
Lately I’ve been on a Podshow listening kick, and I wanted to share some of my favorites. They run a gamut between writing, Irish, Icelandic, and History. Many of these podcasts have member-only content that you can obtain by becoming…
My dear friend, Susan Young, is in a singing contest – and the prize is a trip to Ireland! Please go checkout the entries and vote! She is singing the eternal classic tune, Siúil A Rún https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMDVEST3J_oxoktlgKVfCreqY3J1XIlsSM-8iCDNNBSz8Paw/viewform …
Telling a story takes many forms, but the ancient tradition of telling a story around a fire during the winter nights is a special thing. Declan Kiberd, ‘Story-Telling: The Gaelic Tradition’, in The Irish Short Story, ed. Terence Brown…
Can one recreate the music of the Viking age? A newly released CD called Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia hopes to do so, and has already earned praise from reviewers and risen into the top 20 of the…
Five archaeological finds that reflect the evolution of Irish music. Source: The ancient music and instruments of Ireland (PHOTOS) | IrishCentral.com
Because I’m fascinated by swans now, after writing a book about them (The Enchanted Swans, pub date March 8, 2017!), here are some swans for your day! The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats Source: The Writer’s…
Many readers will know some of these Icelandic sagas, such as Egil’s Saga or Njal’s Saga, but the Icelandic writers penned dozens of these stories. Here are ten sagas that you may not have heard of, but offer a fascinating…
How wonderful! Sound out of woven patterns… Soundweaving is a recent project by Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay that turns patterns used in traditional folk embroidery into music by translating them into laser-cut punch cards fed through a custom…
Enya lives alone in a castle with 12 cats and her 132 million dollar fortune Source: Inside Enya’s fascinating life, living alone in a castle with her cats | Wonderwall.com
Originally posted on Spontaneous Deliberations of an Ordinary Girl:
Hi Everyone! We’re taking a slight break from the “Angry Birds Movie” and I’m going to do reviews for two movies: Images found at: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/song_of_the_sea_2014/ (song of the Sea) and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485601/…
I definitely remember this bit! If you’re familiar with children’s shows at all, then you know that the creators of those shows will do damn near anything to get a more “adult” joke past the pretty strict TV-G censors.…
A wonderful article on reconstructing and playing ancient instruments. Sound clips included! A program is helping experts recreate long-lost instruments. Listen to audio clips of the carnyx, the hornpipe and the vulture bone flute. Source: Bringing Ancient Sounds Back…
Are you ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Is your liver?? St. Patrick’s Day was a more solemn occasion in Ireland once upon a time. It was a religious holiday, not a drinking one. But America decided to get a…