Puirt a Beul (mouth music) - Karen Matheson with Donald Shaw video free download

MsJoaniePH

The second part of this I recognize from the Capercaillie's album "Beautiful Wasteland", from the song "Finlay's". She is getting better at this. What a set of lungs! Karen is one of my favourite Gaelic singers.This is a classical Gaelic form of music. Enya's "As Baile" is another good example of this form. Check it out on her Christmas EP released in the 1990s.

sonnenstrahl573

This is the most fun video on youtube. Seriously.

NorthLimitation

Anyone have any idea what the tune between Cha Téid Fionnlagh A dh'Eige and Cairistiona Nighean Eoghainn is?

aodh78

@NorthLimitation You are indeed right, maybe Finlay is too busy spreading the manure? That would clear the floor in on time.

Gerry S

@seonidh - A policy used in Ireland aswell - but they banned Gaeilge or Gaelic long before that here. I recently was visiting an ancient burial ground at the moons equinox very early in the morning recently and happened upon (to my surprise) an alter that was used in penal times to say mass - made me quiver (and very proud) to be of the saddened peoples (Celtic Nations) ... might sound a bit corny but I have a few drams within

NorthLimitation

@pupsenok Irish is also a daughter of the Celtic language (Old Irish) - in many ways, Scottish Gaelic is closer to Old Irish than Irish itself surprisingly.

NorthLimitation

@aodh78 I have to disagree with you Aodh - I don't know if you've heard but from the lyrics it seems that Finlay (who's not yet married it seems) is on Eigg already and won't be leaving, but Allan's coming and he can set the floor! Old Cas Odhar is going to the play the pipes too, oh and handsome Donald, son of the bailiff from Uist, is on his way! Not all bad news it seems! However, two people seem to be in the way of the girl who's dancing, something needs to be done about that :P

Gerry S

I'm Irish and have to say that I haven't seen this in Ireland - so I'm thinking that this is of recent Scottish origin (by recent i MEAN a couple of hundred years (stand to be corrected) - s usual Karen is a force of nature

Marc Mackinnon

this is ace. :)

abecualann

And James Mackintosh on drums.

TESTO Cyberfolklore

fuck. I don't like that blues background

Pomepwns

wow. i've really never heard Puirt a Beul sung like this. it's nice, if different. i still think that julie fowlis's version, on cuilidh is better, though.

wilsonjg00

Saw her sing this earlier today on BBC Alba loved it so good

billcody27

QMooglepower: Video is part of the so called "transatlantic sessions vol. 3". Recorded in 2007 at Strathgarry House, a small hotel in Killiecranckie in Perthshire, Scottish Highlands. The musicians are from Scotland, Ireland and USA. This is a BBC TV series from BBC 4 (?). I ´m searching for the older volumes. Great stuff here, the best that I know in the moment..

Ian Martyn

Wow, this is really awesome! A definitely different and new take on puirt-a-beul. What is this video from?

tomtscotland

Oh Dear! ...missed him off the credits...will fix ...Thanks !

Richard Brandenburg

tomtscotland! That's Tim O'Brian beside Douglass... Hello...

FelicityCatflap

The 1st tune, "I bhi a da" I think translates roughly as: "How will my girl dance a reel with a couple in her way? How will my girl dance a reel with a foursome on the floor?" 2nd one, I think translates as: "The fiddler is coming tonight, the girls will get a tune. The fiddler is coming tonight. Tonight, the fiddler is coming. The bailiffs are after me, the joiners are after me, the bailiffs are after me. I won't have anyone but the tailor" Unfortunately I don't know the 3rd one.

turkrazy

shut up u little monkey

FelicityCatflap

and you're a useless waster of Oxygen. Sassenach!

Canan Nan Gaidheal

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