Our Song of the Day is “I Courted A Wee Girl” by Irish duo Ye vagabonds (brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn) filmed during their mini-tour of some of Ireland’s most picturesque islands.
The song features on their latest album The Hare’s Lament, Diarmuid learned it from a version by County Armagh singer Sarah Makem (the mother of musicians Tommy Makem and Jack Makem).
Irish folk music is in a very healthy state at the moment and with The Hare’s Lament, Ye Vagabonds have emerged as its most accomplished exponents. Thomas Blake, Folk Radio UK
During July and August last year, the brothers set out to perform to those who inhabit some of Ireland’s most sparse and barren sods of earth off in the Atlantic and fill them with tunes and tales, young and old, on summer evenings. The band were joined by renowned music filmmaker Myles O’Reilly (Arbutus Yarns/This Ain’t No Disco), who documented the tour. This is just a small and beautiful excerpt from that resulting documentary which is called ‘Seven Songs On Six Islands’.
To view the full film please visit https://www.patreon.com/posts/28796405 to consider making a pledge and help Myles O’Reilly make one similar music documentary per month.
For an unforgettable evening be sure to catch Ye Vagabonds later this year including a very special River Lea Records event at the National Concert Hall in Dublin (with Lisa O’Neill & Brighde Chaimbeul), see below.
Ye Vagabonds Tour Dates
05/10/19 National Concert Hall, Dublin (with Lisa O’Neill & Brighde Chaimbeul. A night curated by Geoff Travis, Jeannette Lee and Tim Chipping of Rough Trade/River Lea Records)
01/11/19 Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset
02/11/19 Cecil Sharp House, London
05/11/19 The Glad Café, Glasgow
06/11/19 West End Centre, Hampshire
07/11/19 Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham
09/11/19 Cambridge J2, Cambridge
10/11/19 The Druidstone Hotel, Haverfordwest
12/11/19 The Silk Mill, Frome
13/11/19 The Kingsdown Vaults, Bristol
14/11/19 South Street, Reading
15/11/19 St Andrew’s Church, Rugby
16/11/19 Tae Sup Wi’ A Fifer, Kirkcaldy
Tickets via: http://www.yevagabonds.com/