Author:ruth

Blog on performances at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2014

This year, the Festival Interceltique de Lorient was hit by the biggest Manx delegation yet, where a multitude of Manx talent stormed the city and made sure that the Bretons wouldn’t forget us in a hurry. And rightly so: in 2015 the Isle of Man and Cornwall will celebrate their very own year at the Festival, which demonstrates the strength...

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‘Gaelic Women’ gig with Julie Fowlis, Mary Black and Ruth Keggin

[caption id="attachment_523" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Julie Fowlis, Mary Black and Ruth Keggin will be performing in the 'Gaelic Women' concert at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient on Thursday 7th August at the Espace Marine[/caption] Next Thursday (7th August) my band and I will be joining the incredible Gàidhlig singer Julie Fowlis and world-renowned Irish singer Mary Black for a concert entitles ‘Les...

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Liverpool Festival of Ideas performance

On Friday 25th July, not only did the 50-ft high Royal DeLuxe theatre company ‘giants’ take to the city of Liverpool, so did some of the Manx! A number of Manx music performances were organised by the University of Liverpool as part of the Festival of Ideas (organised in association with the Centre for Manx Studies and with support from...

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On performing with world-renowned blues musician Davy Knowles in his ‘Island Bound’ folk and roots project

[caption id="attachment_513" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Performing at Noa Bakehouse to a full-house who also enjoyed watching the trailer for 'Island Bound'[/caption] It’s really not an overstatement to say that Davy Knowles — Joe Satriani’s “new favourite modern-day bluesman” — is a phenomenal musician. Davy grew up on the Isle of Man (indeed, we became friends at the same secondary school) and left...

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Interview and performances on ‘The Verb’ BBC Radio 3

"How do we get INTO Media City?!" puzzled David and I as we floundered our way round Salford Quays in David's little Ford hatchback. We'd somehow managed to take a wrong turn from our GoogleMaps printed-out directions, and were no longer on the yellow brick road to BBC Radio 3 but instead were driving in circles - down a proverbial...

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Airplay on BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction

Last night a track from Sheear - a Manx language version of 'She moves through the fair' was played on BBC 3's Late Junction with Max Reinhardt. Thanks to the Cornish dancer Carmen Hunt for alerting me to this! You can hear the track here (<--click, click!) for the next six days. Dave, Ness and I are very excited to be heading up...

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Live performance and interview on BBC Radio 3 (‘The Verb’)

My trio and I will be heading to Media City in Salford on 26th June to record live performances and be interviewed for ‘The Verb’ on BBC Radio 3. Exciting stuff! The programme, presented by Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan is ‘dedicated to investigating spoken words around the globe’ so I’m very much looking forward to being able to discuss...

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