Hoping for spins
The new CD ‘Ceol ’s Rann’ hits the radio stations this week and so I am hoping that it might receive a few spins amid the thousands of other musicians who are trying to do the same.
Although the Irish language has been in decline for some time now it is really amazing just how many musicians not only sing in Irish, but write songs in Irish too. Long may it continue for it would be a sad day when it’s beauty and lilting sound were lost for ever.
Though my own command and grasp of the language is quite limited, indeed some would say little more than the ‘cúpla focal’, these songs mean something to me and help me maintain a connection to what, if history had been just a little different, would have been my mother tongue.
In an age when many Irish people are reluctant to use their own language even occasionally or in a bilingual context, I hope that these songs can stand as my meagre contribution to keeping it alive.
Written by Dónal on Oct 8, 2007 | Trackback URL