Well, Hello again to everybody in cyberspace.GOOD NEWS,there is interesting cyber news on the virtual horizon. THE VELVET EARTH
Ger's current and 4th c.d. will soon be available from iTunes as a download.This means that you can buy the record without actually recieving it physically.The music business has become a strange and wonderful world.The release date is expected to be August 1st , which is many ice creams away but will also pass.
the raggedy records team.
The new recording 'NO BIRD SANG' is more or less finished and plans are afoot to release it this coming September. I'm very encouraged in working on it with Peadar O' Riada, the highly respected composer and musician from Cúil Aodha.
First of all we have the Summer to deal with though and also the wrapping up of a project I've been involved with in GAELTACHT MHúSCRAí entitled "ó Béal Guth Bhéal" over the last three months.
I've been working alongside the older members of the community here in Múscraí, gathering stories which have become the hearts and bones of new songs. I have a good few written, mostly 'as gaeilge'
The entire project was made possible through the help of 'EALAíONA NA GAELTACHTA' and of course the brilliant people -Bríd Crannitch and Síle ní Chróinín- at An t-Ionad Cultúrtha i mBaile Mhúirne.
With their help and assistance I have visited and had many conversations with the older people of the area and hopefully illustrated some of their thoughts, ideas and stories in new songs.There is talk of producing a c.d. based on the work I have done to date.
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O Bhéal Guth Béal
Scéim Ealaíontóir sa Phobal 2009
Ta an cumadóir agus amhránaí Ger Wolfe i lár oibre ar thogra cumadóireachta amhrántaí nua le seanóirí ó cheantar Mhúscraí ó Ionaid lae Cois Cille, Cuan Barra, an grúpa tacaíos ón Ionad Cultúrtha agus an grúpa a thagann go dtí scoraíocht an Déardaoin san Ionad áise i Réidh na ndoirí uair sa mhí.
má dúirt Ger Wolfe féin le déanaí
"Is cumadóir/amhránaí mise agus tuigiman neart atá sna hamhráintí thraidisiúinta agus sna hamhráintí nuachumtha chomh maith. Im' thuairim, níl aon teorainn leis an méid slite gur féidir linn ár smaointe a chur in iúl.
Cathaimid an ealaína choimeád beo ach ag an am céanna, cathaimid na seanrudaí a chothú agus a chéilliúradh. Mar sin, ba mhaith liom iarracht a dhéanamh, le hhuirlisí mo cheirde féin agus lem 'ealaín féin, scéalta na ndaoine a chur i mbéal an phobail arís i bhfoirm amhrán nuachumtha."
Bhí ar Ger tréimhse ama le seanóirí-iad siúd a fhreastalaíonn ar na hIonad lae, ach go háirithe-ag éisteacht lena gcuid cainte agus ag bailiú a gcuid scéalta. As an idirmhalartú seo, bhí neart abhair cumadóireachta aige chun cruth nuálach a chur ar na scéalta seo i bhfoirm ceoil agus amhránaíocht chomhaimseartha.Ag deireadh na tréimhse seo, bhí cur i láthair poiblí san Ionad Cultúrtha ar an 22 ú lá Bealtaine ag céiliúradh na tréimhse cónaithí seo agus an idirmhalartaithe idir Ger Wolfe agus an grúpa pobail áirithe seo.Ar an oíche bhí ceolteórí áitiúl don céad scuth in éineacht le Ger- Richard Lucey ar an bosca ceoil agus Conal O Grada lena bhfeadóg mór.
Cé go bhfuil an scéim seo críochnaithe go hoifigiúl leanfaidh Ger ar aghaidh leis an sar obair seo.
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New Album Released
Ger Wolfe's 4th Album 'The Velvet Earth' is still available, alongside the other releases.
They can be bought in all good record shops (digital release on iTunes due date August 1st 2009).
You can also buy it online here in the Super Online Store
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Free Single Download
Download the new single 'She Scattered Crumbs'
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Don't forget that it is possible to listen to some more of Ger's songs and to send messages to us on the myspace page
www.myspace.com/gerwolfe
below is a poem of Ger's which might interest you;
We hope to bring you more musings throughout the coming Summer.
TO SING
Threadbare words are scattered
worndown to the wordbone
Birdflown over the height and moon
Of flight because(they say)
She sang too soon
"sang out all the notes she had
and now flies silent in the world
without the notes to soothe her young
or fill the mornings up with song"
Sung from every lanterned tree of stars
Still-bright in Winter's breeze
And sharp as Summer's end again
Some kindness will remember when...
The orchestras were hedgebound
And concertos , jigs and soul were found
All feathered song inside a note
So sweet that all Creation ground
-into a halt to hear the shape
and contour of the waves relate
to shores and mountains all times deep
and into God's own throat we'd peep
To see Eternal song,
now Gone?
for now
Suspended
Only for
A breath
Of time
To come again
And rhyme
With all it's gong
And clang
And bell-began
To sing.
(c) Ger Wolfe 2009
Text campaigners might like to text in requests for 'She Scattered Crumbs' to their favourite deejay. Here are some useful numbers for same. Many thanks for all the support.
Today FM: 085 4100102
RTE Radio 1: 087 6272222
RTE Radio 2: 087 7720000
Cork's 96 FM: 087 7969696
Cork's 103 FM County Sound: 087 3103103
Red FM: 086 8273336
Galway Bay FM: 086 3080900
WLR FM: 086 6000975
Spin FM: 085 7111038
98 FM: 086 6000981