Curlews in The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan’s thrillers are not exactly politically correct by today’s standards, but contain many gems of prose – especially on the natural world and on the cares of power. There is…
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#AprilCountry – April 17th, “If Jesus Leads This Army”, Howard Haney
I came across Howard Haney rather randomly via Spotify – on “The Half Ain’t Never Been Told: Early American Religious Rural Music” album From Hillbilly Music.com , here is a…
#ChoralMarch, March 23rd, “Echelon’s Song”, Red Army Chorus
This plays over the credits of the Coen Brothers’ wildly entertaining ode to the last days of the Hollywood Studio System, Hail Caesar! You’ll have to watch it to find…
#ChoralMarch – March 10th “Mó Ghile Mhear” (arranged Desmond Earley), UCD Choral Scholars
This ChoralMarch series probably wouldn’t exist were it not for Desmond Earley and the UCD Choral Scholars. A few years back they released a CD of choral works from Ireland…
#ChoralMarch, March 4th, “The Besoms”, Male Choir of the Moscow Academy of Vocal Arts
If there is a vocal tradition I am most drawn to, it is the Russian. Around 2000 I saw the UCD Choral Scholars (more of which later this month) in…
Happy Real Bread Week to (and with) the Auld Mill Bakery in Grangemockler
It is Real Bread Week. As I am sure you knew. The Real Bread Campaign is encouraging people to bake their own, or to buy additive free locally made loaves.…
“Tetris” theme played on organ of St Joseph’s Church, Glasthule by Rónán Murray
The title says it all….though the piece is more properly called Korobeiniki
Séamus Sweeney 