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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Celtic Woman
Making
of Celtic Woman (Songs from the Heart)
https://youtu.be/EEUGA9ZGXTc
Celtic
Woman Perform "Danny boy " Live on eXpresso (10.08.2012)
Celtic Woman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Celtic Woman | |
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Celtic Woman performs at Macquarie Shopping Centre, Sydney, in August 2012
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Ireland |
| Genres | Celtic, folk, new-age, adult contemporary,Classical crossover |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Manhattan |
| Website | CelticWoman.com |
| Members | Máiréad Carlin Susan McFadden Éabha McMahon Máiréad Nesbitt |
| Past members | Chloë Agnew Órla Fallon Lynn Hilary Lisa Kelly Lisa Lambe Méav Ní Mhaolchatha Deirdre Shannon Alex Sharpe Hayley Westenra |
Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne[1][2] and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance.[3][4] In 2004, he recruited five Irish female musicians who had not previously performed together: vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, and shaped them into the first line-up of the group that he named "Celtic Woman." Downes chose a repertoire that ranged from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs.
The group's line-up has changed over the years; in 2009, the group consisted of Chloë Agnew, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly, Alex Sharpe and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt; Alex Sharpe left the group in May 2010.[5] Eight albums have been released under the name "Celtic Woman:" Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman: A New Journey, Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey, Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart, Celtic Woman: Lullaby, Celtic Woman: Believe, Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas," "Celtic Woman: Emerald - Musical Gems. and Celtic Woman: Destiny. The group has undertaken a number of world tours. Cumulatively, albums by Celtic Woman have sold over 9 million records worldwide.[6]
The foundation for Celtic music's popularity outside Ireland and Europe was built by tapping into the success of artists such as Enya, Moya Brennan and Clannad, along with stage shows Riverdance and Lord of the Dance.Celtic Woman has been described as being "Riverdance for the voice."[7]
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE
Celia Pavey - Scarborough Fair Canticle - The Voice Australia Season 2
Celia Pavey - Scarborough Fair (with lyrics)
Sarah
Brightman - Scarborough Fair LOTR Lord of the Ring Ode to Arwen Aragorn
https://youtu.be/cgF-Jjxrp0s
Scarborough
Fair - Celtic Woman live performance HD
Paul Simon
SONGS + LYRICS
Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
On the side of a hill in the deep forest green
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Without no seams nor needle work
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Without no seams nor needle work
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
On the side of a hill in the sprinkling of leaves
Washes the grave with silvery tears
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
Washes the grave with silvery tears
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
Tell her to find me an acre of land
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea strands
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea strands
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions
Generals order their soldiers to kill
And to fight for a cause they have long ago forgotten
Generals order their soldiers to kill
And to fight for a cause they have long ago forgotten
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
Scarborough Fair (ballad)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 | This article possibly contains original research. (April 2009) |
The song relates the tale of a young man who instructs the listener to tell his former love to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. Often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished.
As the versions of the ballad known under the title "Scarborough Fair" are usually limited to the exchange of these impossible tasks, many suggestions concerning the plot have been proposed, including the hypothesis that it is about the Great Plague of the late Middle Ages. The lyrics of "Scarborough Fair" appear to have something in common with an obscure Scottish ballad, The Elfin Knight (Child Ballad #2),[1] which has been traced at least as far back as 1670 and may well be earlier. In this ballad, an elf threatens to abduct a young woman to be his lover unless she can perform an impossible task ("For thou must shape a sark to me / Without any cut or heme, quoth he"); she responds with a list of tasks that he must first perform ("I have an aiker of good ley-land / Which lyeth low by yon sea-strand").
The melody is very typical of the middle English period.
As the song spread, it was adapted, modified, and rewritten to the point that dozens of versions existed by the end of the 18th century, although only a few are typically sung nowadays. The references to the traditional English fair, "Scarborough Fair" and the refrain "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" date to 19th century versions, and the refrain may have been borrowed from the ballad Riddles Wisely Expounded, (Child Ballad #1), which has a similar plot. A number of older versions refer to locations other than Scarborough Fair, including Wittingham Fair, Cape Ann, "twixt Berwik and Lyne", etc. Many versions do not mention a place-name, and are often generically titled ("The Lovers' Tasks", "My Father Gave Me an Acre of Land", etc.).
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