I've just published my Culch.ie interview with John Spillane in Tower Records this morning. It was a brilliant chat - over 20 minutes! Spoke about everything from Cork to accents to Óró se do bheatha abhaile to Senegal to RnaG to ballet to more!
He was in Dublin to promote his new album So Far So Good, Like - The best of. It's a fantastic Irish album - I hadn't really known much about his music before I bought it yesterday (HMV, €14.99) but the authentic sound from the songs and the lyrics is quite something.
Some of the videos I shot of his performances today are songs from the album:
The Dunnes Stores Girl:
Passage West:
The Dance of the Cherry Trees:
Johnny don't go to Ballincollig:
There was a Man:
Will we be brilliant or what?
John's album is available in all good record stores now. The track listing is as follows: 1. Passage West, 2. The Dance of the Cherry Trees, 3. Lovers Leap, 4. All the Ways you Wander, 5. Johnny don't go to Ballincollig, 6. Everything’s Turning to Gold Cathy, 7. Will We Be Brilliant or What?, 8. Magic Nights in the Lobby Bar, 9. Hey Dreamer, 10. The Dunnes Stores Girl, 11. Buile mo Chroí (Beat of my Heart), 12. The Wounded Hero (Iníon Deichtine), 13. There was a Man, 14. Rise up Lovely Molly, 15. Beidh Aonach Amárach 16. Óró Sé do Bheatha Abhaile
The full, unedited interview can be seen on Vimeo here.
A huge thank you to Paula from EMI Music and Lorcan, John's manager, for helping arrange the interview, to Tower Records for the space and of course to John himself for being so great to talk with and listen to.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Chat with John Spillane plus live performance at Tower Records
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Damn, he looks pissed off in that interview. I have only ever seen him bright and cheery. I think I would have been instantly put-off and intimidated by that "attichood, like"... so fair play to you for pulling it off :)
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