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The Humour Is On Me Now
''The Humour Is on Me Now'' is an album by Ronnie Drew, released in 1999. This album was produced by Mike Hanrahan in 1999 and features a number of traditional musicians, including John Sheahan. Also featured are Ronnie Drew's recordings of two songs by Patrick Kavanagh – "on Raglan Road" and "If Ever You Go To Dublin Town". ''Hot Press'' described it as "a welcome return to form for Mr. Drew and a fine album to boot. Well worth a listen." Track listing # "The Humour Is On Me Now" # "Always Remember" # "Since Maggie Went Away" # "Red Roses for Me" # "Limerick Rake "Limerick Rake" is a traditional Irish song whose composer is disputed. The lyrics are set to the tune of an earlier song titled "Agus fagaimid siúd mar atá sé". The lyrics likely date to the late 18th century, as attested by the use of the p ..." # "Clearing a Space" # " Raglan Road" # "If Ever You Go to Dublin Town" # "Courtin' In the Kitchen" # "Two Island Swans" # "The Dunes" # "The Black Velvet Band" # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Drew
Joseph Ronald Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who had a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He sang lead vocals on the singles "Seven Drunken Nights" and " The Irish Rover", which both charted in the UK top 10 and were performed on '' TOTP''. His voice was once described by Nathan Joseph as being "like the sound of coke being crushed under a door". Early life Ronnie Drew was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1934. Although he was so intimately associated with being "a Dubliner", he would sometimes say, "I was born and grew up in Dún Laoghaire, and no true Dubliner would accept that at all!", a quip that Andy Irvine relayed in his song "O'Donoghue's".''Mozaik – Changing Trains'', Compass Records 744682, 2007. Drew was educated at CBS Eblana and used to " mitch" and cycle up to Leopardstown Racecourse. Drew was a Roman Catholic, and when asked in an interview with RTÉ about his faith, he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolphin Records (Ireland)
Dolphin Records is a record label, based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1968 by Joe O'Reilly Snr. As of 2018, Joe's son Paul O'Reilly was acting as managing director of the label, and three of his children had also joined the business. History The founding of the record label in 1968 was preceded by the opening of a record shop by O'Reilly named Dolphin Discs in the Dolphin's Barn suburb of Dublin in 1958. As of 1976, Dolphin Records, as well as its associated retail chain Dolphin Discs, were still owned by the O'Reilly family, one of whom (Joe) began dating singer Mary Black that year. Joe and his older brother Paul eventually started a second record label, ''Dara Records'', on which to launch Black's career feeling that "she was different to their Dolphin artists". The compilation album '' A Woman's Heart'' released by Dara Records in 1992, achieved massive success and "remain(ed) the biggest-selling album in Ireland" as of 2018. The company was registered with the Companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hanrahan
Mike Hanrahan is a singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Ennis, County Clare, in September 1958. Mike spent fifteen years with Stockton's Wing as songwriter, guitarist and singer, and ten years with Ronnie Drew as guitarist, writer and producer. 12 years on the board of IMRO Irish Music Rights Organisation, from 1994 to 2006. Three of those years he served as Deputy Chairman of IMRO, and six years as chairman.2000 to 2006 BOOK 2019 A memoir eautiful affair a journey in Music,Food and FriendshipPublished by Harper Collins FILM 2021 The ballad of the crimson warrior, inspired by the Irish Cultural Revolution 1890/1922 written and created by Mike Hanrahan and Aldoc with contributions from Irish artist Mick O Dea 2023 Fellow at Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Career In 1977, began his professional career with Maura O'Connell in a duo called Tumbleweed. In 1979, Mike Hanrahan replaced Tony Callinan in Stockton's Wing and recorded ''Take a Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Rotten Shame
''Dirty Rotten Shame'' is an album by Ronnie Drew, released in 1995. Drew left The Dubliners in 1995, after recording this album due to its high chart success in the Irish Charts. It has more of a rock music feel than his previous solo albums and features Aslan on backing vocals. It was produced by Keith Donald, formerly of Moving Hearts and contains songs by Elvis Costello, Christy Moore and U2's Bono. Track listing # "Gardiner Street Blues" (Donal McDonald) - 5:16 # "Eurolations" (Donal McDonald) - 3:56 # "Do You Want My Job" (Ry Cooder) - 5:43 # "The Dunes" (Shane MacGowan) # "One Last Cold Kiss" (Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins) - 3:18 # "Dirty Rotten Shame" (Elvis Costello) - 3:44 # "Drinkin' in the Day" (Bono, Simon Carmody) - 4:46 # "Viva La Quinte Brigada" (Christy Moore) - 4:33 # "Happy As a Baby" (Mick Hanly) - 3:52 # "Far Off Fields" (Keith Donald) - 2:45 # "True Ron Ron" (Keith Donald) - 2:44 # " Brothers in Arms" (Mark Knopfler) - 4:40 Personnel *Ronnie Drew - gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Couple More Years
''A Couple More Years'' is an album by Ronnie Drew and Eleanor Shanley, released in 2000. Eleanor Shanley was a member of De Danann, who had recorded Bob Dylan's "Boots of Spanish Leather" with The Dubliners on their ''30 Years A-Greying'' album. Also featured are Mike Hanrahan and Bill Shanley as backup guitarists. A video Video is an Electronics, electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving picture, moving image, visual Media (communication), media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, whi ... of this show was also released. "A Couple More Years" was written by Shel Silverstein and Dennis Locorriere and has been recorded by artists including Dr Hook (Locorriere's band) and Willie Nelson. Track listing Source: iTunes References Ronnie Drew albums 2000 live albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sheahan
