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Mee ny Nollick 2018 December manx music today SCRAN LAUNCH DEBUT ALBUM!! Vibrant young band Scran have released their debut CD of Manx traditional music Their new album ‘Nane’ (Manx Gaelic for the number one) is a blend of lively Manx jigs and reels, beautiful airs such as “Dooraght” by Katie Lawrence, Gaelic song, new melodies by members of Scran and a few tunes from the other Celtic nations thrown into the mix. Scran consists of some of the most talented young traditional musicians in the Isle of Man, and the band has grown out of Culture Vannin’s Manx music youth movement, Bree. Guided by mentor, Paul Rogers (Mabon, Strengyn & The Fecktones), Scran members are aged between 13 and 18 and the group includes BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician of the Year 2018, Mera Royle on harp. Scran clinched second place in the Next Big Thing 2017 and they received glowing reviews when they performed along with Mera at the Cropredy Folk Festival this summer. Past members of Scran who feature on the Nane album include fiddle player Isla Callister, who is now studying traditional music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and is finding musical success with her Celtic band, TRIP. Scran launched the CD with a live gig at the Mitre Hotel in Ramsey last week. The CD is £10.00 and is now available to buy from Culture Vannin and other local shops, or it can be downloaded as a digital album for £7.00 from bandcamp. More info about Scran and Bree: www.manxmusic.com In this month’s edition... • 25th Mollag Ghennal • MFDS summer visits • New Christmas songbook • Latest album releases kiaull manninagh jiu 12/18 culture vannin Manannan’s Winterfest–AMagicalManxChristmas! Valerie Caine©November2018(CourtesyofManxLife) Dickinson CharitableTrust, ticketspricedat£24/£20areavailablefrom Sponsored byYear ofOurIsland2018,CultureVannin, theIsleofManArtsCouncilandMalcolm reflects anoldManxcustomincludingdramaandcomedy. the stunningWhiteboysduringevening,which and theLawrencesisters.It’salsohopedtoinclude including DavidKilgallon,MalcolmStitt,JamieSmith as aworldrenownedcollectiveofCelticmusicians Manx Voices andGarethMooreonthepiano:aswell Ramsey Town Band,well-knowncarolsfromthechoir musical mixwillbesomerousingfestivesoundsfrom and thelegendaryMichaelPlayers.Alsowithin winning folkharpistMeraRoyle,AlexandraSlater of entertainerswillincludetheBBCRadio2award- Theatre. HostedbytheinimitableDotTilbury,list a greatnightoutatthebeautifulandhistoricGaiety an exciting,newexperienceforanyonelooking help offriendsandfamiliestheshowpromisestobe proved tobethecatalystforevent,andwith Christmas music.TheYear ofOurIslandinitiative memories andtheirsharedloveofperforming them astheyreminiscedabouttraditional,childhood synergistically fromseveralconversationsbetween firmly ontheManxcalendar.It’sanideawhichgrew old andthenewfixManannan’sWinterfest and MalcolmStitt,theiraimistocombineboththe The brainchildoflocalmusiciansDavidKilgallon choral music–toppedwithlocalhumouranddrama. Island’s finestexponentsofclassical,folk,brassand traditions, theeventwillbeacollaborationof Billed asauniqueconcertcelebratingManxChristmas event attheGaietyTheatreundertitleofManannan’sWinterfest–AMagicalManxChristmas! There’s somethingnewontheChristmascalendarthisyearwithintroductionofasparkling www.villagaiety.com
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kiaull manninagh jiu 12/18 culture vannin www.manxmusic.com/media/History%20photos/Manx%20Traditional%20Ballads%20D%20Speers%202016%20small.pdf 84(2016) Bealoideas Manx Traditional Ballads-theBroadside Connections Revealed by David Speers. First publishedin There are two papersby David Speerswhichwere originally publishedby Beodeoideas: Thanks to theauthors. www.manxmusic.com/media/History%20photos/Hop-dy-Naa%20Prof%20John%20Rhys%201890%20GB.pdf of Man1886-1893. HOP-DY-NAA Fragments collected by Prof. Rhys, John ofOxford, University in1890 duringhisvisitsto theIsle by DrGeorge Broderick abouttheHoptunaasonghasalsobeadded: A newarticle www.manxmusic.com/media/History%20photos/Speers%20historical%20references%20Manx%20music.pdf by David Speers(1996/1997) The historical References to Manx Traditional A reappraisal Music,andDance: Song andaChronology Collections intheIsleofMan ‘Print isMuchSafer thanMS’: The FateofFolklore andFolkSong Read thefullpaper: record hasconsequences inresearchingwhatdoesnowsurvive. of theirpapers,butthisdid littletopreventthelossofcollectionsthey amassed.Suchafragmented Society between1905and 1913.Severalcollectorsexpressedconcernin theirlifetimeaboutthesurvival in thisarticle. The mostsignificantlosswasthatofthe cylinderrecordingsmadebytheManxLanguage by theCelticRevival.Muchofmaterialcollected hasnowbeenlostforavarietyofreasonsdetailed English andManxGaelic. This wasfollowedbyafurtherwaveofcollectorsin thenextdecade,enthused The IsleofManinthe1890ssawremarkableactivity inthecollectingoffolkloreandfolksong,both *More articles concerning*More musichistory articles Manx https://kula.uvic.ca/articles/10.5334/kula.26/ added to manxmusic.com Research page www.culturevannin.im/manx_year_event_505782.html by StephenMiller here: watch thefilms Boys tradition and about The White Find outmore performances. filmed theoriginal John Dowling who online. Big thanks to available to watch digitised andare have now been around Peel in2000 at variousspots dance performed mummers’ play and of the White Boys Some VHS films digitised films Boys 2000 The White
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