Folk music in the national press

Subject: Folk music in the national press
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 16 Sep 07 - 09:41 PM

I'm a bit behind with my reading, but so far nobody seems to have referred to the two-page article in The Observer of 2 September, Young, gifted and ... out on their own about young British singer-songwriters, among them Kris Drever.

The week before, the writer Jonathan Coe referred to Scottish music in these terms: "I'm struck by a film called Seachd, which apparently is the first Scottish movie made in Gaelic. ... Call me old-fashioned, but I seem to have reached an age when I would rather be looking at majestic tracking shots of the Scottish islands, with luminously beautiful folk music on the soundtrack, than two guys on an east London council estate ...

Last week, in the wake of my enthusiasm for Seachd, I picked up a CD called Og-Mhadainn Shamhraidh by Kathleen MacInnes and there is a song on there - Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor - that has been lodged in my head ever since. Because I don't understand the words at all, it feels to me like a piece of instrumental music ..."

Not utterly positive, maybe, but it seems to be meant as a compliment ...

Subject: RE: Folk music in the national press
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 16 Sep 07 - 10:29 PM

With the advent of YouTube, Zippy, My Space, EVideo, Google, Yahoo .... video.... Interesting Squirm in the Mirm...

Big Time (publishers/producers) are trying to make a splash.

Unfortunately, they are ( we are talking dollars and placement)

Reel-Time, underground is getting noticed, something that never happened outside the Metro theatres.

IF - You ARE Good - people are taking notice (the "big-boys" cannot block you out.)

Most stuff posted is CRAP - you must have a network (toys, construction, music, asphalt) and you need to promote, Promote, PROMOTE!!!!! The higher you connect in the "food-chain" city, county, state, fed.....the greater your feeding pool.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: Folk music in the national press
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 16 Sep 07 - 10:39 PM

'Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle is the first feature film in Scottish Gaelic'. So says director Simon Miller, but that isn't true. That distinction is usually given to As an Eilean (1993, and also featuring music by Jim Sutherland so far as I remember).

Perhaps (though this would be surprising) he means that no English at all is used in his film. The earlier one did include some English dialogue, and the Gaelic was sub-titled.