Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program

Subject: Review: Silent Songs
From: Fergie
Date: 26 Jun 13 - 12:53 PM

Hi all,

A radio program about traditional singing and song collecting based upon my journey from being a folk-singer to being a collector of songs from old printed sources was broadcast a few weeks ago. For anybody interested you will find a podcast here Silent Songs. Some feedback would be appreciated

Fergus

Subject: RE: Review: Silent Songs
From: Larry The Radio Guy
Date: 26 Jun 13 - 02:07 PM

Great program! I'm listening to it now.

Subject: RE: Review: Silent Songs
From: MartinRyan
Date: 26 Jun 13 - 07:20 PM

Great work, Fergus!

Apart from Fergie, the program also features 'catters Liberty Boy and John Moulden and provides an excellent insight into the current state of traditional singing in Ireland. A quiet listen to it, with the mouth taped over and the hands kept away from keyboards and touchscreens, would do some other 'catters a power of good!

Regards

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: MartinRyan
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 04:10 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: Jack Campin
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 04:55 AM

I liked it but got a bit lost at times. It would have been better split into smaller chunks, each with a single focus. As it was, you didn't quite know where it was going next.

John Moulden was terrific - stuck to making a single point very clearly.

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: MartinRyan
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 05:10 AM

Jack

I'd agree there was a bit of a "drunkard's walk" feel about the direction at times (No offence, Fergie!) but reckon it also threw a little light on some rarely explored corners of the tradition in Ireland.

Regards

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: Mr Happy
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 08:00 AM

Excellent!!

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 09:42 AM

Silent songs on the radio? The mind boggles! :-)

DtG

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: MartinRyan
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 10:30 AM

Listen - when Fergie was a lad (me too), we had Irish Dancing - on the radio!

Regards

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 10:34 AM

LOL - I am old enough to remember Education Archie - Radio Ventriloquism!

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Jun 13 - 10:35 AM

Or even EducatING Archie - Damn you send button :-)

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: Fergie
Date: 02 Jul 13 - 09:14 AM

Hup

Subject: RE: Review: "Silent Songs" Radio Program
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 07:27 AM

" Date: 27 Jun 13 - 09:42 AM
Silent songs on the radio? The mind boggles! :-) "
Ah, only silent while they sit unsung in a book.

Interesting programme Fergie. Thanks.

I think I'm used to BBC progs where they remind us more frequently about who is talking and the location. So I did get lost a bit but it is full of lovely stuff.
I remember a teacher telling me they aimed to
-announce what they were going to teach
-teach it
-announce what they had just tought