Sinéad.
Our Warrior Woman has been laid to rest.
Fearless and Fragile, may She Rest in Peace.
We send our condolences to all her Family and Loved Ones
I had the privilege of singing with Sinéad on a number of occasions.
Always from the heart, always creating magic in the moment.
Together we sang Nigel Rolfe’s memorial to Anne Lovett back in 1987,
Jimmy MacCarthy’s “Mad Lady and Me”, Ewan MacColl’s “First Time Ever”,
his “Sweet Thames Flow Softly” and Sinéad’s “In This Heart”.
The last song we sang together was “Lord Baker” for her “Sean Nós Nua” album.
Sinéad reached everyone on this Island and far beyond.
Today She is mourned, She will always be missed, She will never be forgotten.
Mick Blake wrote “Oblivious” which I recorded some years back.
A native of Donegal he has been living and teaching in Leitrim.
I love his work and the way he makes it
He did an interview recently on Highland Radio https://fb.watch/m0B_Ax1thx/
David Rooney (who created the album cover for “Flying into Mystery”) has done an etching of James Connolly.
I will share the news here when a limited edition becomes available.
Work continues here on a bunch of new songs….
I am currently on the annual August break. The crew are resting
Paddy’s at the Boston Fleadh,
Johnny’s at the Hay in Rossnowlagh
Jeff’s at the lights in Sandymount Green
Mick’s with The Dubs on Hill 16
Davy’s up in Derry mixin’ Songs
Dickon’s at the Black & Decker hammer and thongs
Saw a good movie called Blue Jay.
Gonna go and see Oppenheimer.
Been practicing “The Sun is Burning in The Sky” (Ian Cambell) Hiroshima Nagasaki American Roulette (Jim Page), Clock Winds Down (Jim Page) After The Deluge (Jackson Browne), How Long (Jackson Browne).
Singing them to myself here in the workroom, despondent at times, but it’s an uplifting gift to have these songs to sing
Went to New Theatre in Essex St to see Ken Loach’s film on the shafting of Jeremy Corbyn by the Labour Party – “Oh Jeremy Corbyn” – an eye opener which confirmed what many of us have suspected these past years.
Listening to a new album from Steo Wall; “Street Music for Lost Souls” – it’s a good listen.
It’s a grand August day here. It’s great to be alive – sending best wishes to all you songsters out there
Christy