years later by an unknown local musician. The song is perhaps best known in Christy Moore of Planxty's version -- look it up on YouTube if you want to hear and see it done right (and hey, I can sweat nearly as much as he does).
Anyway, here’s me practicing the song. Again, this is a crude recording and I make no pretense that it’s anything approaching a polished version…
Oh -- one last thing. If you do buy the book and if you enjoy the read, consider writing a brief review and posting it. Word of mouth, y’know! :-)