To grossly understate the matter, I have a lot of Irish – more accurately, Celtic – music. That won’t stop me from trying to grab ten of them for a Saint Patrick’s Day-themed Friday Random Ten.
1. Danny Boy – Johnny Cash
2. God Bless The Irish – Rob Carlson
3. The Irish Ballad – Tom Lehrer
4. Back To Tyrone – SixMileBridge
5. Song for Ireland – Ceili’s Muse
6. Irish Dream – Eddie From Ohio
7. Irish Rover – Flying Fish Sailors
8. Irish Paddy/Festival Reel/Roger’s Reel – Great Big Sea
9. Ireland’s Green Shore – Tim O’Brien
10. Finnegan’s Wake – The Mollys
What’s got you wearing the green this week?
Entire song list report: Started with “Demon(s)” by Darkest Hour. Ended with “Donald McGillavry”, by Silly Wizard, song #1175 for a whopping 130 this week. And given the theme, an appropriate place to end up.
My genes are Scots/Irish/English/Swedish and assorted others, yet I have not a lick of Irish music (one album by the Chieftains, but it’s all Christmas) or even a single song with the words Ireland, Irish, or Eire in the title.
What’s a guy with a nice Germanic name like yours doing with so much? 😉
Charles,
If you’ve never heard “Danny Boy” by Reuben Blades from the CD Mundo, do yourself favor and hunt that down for a listen. It evolves from a mournful Irish tune into a lively Latin song over the course of it’s 6 minutes.