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CARRY ON STREAMIN from EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB Probably the best folk club in the world! Dateline: Wednesday 19 August 2020 Volume 1.06 than this experience for her was that no one MENTAL HEALTH AND spoke about what the famous Canadian CARRY ON STREAMIN THE ARTS songwriter had suffered from for many years: You may recognise in our banner a depression and anxiety. “Even my father never ‘reworking’ of the of the Carrying With kind permission from Folker Mag a zine showed what really moved him inside,” recalls Stream festival which EFC’s late chair, (Germany) and the article’s author, Erik Catherine MacLellan. “On the way to a Paddy Bort, created shortly after the Prochnow, we reprint this recently published psychiatrist, he just told me I had to be strong.” death of Hamish Henderson. article in full. Music as an outlet After Paddy died in February 2017, It is precisely this false strength and the social EFC created the Paddy Bort Fund stigma associated with mental illnesses that (PBF) to give financial assistance to prevent them from being recognized and folk performers who, through no fault treated at an early stage. Catherine MacLellan of their own, fall on hard times. also suffered from mental health problems for a No-one contemplated anything like the long time. It was years before she could face coronavirus. Now we need to her own depression and deal with her father's replenish PBF and have set a target of suicide. Music, like for example on her current (at least) £10 000. album Coyote, was her only valve for a long time. It was only when she realized in There are two strands to Carry On conversations with friends that other people Streamin - this publication and our were also experiencing similar problems that YouTube channel where you will find, she lost the fear of going public with the topic. every fortnight, videos donated by “As a single mother, I wanted to finally break some of the best folk acts around. the cycle within the family and not impose any Please donate to PBF as best you can, burden on my daughter for the future,” says the using the PayPal links we provide. forty-year-old. For her, periods of depression are like slowly entering a cave that is dark, silent and full of heaviness. "There are thought patterns in which we lose ourselves and which can lead to suicide." In order to raise public awareness of mental Catherine MacLellan: (pic credit Millefiore illnesses, the singer / songwriter opened up to Clarkes) her celebrity father's music for the first time in more than twenty years. Gene MacLellan's Catherine MacLellan: Bringing Light Into songs like "Snowbird" or "Put Your Hand In The Darkness The Hand" have been covered by countless Current studies show that musicians are greats like Elvis Presley, Joan Baez or Bing particularly susceptible to mental illnesses such Crosby or helped the singer Anne Murray to as depression or anxiety. The Canadian singer / achieve an international breakthrough. songwriter Catherine MacLellan saw first- hand how her famous father Gene MacLellan (continued over … ) suffered from it. In order to overcome the social stigma of the disease, she developed a special Click here PayPal to donate concert program. The singer wants to show that to the Paddy Bort Fund. those affected with depressive moods are not left alone if they find the courage to talk about And click here to go to it. EFC’s YouTube channel. IT IS A SHADOW that will always accompany you. Catherine MacLellan was See the panel (right) for the fourteen years old when she found her father performers on the video Gene in the basement. He had committed accompanying this edition of suicide at the age of 56. But what was worse COS. http://efc1973.com/home :: https://www.facebook.com/Edinburgh-Folk-Club-155304611154742/ :: @edfolkclub Please note that Edinburgh Folk Club cannot accept responsibility for the content of third party websites displayed in this newsletter and offers all content in good faith. CARRY ON STREAMIN from EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB Probably the best folk club in the world! Dateline: Wednesday 19 August 2020 Volume 1.06 (… continued from front page) Sweden and Canada. In 2017, with around very vulnerable,” she continues. For them, 2,200 participants, the UK University of therefore, sufficient sleep, a healthy diet, Three years ago, Catherine MacLellan recorded Westminster's largest survey to date on the meditation, talking about emotions with an entire album of her father's songs, If It's subject showed that almost 70 percent of familiar people and longer breaks on their farm Alright With You. She put together a tour musicians suffer from mental health problems. on Prince Edward Island are the most important program that tells his life and addresses his More than half also found it difficult to find factors in order to be mentally stable. mental illness. And Catherine released the help. The list of