John Sheahan (born 19 May 1939) is an Irish musician and composer. He joined The Dubliners in 1964 and played with them until 2012 when The Dubliners' name was retired following the death of founding member Barney McKenna. Sheahan is the last surviving member of the definitive lineup of the Dubliners. Early years and musical apprenticeship John Sheahan was born in Dublin on 19 May 1939. His father, a native of Glin, County Limerick, was a member of the Garda Síochána (the Irish Police Force) stationed in Dublin. He is the great-nephew of Patrick Sheahan, a Dublin Metropolitan Policeman, who in 1905 died trying to save the life of a pipe workman who was overcome by toxic exhalations in a sewer on Hawkins Street, Dublin, where a memorial statue stands today. He went to school at the local Christian Brothers in Marino, Dublin, where he received his first musical education, learning the tin whistle. This experience was shared with Paddy Moloney, who later founded The Chieftai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel ''Tarry Flynn'', and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". He is known for his accounts of Irish life through reference to the everyday and commonplace. Life and work Early life Patrick Kavanagh was born in rural Inniskeen, County Monaghan, in 1904, the fourth of ten children of James Kavanagh and Bridget Quinn. His grandfather was a schoolteacher called "Kevany", which a local priest changed to "Kavanagh (surname), Kavanagh" at his baptism. The grandfather had to leave the area following a scandal and never taught in a national school again, but married and raised a family in Tullamore. Patrick Kavanagh's father, James, was a cobbler and farmer. Kavanagh's brother Peter Kavanagh (writer), Peter became a university professor and writer, two of their sisters were teachers, three became nurses, and one became a nun. Patrick Kavanagh was a pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Raglan Road
"On Raglan Road" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh named after Raglan Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin. In the poem, the speaker recalls, while walking on a "quiet street," a love affair that he had with a much younger woman. Although he knew he would risk being hurt if he initiated a relationship, he did so anyway, and ultimately faced heartache after the relationship ended. History As a poem It was first published as a poem in ''The Irish Press'' on 3 October 1946 under the title "Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away". Peter Kavanagh, Patrick's brother, said, "it was written about Patrick's girlfriend Hilda, but to avoid embarrassment, he used the name of my girlfriend in the title." Her real name was Dr. Hilda Moriarty, then a medical student from County Kerry. Though she regarded Kavanagh as a friend, her feelings were not romantic, and in 1947, she married Donogh O'Malley, who later became Fianna Fáil Minister for Education. In 1987, Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Press
''Hot Press'' is a monthly music and politics magazine based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in June 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. History ''Hot Press'' was founded in June 1977 by Niall Stokes, who continues to be its editor to the present day. Since then, the magazine has featured stories in the music world, both in Ireland and internationally. The first issue of ''Hot Press'' featured Irish blues rock musician Rory Gallagher ahead of his headlining performance at Ireland's first open air rock festival, the Macroom Mountain Dew Festival, in 1977. The magazine has covered the career of U2 since the late 1970s. Sinéad O'Connor first talked to ''Hot Press'' about her lesbianism. The magazine has been at the centre of several controversies: for example, ''Hot Press'' writer Stuart Clark was interviewing Oasis band member and songwriter Noel Gallagher when Gallagher found out that his brother Liam would not take the stage for that ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick Rake
"Limerick Rake" is a traditional Irish song whose composer is disputed. The lyrics are set to the tune of an earlier song titled "Agus fagaimid siúd mar atá sé". The lyrics likely date to the late 18th century, as attested by the use of the place-name " Castletown Conyers" (which was still seen referred to by its former name "Castletown McEnyry" as late as 1763) and the mention of the deaths of Lord Devonshire (1764) and John Damer (1776). The song appeared in Colm Ó Lochlainn's 1939 publication ''Irish Street Ballads'' and has been recorded by a number of notable artists. Lyrics I am a young fellow that's easy and bold; In Castletown ConyersA town in County Limerick, situated five km south of Ballingarry, on the road from Rathkeale to Charleville. I'm very well known. In Newcastle West I spent many an oatA reference to the expression The phrase dates to the 1560s, and during the 16th and 17th century dissolute or wild young men were called 'wild oats'. With Kitty and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Raglan Road
"On Raglan Road" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh named after Raglan Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin. In the poem, the speaker recalls, while walking on a "quiet street," a love affair that he had with a much younger woman. Although he knew he would risk being hurt if he initiated a relationship, he did so anyway, and ultimately faced heartache after the relationship ended. History As a poem It was first published as a poem in ''The Irish Press'' on 3 October 1946 under the title "Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away". Peter Kavanagh, Patrick's brother, said, "it was written about Patrick's girlfriend Hilda, but to avoid embarrassment, he used the name of my girlfriend in the title." Her real name was Dr. Hilda Moriarty, then a medical student from County Kerry. Though she regarded Kavanagh as a friend, her feelings were not romantic, and in 1947, she married Donogh O'Malley, who later became Fianna Fáil Minister for Education. In 1987, Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Velvet Band
"The Black Velvet Band" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud number 2146) is a traditional Folk music, folk song collected from singers in Ireland describing how a young man is tricked and then sentenced to Penal transportation, transportation to Australia, a common punishment in the British Empire during the 19th century. Versions were also published on Broadside ballad, broadsides. The Dubliners released a popular version of the song in 1967 based on a version sung by the traditional English singer Harry Cox. Synopsis The narrator is bound apprentice in a town (which varies in different versions). He becomes romantically involved with a young woman. She steals a watch and places it in his pocket or in his hand. The apprentice does not try to stop this from happening, which is speculated to be out of his love for the girl. However the man does wish bad luck towards the woman, as seen in the line "Bad luck to the black velvet band". The apprentice appears in court the next day, and is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
