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23 Jul 05 - 08:26 AM (#1526170) Subject: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: GUEST,Tony Evans I have just discovered that Capercaillie are making a rare visit to the south of England to appear at the Eastleigh Festival near Southampton in Hampshire on Sunday 7th August. The Festival line-up also features Beth Neilsen-Chapman, Bellowhead, Ashley Hutchings and Session A9 on the same day - the latter led by Capercaillie's Charlie McKerron. We get very few chances to see Capercaillie perform live in the south of England so I hope I won't be the only one hot-footing it along the coast from Sidmouth to Eastleigh to see them. Anyone else from the London / Surrey / Sussex / Kent areas looking to break their journey home from Sidmouth would do well to look at the Eastleigh website www.eastfest.co.uk as they've got a strong line-up. I'm really looking forward to Sidmouth this year and an encore at Eastleigh on the way home will do me fine. Tony Evans |
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23 Jul 05 - 01:33 PM (#1526327) Subject: RE: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: John MacKenzie Too much ROCK and not enough folk in that lineup, rehashing traditional music Scottish or English, to a loud or syncopated beat does not make it any more attractive, rather the reverse. Giok |
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23 Jul 05 - 01:51 PM (#1526344) Subject: RE: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: Willie-O Jeesh what a grumpy comment Giok. If you don't like the lineup keep the pedal to the metal and don't stop in. I'd give my second-born--no, actually, my first-born--to see Capercaillie. And I bet I'd like everyone that you despise just as much! Personally I think the inherent dynamics of Celtic music make it EMINENTLY suitable to electrification. And folks whose musical tastes developed after 1965 dig it...get used to it, we have pretty much taken over the world! I remain, Yrs respectfully etc. etc. Willie-O |
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23 Jul 05 - 02:21 PM (#1526376) Subject: RE: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: John MacKenzie Well as someone who actually lives in the Gaidhealtachd I can assure you that Capercaillie are not regarded a folk musicians by many people around here. It's nice to know that others like them, but I wish they could get a bit of the real Gaelic culture to compare it with. Bellowhead are in my opinion absolute crap, and bear as much relevance to folk clubs as shit does to butter. However that is my opinion and I don't mind if you or anybody else don't share it, it is after all a free world, and as they say 'If we all liked the same thing it would be boring'. Giok |
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23 Jul 05 - 03:43 PM (#1526439) Subject: RE: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: Willie-O Giok: The Gaidwhat? And what do I care where you live, actually? I live in eastern Ontario, so come round for tea or something stronger if you ever get to the New World. And I could care less what great musicians are or aren't regarded as "folk" by anybody. (Actually I couldn't possibly.) But I hope Capercaillie's stage performances draw on their great earlier albums, the later ones have gotten too airy-fairy for me. (The problem is, they don't rock enough.) You ought to come to Winnipeg Folk Fest sometime, you'd hate it. But there's this young fiddle prodigy named Kalan Porter whom the traditionalists are lining up to see at Ottawa Folk Fest...get your ticket now! Regards W-O |
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23 Jul 05 - 04:23 PM (#1526477) Subject: RE: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: John MacKenzie The Gaidhealtachd, pronounced Gale-tach is the area in Scotland where Gaelic is still spoken, albeit not by everybody. Been to Quebec,Montreal and Toronto not made Ottawa yet, but there's still time. Giok |
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23 Jul 05 - 07:01 PM (#1526578) Subject: RE: Capercaillie in Hampshire From: GUEST Run, don't walk, to your ticket outlet and make sure you do not miss Capercaillie. They're a great band that has been at the forefront of modern Celtic music for almost 20 years now. It is thanks to efforts of artists like them and Donal Lunny that the traditional music of the islands and highlands has a chance to survive. For anyone who questions the band's trad credentials, I quote from angel-voiced singer Karen Matheson's biography: "Her father played accordion, grandfather played fiddle, her mother's family came from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, where the Gaelic language and tradition survives to this day. It was literally at her grandmother's knee that she learned many of the traditional songs which later appeared on Capercaillie albums. "At primary school in the Argyll village of Taynult, Karen's Gaelic roots were fostered by a teacher called Morag Robb from Ardnamurchan, who Karen says `was solely responsible for the revival of Gaelic singing in the area...'" And eminent musicologist Sean Connery had this to say: "Karen Matheson's throat has surely been touched by the hand of God." Cheers, Michael |