prominent artists who have critically acclaimed documentary The Song “The sky turns gray because I haven't seen a suffered or died from mental illness is long. It And The Sorrow about Gene MacLellan's friend all day,” Gene MacLellan sang in his includes such illustrious names as James music and his fight against depression. She song “Faces” about his depressed mood. In Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Cobain, Adele, plans to present parts of the program in doing so, he also expressed great ambivalence. Sinead O'Connor and Amy Winehouse.Mental Germany in autumn 2020. Because on the one hand, many artists draw health problems are often associated with inspiration from their psychological crises. On Financial insecurity increases the risk of alcohol and drug addiction. the other hand, they can break under the illness There are many reasons for the increased risk moods. "Serious self-esteem crises can occur if According to official statistics, around 5.3 of mental illness in musicians. “The hardest the masses are not well received and are not million people in Germany alone suffer from part is certainly the financial uncertainty,” successful," confirms René Hurlemann, depression and around 12 million from anxiety comments Catherine MacLellan. “In addition to Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at disorders. The number of unreported cases is the pressure from the music industry, the the University of Oldenburg. significantly higher. Musicians are affected unregulated daily work, the difficulty of family even more than the average citizen. This is relationships, abuse and the temptation to (continued on next page … ) borne out by recent studies from Great Britain, consume alcohol and drugs make the artists http://efc1973.com/home :: https://www.facebook.com/Edinburgh-Folk-Club-155304611154742/ :: @edfolkclub Please note that Edinburgh Folk Club cannot accept responsibility for the content of third party websites displayed in this newsletter and offers all content in good faith. CARRY ON STREAMIN from EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB Probably the best folk club in the world! Dateline: Wednesday 19 August 2020 Volume 1.06 (… continued from previous page) great combination which has informed the PLOCKTON = EXCELLENCE unique atmosphere of the NCETM. In a time when everything has to change faster and faster, it is therefore extremely difficult for One of four Scottish Centres of Excellence musicians to seek professional help. "Taking it (the others being based at Broughton High easy is seen as a weakness," adds School, Edinburgh, Douglas Academy in Hurlemann.Mental illnesses such as depression Bearsden and Dyce Academy in can now be treated very well and suicides, Aberdeenshire), the NCETM joined forces which are seldom spontaneous, can be avoided with the three other centres for a Showcase at an early stage. Concert on 9th March this year. Staged at The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, it featured Offers of help for German musicians an array of ensembles and soloists from each But even when artists are open to professional Centre, culminating in a specially arranged help, it is not easy to find support in this Players from Plockton at Edinburgh FC in version of 'A Man's a Man for A' That' country. The waiting time for an appointment 2018; pic Allan McMillan performed by the combined might of with a therapist can be months. The German orchestra, choir, soloists and pipers. The Depression Aid Foundation therefore launched Wendy Weatherby writes … enthusiasm and skill shown by all concerned the Friedemann-Weigle Program in 2015. The WAY BACK IN 1999 when I saw the advert was a testament to the dedication and talent comprehensive counseling program is aimed at for post of Director of the soon - to - be of these young musicians. musicians who are mentally ill. The German established National Centre of Excellence in Society for Musician Psychology (DGfMP) Traditional Music, I thought 'I'd quite like to My first encounter with the NCETM was as offers further help. However, offers of help are do that', knowing nothing of what might be a guest tutor at one of their special Music only useful if the musicians are willing to involved, or even where Plockton was.. With Weekends. This was the Burns weekend, so relentlessly face their mental problems. vague romantic notions of a picturesque wee myself, singer Mick West and guitarist Frank "Opening up to someone that you are asking village where enthusiastic students played McLaughlin were there to teach the songs for help is the key door to getting out of mental tunes all day, and myself wafting around as a and music of Burns. Saturday involved us health problems," says Catherine MacLellan. very supportive 'earth mother' - all presenting a selection of songs, after which “With my music I want to show that nobody cheesecloth and wise words - I promptly the students divided into groups.

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