Guth & Tuairim, Eanáir 1982

ID ) TOP of THE POtS: It -is the ambition of every recording artist to find a spot in the coveted British charts, a nd keeping the Irish spirit alive there are The FUrey Brothers and Ds.vy- Arthur, 'With their song "'When You 'Were Sweet Sixteen", The boys topped the Irish charts and also the charts compiled by Downtown Radio in 'the ~ North. It was Terry 'Wogan on his BOO Radio 2 programme that pushed the song on the British market and the J single issued there;by Ritz Records is zooming up the .., charts. The group consists of Eddie, P'inbar, George 8. ~ and Paul FUrey, joined by Glasgow born Ds.vy Arthur ID 1! (his parents hail from Donegal), They have had many 2 ° hits including "Green Fields of France", etc, but it ,S ~ was with "'When You 'Were Sweet Sixteen" they made their ~ .., mark. The only other Irish fo~ group to enjoy British .a : chart status were the Dubliners back in 1967 with ~ "Seven Drunken Nights~ Seamus Mac Aoidh as an Arg_ Donn ag caint ar Raidio na ~ "S 'WHA'l'S ANOTHER SONG: I enjoyed the way RTE presented Gaeltachta le Feardorcha 0 Colla faoi na cheirnfn ur. ~ ~ the Castlebar Song Contest. As every singer appeared ....,;;~~*:!. ~F~fl~,;:=-;_u~ ___ ~ __ .sz~~,;.:::.:~*~.;F~fl:::'~-U~.:;!l;;~.:......-.~" on stage they warned us with the sign "we apologise 1J r~'#l' 1J r~~ :::: .s for the poor quality of sound" but they blamed the 'i ~ fault on P&l' and not the composers, A real fiasco, Ceirn1n1 Hulli£an ~~ ' if this vas the best nine, I wonder what the rest Ma bhf pairt l)lllor ag comhlucht ceirninf ar bith san ~ '2 · sounded like, 'Well if you feel you could do better athbheochan a thainig ar cheol tfre na h-i'ireann le " g then the Cavan International Song Contest will be held deich mbliana anuas is ag Mulligan Records a bhf stf. .t: o in February next and offers £7,000 in prizes. Section Ce nach bhf'uil an comhlucht ar silll ach le se bliana E-t.., 'A'. is for the best country, pop or folk number, an obair deanta acu. while section 1 B 1 , is for a song about Cavan. There is Bunafodh an comhlucht nnair a thosaigh an Bothy Band. also a £250 prize added for the best Gaelic song. The Bhf stf.l Ur ceoil ag an ghrUpa seo. Nf raibh comhlucht closing date for entries is December 17th, and entry ceirnfn ar bith sasta glacadh leo. Chonaic siad go raibh forms with a copy of the rules can be got from CaVJ.n ga le comhlucht Ur a chuirfeadh ceol nua-aimsireach chun International Song Contest, Drumelis, Cavan. · cinn i n-Eirinn. Bb!Micheal .Q Domhnaill ague Donal COUNISY STY1E: Ulster Television have entered into Lunn;r (baill den Bothy Band) agus Diane Hamilton (Cail- the country music scene and during November will itheoir ceoil as Ceanada ata ins conaf sa tfr seo) mar screen "Country Style". The series was recorded in stiUrthoiri ar an chomhlucht. D'fhag Seamus ONiill, the "Three Penny Bit", Belfast, and the six week as Baile Atha Cliath_ Ceirni'n:f Gael Linn chun a • series features ace comedian Gene Fitzpatrick as host. bheith ins Bbainisteoir Stiurtha ar Mulligan. ;:t The guest list includes Brian Coll, American Express, Ba e 11 Pumpkinhead 11 an cMad fad cheirnfn a d'eisigh ..s Brendan Quinn, Leon, etc. So if you enjoy C/W then lipead Mulligan. GrUpa as Meiricea a bhf iontu seo a ~ "Country Style" should appeal to you. raibh cons! orthu sa tfr seo. D' eiriih go maith leis ;e. .; "CJ.OGA", listed as 'a new Irish language parlour g81116" an cheirnfn. D 1 eisigh siad go leor ceirnfn:f eile ina • ~ is enough to drive anyone out to BINGO. Poor quiz- dhiaidh sin. S' iad na cinn is fearr a bhf'uil aithne ID 1! master Miirt!n Jamisie 0' P'l.aithearta with his basket orthu no an mhuintir a chuir an Bothy Band amach. 