New Lyric FM series MacColl, Sam Lee etc

Subject: New Lyric FM series MacColl, Sam Lee etc
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 22 Jul 15 - 04:20 AM

New series starting on Friday on Lyric F.M. (Ireland
Jim Carroll

Friday 24th July
The Lyric Feature
The Collectors
British folk singer & song collector, Sam Lee's is on a mission to record precious old songs from Ireland's Traveller communities. However, he first must find these elderly singers who remember these songs, some of which have been passed down from generation to generation, over hundreds of years. With the passing of each singer, so too does the rich heritage of this singing tradition disappear, unless Sam & his team of song collectors from the Nest Collective can find them first. Featuring Traveller Historian, Tomas MacCarthy and song collector James McDonald,
A Julien Clancy production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the support of the BAI Sound and Vision Scheme, from the TV licence fee. Presenter/Producer : Julien Clancy.
The Collectors follows British folk singer & song collector, Sam Lee, on the search for forgotten traditional songs from Ireland's Traveller Communities, before they disappear forever.

31st July
Ewan McColl : Freeborn Man 1/2
This first of two programmes examining the work of singer, folksong collector, dramatist and broadcaster Ewan McColl on the occasion of the centenary of his birth in January 2015. We hear from Clare-based song collectors Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie who were members of McColl's renowned singers collective The Critics Group in London of the 1960s and 70s and were friends of McColl and his wife, the singer, Peggy Seeger. They reveal recordings from their personal archive highlighting his contribution to folk singing and the importance of Irish songs, music and experience in McColl's work.
Producer : Paula Carroll.
A Rag and Bone production
Remembering the life and work of singer, folksong collector, dramatist and broadcaster Ewan McColl on the centenary of his birth in January 1915
(1st broadcast Fri 23rd Jan)

7th Aug
Ewan McColl : Freeborn Man 2/2
The second of two programmes examining the work of singer, folksong collector, dramatist and broadcaster Ewan McColl on the occasion of the centenary of his birth in January 2015. We hear from Clare-based song collectors Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie who were members of McColl's renowned singers collective The Critics Group in London of the 1960s and 70s and were friends of McColl and his wife, the singer, Peggy Seeger. They reveal recordings from their personal archive highlighting his contribution to folk singing and the importance of Irish songs, music and experience in McColl's work.
Producer : Paula Carroll.
Remembering the life and work of singer, folksong collector, dramatist and broadcaster Ewan McColl in the centenary of his birth in January 1915

14th Aug– Vocal Chords – Iarla O'Lionaird in conversation with Christy Moore.
A life lived with the company of song and the singing voice, is how Christy Moore's describes it and in this his 70th year he shares his journey with fellow singer, The Gloaming's frontman Iarla O Lionaird. Moore traces his vocal journey from growing up in a singing family and his relationship with his friend from boyhood, Donal Lunny. This Vocal Chords special gives voice to Moore's story, his music and his musical influence.

21st Aug
The Lyric Feature
The Wild Irish Girl and her Harp.
A portrait of the extraordinary Sydney Owenson, later Lady Morgan, a nineteenth century celebrity cult figure who penned the influential novel, The Wild Irish Girl. Her literary observations of Irish manners and politics made her one of the most hotly discussed literary figures of her generation. She styled herself on the book's heroine, the harp-playing Gaelic princess, Glorvina. She collected Irish tunes, for which she composed the words, thus setting a fashion adopted with much success by Thomas Moore. Music includes specially recorded world-premiere recordings of Owenson's Hibernian Melodies performed by Laura Murphy and Una Hunt and harp airs played by Nancy Hurrell on the historic Royal Portable Harps of John Egan. Contributors include Claire Connolly and Julie Donovan.
Presented and Produced by Una Hunt.
A portrait of Sydney Owenson, later Lady Morgan, the 19th century celebrity cult figure who penned the influential novel: The Wild Irish Girl.