Concert on Saturday

[curiouswombat]

On Saturday my daughter and I went to a concert by a young lady called Ruth Keggin. Ruth is a friend of D-d, and they were actually at York uni at the same time.

She sings much of her repertoire in Manx - here is a track that she sang on Saturday. I wonder if any of you, who know the music of Capercaillie, agree with me that Ruth's voice is reminiscent of Karen Matheson?

What is the song about? You may well ask. This is it more or less in a nutshell;

Fin and Oshin are Irish heroes of the mythic variety. They go off hunting leaving Young Orry to care for their horses (I think) - but the daughters of the two heroes sweet talk him and then tie him up and set fire to his hair (whatever turns you on, I guess!).

Young Orry escapes, sets fire to their houses in revenge - but the heroes return at that stage and, when the daughters say Young Orry did it, they pull him in two with their horses.

Comments

[myrhiann.livejournal.com]

She has a very good voice, and if she wanted to she could go along way with her singing. Thanks for the Capercaillie clip.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

She sings around a lot of the Gaelic speaking world - she has concerts in Ireland this week, and has also worked with Scandinavians as our music and theirs have similar roots. But there is not a great deal of money in singing in Gaelic - so she also teaches voice and instruments.

Although Capercaillie have made a living from it for quite a while now.