'i 8. and wheel, even makes 'Mart and Market' look ani soWid Thainig ceirnfnf aonair 6 Bbaill an Bothy Band fosta, ~ ~ exciting. The first few programmes were so bad, that daoine, daoine ar nos Matt Molloy, Kevin Burke agus o it can only improve lets face it, it can't get any worse Mfcheal 0 Domhnaill. Bbf caighdean ard acu seo uilig .., ~ (or can it? ) agus ceol a bhf dra:fochtuU. Mheall siad croithe na J .8 GOOD QUALITY: A great year for U2, with a British and mf.lte duine ar f'ud na tfre . ague thar lear. o 11 US hit behind them they are back in the recording race Ar ndoigh bhf caighdean arct ag baint le cuid ceirnfnf too:;., with "Gloria", their latest on the Island label. The Mulligan t>n tiis. Chuir siad deireadh leis an chludach S t single featuring Bono is their best, and must be their ceirnfn amscaf ar a mbeadh pictiur beag den cheolt"oir 8' secom international hit of 1 81. Sadly it seems that ague cnoic ghlasa na h-Eireann ar a chill. Fus.ir siad ~ -f "Love is the Reason" has failed to make that inter– maisithe6irfprofeisiunta fa choinne na cludaf a dhean- ·~ national chart impact that Bagatelle badly required. amh agus rinne siad cinnte do go mbeadh n6ta1 ague C!:l Their second album "Bagatelle", goes on release this eolas fa'n cheol agus na ceoltoirf ann fosta. Mhuscail ~~ month. Lookalikes deserve success with their WEA album seo na comhluchtai elle go gasta. 8 o "Daydreamin A~ Night"~ Also superb sounds from Crack J.ch , nfos Ubhachtai arfs, rinne Mu.lligan cinnte go .., § with "Dawn of the Crack" their debut LP for C.E5. J. raibh ceirnfnf maithe taobh istigh de na cludaf'. . track fro~ the LP "Go Away" is just issued also. Mamas Bh1 (agus ti) togha ceoltoirf na linne seo ar cheirnfn Boys tour:L.Dg England with Hawkwind, issued 'Silence is acu. Ceol tfre agus ceol tradisiunta is mo ata acu. out of Fashion' as their latest. Not bad indeed. Daoine cosfii.lle, Matt Molloy, Mick Hanly, Amy Irvine Le Maestro agus Paul Brady, Midnight 'Well, Ji~ Crowley,Gay agus Terry 'Woods, Kevin Burke agus Mf'cheal 0 Domhnaill, Barry Moore, Frank Harte, Martin O'Connor, Freddie 'White, Dolores Keane agus John Faulkner, Jackie Daly, agus nil ansin ach cuid acu. Ar ndoigh cuireann siad amach ..., ceirnfnf rock fosta ata den chaighdean ard ceanna, 0 ghrUpaf co&Uil leis na Boomtown Rats, The Radiators agus The Atrix, agus Scullion ar ndoigh. Chomh lll$ith leis an fhreastal a dheanann siad ar 1 .... na daoine seo uilig nf' dheanann Mulligan dearCl&d do na ~ ceoltoir! ffor thra.disiunta. Bbunaigh Diane Hamilton ~ f6 -chomhlucht nCi fo-lipead darbh ainm "Sruthan" • Ar "-1 an lipead seo ta ceoltoirf cailiula ar nos Bobby Casey, '-! Denis Doody, Virginia Stevens (Meiriceiinach ag ceol 0 amhrain Gaeilge), Paddy Tunney agus Kathleen Behan. 'B Ta na leiritheoirf ceirnin is fearr ague is cum- e asaigh acu fosta. Ba 5 Donal Lu.nny (an leiritheoir is o fearr sa U'r) a leirigh IIIOrchuid na_gceirn:fnf a chuir 11 an comhlucht amach. Bhain M!"cheal 0 Domhnaill agus 0 P.J, Curtis cail .amach doibh fhein chomh maith. Ta se f'urast a fheiceail go bhfuil obair thar barr deanta agus a dheanamh ag Ceirnfnf Mulligan ar son ceoltoir:l agus ceol na tire seo. Go mbeidh saol fada ~ acu. ,., Sean 0 Dombpoill, The girls from the ~ig 0" are practicing hard tor the Donegal Rally- but Margaret thinks it'll be a tie between Horn Head and Tidy Town.