The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157689 Message #3723317
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Laban
13-Jul-15 - 09:15 AM
Thread Name: Nationality of songs
Subject: RE: Nationality of songs
Last week at the Willie Clancy Summer School there was a night under the banner of 'Éirinn is Alba'. This has in recent years become an annual event celebrating the links between Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy and Gaelic Scotland. The event goes out live on RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta.
ITMA records this event, and all other events at WCSS. Several musicians and singer from Scotland took part in the concerts at the school. Including Alan McDonald, Alana McInnes, Maighread Stiùbhart, Murdo McMacDonald.
At the singers recital Aodhán Ó Cheallaigh sang Willie O' Winsbury. Because he loved the song when he first heard it (and a lovely job he made of it too).
Including any of these items in the ITMA collection does not amount to cultural appropriation. It merely highlights the close connections and influences (and appreciation) between the different countries.