Jingle Jangle.
Hungry Feelings.
Jingle Jangle.
The longing for Home.
Jingle Jangle.
The longing for love.
Jingle Jangle.
Brendan Behan.
Dominic Behan.
Dublin Men
Mountjoy.
A Song for Ireland.
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
Amazing that Glen hasn’t featured on The Jukebox before.
As you can see he’s a charismatic performer who has no problem working a crowd and getting every last drop of feeling from a well worn song.
Check out his covers of songs by Bob Dylan and Van Morrison which are notable for the ‘let’s give it the full lash lads!’ approach he brings to hallowed classics.
Christy Moore is more than an icon of Irish Folk Music he’s a national treasure.
Over the decades Christy has developed tremendous song craft bringing acute emotional intelligence and dramatic intensity to lyric and melody.
His version of The Auld Triangle has the echo of the prison corridors and is haunted with hungry feeling.
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
When it comes to haunting voices I know of no combination of writer and actor to equal Samuel Beckett and Jack MacGowran.
Beckett’s prose has such wonderful rhythmic pace and poise which MacGowran performs with luminous feeling.
Jingle Jangle.
Hungry Feelings.
Jingle Jangle.
Jingle Jangle.
Blog Break :
Thankfully I’m well and safely hunkered down in rural seclusion. This gives me the opportunity for deep listening and reading without, immediately, thinking about turning those experiences into a Jukebox Post.
So, for a while, there will be no new Posts here.
But! There are 388 Posts here for you to explore.
Everything from Amazing Rhythm Aces to Frank Zappa.
Please take a ramble round The Jukebox Archive.
Stay Well.
This post was truly a joy, Thom, as yours always are. I really appreciated the variety in the three clips, and your spot-on descriptions. Glen Hansard is indeed a charismatic performer, Christy Moore’s version completely different and enjoyable, and the Beckett reading also enjoyable. A pleasant combination of art and craft, as I experience my own rural seclusion during this pandemic time. Many thanks, my friend.
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Thanks very much. Make sure to. Scour the archives and spread the news about the immortal Jukebox!
Regards Thom
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I’ve got 3 Christy Moore CDs, and saw him live about 20 years ago. Someone who can hold an audience’s attention without any supporting band.
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Yes.. He is a mesmerising performer.
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Most excellent. Stay well in your rural seclusion.
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Thanks. Check out the archive! Thom
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