Hello Christy, Hope all is well with you and your’s. On Wednesday I’m off into North Wales to do a bit of recording. Me and the harp, with Steve at the wheel. We’re going to the Narrowboat sessions. Folk singers record three songs with Mark in his narrowboat studio. I’m taking three songs plus Musgrave. It’s longer than he wants but I’m hoping he might let me sing it. I was watching the Planxty 2004 dvd yesterday. Musgrave feels like the best ever story to tell. I love it.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
hope it goes well
I’ll share something
at this early point in your recording you might consider keeping it simple
prob best fit in with the ethos of the Narrowboat Session….
save recording the big songs until such time as it is your own session
I think I was 10 years into recording studios before I felt equipped to take on the “big” songs
take it easy, easy does it
Morra Christy,
Yesterday i had enjoyment listening to one of the box set CDs.
Your intro to Middle of the Island was well said, glad to see online the DRCC is still on the go, though of course we all wish it were not needed.
The Box Set is such a joy , thanks for its creation.
Rory
Christy's reply
Rory…it means a lot to receive your comments, to know that these old recordings still resonate….I must go back and listen to the intro you reference…I’m hopin to record that song again as part of a specific project
Hi Christy,
As always C4N leads the way with the important and truthful news.
Tonight they reported on Mexico’s equivalent to El Salvador’s Los Desaparecidos , as Jalisco is the place with the unwelcome record of having the largest populus of Los Disperados. There are the glaant Mothers of the Missing who have searched with rudimentary tools and hands to find their relatives bodies for well over 10 years, many Mothers having themselves been ‘disappeared’ for their work.
They interviewed ‘the crow’, a horrid beast we admitted killing 100 people and chopping up their bodies.
Thank goodness that good people like Wally Page have been writing songs, and those who sing those songs, about people like these, and stand to be counted…..mama’s still waiting for someone to say, Zara Christina was found yesterday,the ghost of not knowing still leads her away, Zara Christina was missing……
Rory
Thanks Christy for a great concert.
45 years ago, me and my sister hitchhiked around Ireland. You gave us a lift and tickets to your concert in the National Stadium that evening.
A lot has happened since. I married an Irishman, lived in Dublin for more than 10 years, moved back to Belgium and since 2 years we have a holiday home in Ireland. I got 2 tickets for your concert in the National Concert Hall for my sister’s birthday. We sang along with every song. Thanks a lot for all your songs over the years.
I watched “In Time Donal Lunny” at the Irish Film Festival in Tokyo.
It was a wonderful Nuala O’Connor’s production team, I was moved and saddened at the same time, and tears drop down in my eyes. It’s difficult to put this feeling into words. . .
Christy's reply
greetings Yas….
thanks for sharing news of the film being shown in Tokyo…
its remarkable how our Trad & Folk Music has travelled so well to distant countries..
I regret never having visited Japan….other players have shared their experiences while performing there
I too was deeply moved and saddened when Donal & I performed “Natives” in the film ….but those feelings never shadow the joyful music we played together across the decades that preceded…
always good to get news from the Far East
Well Christy, the 2026 World Cup kicks off tomorrow. Thanks to F.I.F.A. and the likes of Infantino the once ‘beautiful game’ becomes more ugly, greedy, & corrupt by the day. I’ve attended football matches for almost 60 years but I don’t intend to spend a single minute watching this years tournament. Football, stolen from the poor and needy by the rich and greedy. Joxer (along with Jinky & Bestie) would be turning in his grave. 2DC John
Christy's reply
Infantino, Blatter, Trump ,Delaney,
rotten peas in the same pod
Hello Christy, Hope all is well with you and your’s. On Wednesday I’m off into North Wales to do a bit of recording. Me and the harp, with Steve at the wheel. We’re going to the Narrowboat sessions. Folk singers record three songs with Mark in his narrowboat studio. I’m taking three songs plus Musgrave. It’s longer than he wants but I’m hoping he might let me sing it. I was watching the Planxty 2004 dvd yesterday. Musgrave feels like the best ever story to tell. I love it.
Rebecca
hope it goes well
I’ll share something
at this early point in your recording you might consider keeping it simple
prob best fit in with the ethos of the Narrowboat Session….
save recording the big songs until such time as it is your own session
I think I was 10 years into recording studios before I felt equipped to take on the “big” songs
take it easy, easy does it
Morra Christy,
Yesterday i had enjoyment listening to one of the box set CDs.
Your intro to Middle of the Island was well said, glad to see online the DRCC is still on the go, though of course we all wish it were not needed.
The Box Set is such a joy , thanks for its creation.
Rory
Rory…it means a lot to receive your comments, to know that these old recordings still resonate….I must go back and listen to the intro you reference…I’m hopin to record that song again as part of a specific project
Hi Christy,
As always C4N leads the way with the important and truthful news.
Tonight they reported on Mexico’s equivalent to El Salvador’s Los Desaparecidos , as Jalisco is the place with the unwelcome record of having the largest populus of Los Disperados. There are the glaant Mothers of the Missing who have searched with rudimentary tools and hands to find their relatives bodies for well over 10 years, many Mothers having themselves been ‘disappeared’ for their work.
They interviewed ‘the crow’, a horrid beast we admitted killing 100 people and chopping up their bodies.
Thank goodness that good people like Wally Page have been writing songs, and those who sing those songs, about people like these, and stand to be counted…..mama’s still waiting for someone to say, Zara Christina was found yesterday,the ghost of not knowing still leads her away, Zara Christina was missing……
Rory
Thanks Christy for a great concert.
45 years ago, me and my sister hitchhiked around Ireland. You gave us a lift and tickets to your concert in the National Stadium that evening.
A lot has happened since. I married an Irishman, lived in Dublin for more than 10 years, moved back to Belgium and since 2 years we have a holiday home in Ireland. I got 2 tickets for your concert in the National Concert Hall for my sister’s birthday. We sang along with every song. Thanks a lot for all your songs over the years.
Isabelle and Bambi from Belgium/
welcome back….
I watched “In Time Donal Lunny” at the Irish Film Festival in Tokyo.
It was a wonderful Nuala O’Connor’s production team, I was moved and saddened at the same time, and tears drop down in my eyes. It’s difficult to put this feeling into words. . .
greetings Yas….
thanks for sharing news of the film being shown in Tokyo…
its remarkable how our Trad & Folk Music has travelled so well to distant countries..
I regret never having visited Japan….other players have shared their experiences while performing there
I too was deeply moved and saddened when Donal & I performed “Natives” in the film ….but those feelings never shadow the joyful music we played together across the decades that preceded…
always good to get news from the Far East
Well Christy, the 2026 World Cup kicks off tomorrow. Thanks to F.I.F.A. and the likes of Infantino the once ‘beautiful game’ becomes more ugly, greedy, & corrupt by the day. I’ve attended football matches for almost 60 years but I don’t intend to spend a single minute watching this years tournament. Football, stolen from the poor and needy by the rich and greedy. Joxer (along with Jinky & Bestie) would be turning in his grave. 2DC John
Infantino, Blatter, Trump ,Delaney,
rotten peas in the same pod