them cara lads

Subject: them cara lads
From: GUEST,mike ryan
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 06:29 AM

Cara can be seen on youtube. If you go to youtube and type Cara@ then lots of high quality films appear. It was at Moira Furnace festival in the summer. Someone with more technological acumen may be able to do this better, but it@s the best I can do.

Mike

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 07:12 AM

Will have a look Mike.
Looking forward to seeing you at Faldingworth Live on Saturday 25th February 2012.
Cheers
Les

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Willa
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 08:18 AM

You can click through from their website.

http://www.carasmusic.com/

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,mike ryan
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 09:58 AM

Not the same ones as linked to the website -these are all new!!!!!!

Mike

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 12:02 PM

Mike all you needed to do was type Cara Moira Furnace Festival into the search engine.

Anyway to save people having to do that, here is a link.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cara+Moira+Furnace+festival+&aq=f

Les

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 12:14 PM

I really enjoy these folks and their approach to Irish music - have since the first time their work showed up on Mudcat. It's a little confusing, because there is another Irish band named Cara (perfectly good band, but not the same folks). Their approach and style reminds me of the folks I sometimes play with in Maine and the Maritimes.

Being in the US, I'm not sure the CDs are readily available, and the other Cara makes things doubly confusing. Does Camsco have them? Is there a US source?

Dan

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,mike ryan
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 12:39 PM

thanx les. cu soon

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,mike ryan
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 12:41 PM

Dan - CDs can be ordered off the website via paypal. Dave will send them to anywhere in the world because he likes doing it.

Mike

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 12:51 PM

I;m happy to recommend Cara's cds. They're great recorded as well as live.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 02:04 PM

I love to see them live. Especially when Oakley has his long johns on (the women go beserk). The giant Humber Whelks they bring along are so delicious.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 03:29 PM

Glad you are still going strong.Superb music so tastefully performed. Hope that one day you will play the Orkney Folk festival. Always enjoyed Oakley playing with the FV's.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,Spitlevel
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 03:51 PM

The German band Cara has been going for much longer than these Lincolnshire type people.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 03:54 PM

So, your point Splitlvel. We are in the UK.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: gnu
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 04:09 PM

CARA is one of my favs. If you go to their site you will (I haven't checked in a while so...?) see my review from years ago. Top notch A number one stuff!

When I first heard one particular song, "Exile's Son", it resonated to my core. It said something to my "Irish" that I had felt deeply many times being told that I, a Canuck, was not "Irish".

These guys are good. I treasure their music... Oaks is a bit nutty with his humour but I must say he always made me laugh. The kinda guy I would like to hang out with. Not too shabby on the fiddle neether eh... check out The Second of May.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: rumanci
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 04:19 PM

This Cara are national treasures and ought to be international ones.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Oaklet
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 04:22 PM

Thank you Nige..........

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,999
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 04:48 PM

Cara are the tops. I love their work; have for years. GO CARA!

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Oaklet
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 05:30 PM

gnu is one of my friends and I think that's a good thing.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,mike ryan
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 06:16 PM

hiya Dave

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 06:59 PM

I understand Oaklet was doing his whelk impression under several feet of water in Ireland

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 03:40 AM

Hi ya Dave how yer diddlin? have yer lernt to play fiddle yet? BG

Gerry

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 04:03 AM

Bit of a girly name innit.

Dave H

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 04:37 AM

I'll add my tuppence worth, superb music from three superb musicians, damn it I think'll I'll be a devil and play one of their CD's, it's an Elvis one I stole from Oaklet.

My personal favourite is Abbeyfeale

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 05:04 AM

Oaklet how dare you let Raggytash steal MY Elvis CD

Gerry

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 08:33 PM

refresh so I can find this, again!

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 08:51 PM

Hmm, I wonder if the e-mail on the website is current. I've written twice, but not gotten a response - and I'd really love to order some of those CDs! Does anyone have an e-mail they can pm to me?

Dan

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Noreen
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 02:07 PM

Will do Dan.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 05:19 PM

Thanks all!

Dan

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: gnu
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 05:25 PM

BTW Oaks, what's that website url with the lass that painted your portrait? Last time I tried to access the work in progress. I could not find it.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Rockhen
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 08:47 PM

Weird, my post didn't seem to work...Apologies if this is a second similar post and just a weird time delay delay delay. Always good to hear you Cara guys. Will check out youtube. I enjoy the banter as much as the excellent music :-)
Rockhen
(one-time Wild Wolds Women but still loving Helian Keys- ing!)

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: Oaklet
Date: 29 Oct 11 - 06:52 AM

Hi.

Dan, sorry if we appear to have ignored you - messages go to the webco who sends them back to me and I don't ignore any.   Please see my pm.

We've swapped CDs with German Cara who I really like. We took the name in 2000 from the word "friend" in Irish.

Gnu - the artist with the knack of doing things (the very same one who despite never been trained to read or play music figured-out the Courante from Bach's D min Partita for violin) has now started to do some kind of lino printing in her shed. She is a star. http://www.janebeharrell.com/
is her interwhatsit so have a look at her monotypes and stuff.

Huge thanks for the encouragement and the supportive comments - we really appreciate it.

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Oct 11 - 12:22 AM

Thanks to Micca for pointing me to this thread. Had time to listen this evening. WOW!! Some of my favs, esp. the pipes. Wonderful and thanks!!

kat

Subject: RE: them cara lads
From: freda underhill
Date: 30 Oct 11 - 05:51 AM

I have several of their CDs - and they're fantastic, great musicians.

freda