Great  big changes  of  a)  station on  which  you can listen to  the  show.  All sows  need  to grow  and change,   and NCS is  no  different. Full details  to  be  given  soon-  I just need a   wee rest before   starting on the big  work,  so   give me  a  couple of  weeks  sitting  drinking  coca   cola  in the sunshine!  Its been a  while   since  I  got  to see  gods  daylight!!

b)   you 'll be able to watch a bit of  music and history,  merged,  by the end of the summer  with  television  series  Acoustic  Belfast,   as long  as you dont mind  muggins here  sittin'  slabberin'  on    in yer telly!

  and   lots of  other   new   things  going  on...  aint it  exciting??  LOL

 sorry no show  today, as  my asthma  played me up  from late last night and needed  some urgent  attention.

  steess puppies -  what  do  we  do  with them,  eh?

  be back  next week as normal , please  god!!

We're in a tiswas here.We're  expecting Isle of Lewis musical doyen Alyth MacCormack  as  our  very special guest this  week!!!. ( you say it Ay-leth, btw. Ciaran Doris told me, otherwise I sounded like I had a lisp, bt Im pretty  simpleminded  anyways)

Ive been fielding calls and emails for most of the day from people who already knew all about her and her amazing vocal capacity. I;d heard of her, of course, but I wasnt up to speed with all she was up to. She certainly has a hell of an underground folowing.

A new album 'People Like Us' to promote, a concert opening here for oldies Moving Hearts, acclaim all over the place. So, poor woman, dspite all the accolades, she actually consented to come onto the celtic Muppet show. of her own volition. Sweet lassie, but too trusting.... this is no ordinary show mwhahaha .

Regulars will know of the mass of strange events which  happen on  NCS. If  it can  go wrong/ Oh yes, it  will  go  wrong.On my show. Albeit  entertainingly. Yes indeed, odd things happen on NCS!! Give it time, they'll happen on Elevenses too. Told you; things just happen around me!

So, Alyth willbe doing the unique 'mouth music', indigenous to the islands of her birth, a now-dying art. Goes way back when the islanders didnt have access to instruments so impro'd, as people will. celtic beatbox, of you like to think of it as such. Her flexibility on The Vices track is mind boggling. Trust me, when she goes acappella, you;re going to want to hear this!

As well as this, we've some tracks- lots of new ones, actually - to discuss and enjoy as well!

Do tune in this week, wednsday, 2pn on www.feilefm.com, or 103.2FM if in Greater belfast

New Celtic Sounds
wed 29/4/09
www.feilefm.com
103.2FM for greater belfast.

2PM- 330PM GMT.

Falling Out Of Reach - The Guiillemots


3 Blind Mice - The Resistance. ( I suspect they played this after being deeply affected by the NCS experience- that day everything went wrong for them! and sometimes Im even sitting in the corner going lah-lah-lah!)

Blackmountain Song - Brendan Popplestone. One of the Amadan mainstays, and of course, main man of NCS faves, the Silverfish. This is a lovely bt of lightness, written in a musical co-operative!

Bonnie Light Horseman - Robin James Hurt. From the tallymans lament album.

Let Go - Ludwig O'neill, fro the EP of the same name, now available. And he's also going to be accompanying Alyth on The Smugglers Prayer, live.

Length of Space - Eoin Dillon

Killing Time in the Garden of Eden - Ciaran Dorris. From his sampler, which acts as a teaser to the pending album, due later this year.

The World We Made- jeremie rhodes. Son of Kimmie Rhodes, from his first album ,The Giants and How to Kill Them. Obviously more influenced by rock greats, and sounding vaguely like an indie influenced young Dylan. raw but certainly very promising.

Dear Prudence - Lau. with backing vocals by Corinne Polwort, this is a pretty and unique take on the old beatles/siouxie sioux song! Actually I didnt know it was a Beatles song, because Im not a big beatles fan. Bit everyone shouted at me about that.

feckin' anoraks yis....

Anyone in their 40’s now is the equivalent of Tolkeins oldest elves; we have seen the Light of the Trees; we’ve lived through the Beatles mania, lived through punk, disco, glam rock, mods, rockers, heavy metal. I have always classified, being obsessed by history anyways, that it was my duty as a mother to educate my kids in the music of all those times, as how can one understand a period of history unless you understand that zeitgeist( such an abused 80’s word!).That’s if you want to understand the past- understand it and the future is always a little clearer, I think anyways.

The  old  musics- its cool for well educated teens. Music  which  broken  new  ground, actively created new genres  or expanded on existing ones. It wont   ever be understood  by the morons with their hoods and hoop earrings who cannot get their heads out of their arses long enough to look at what they are being indoctrinated into- a culture of fame for fames sakes, bread and circuses, dross and unthinking music of hyper sexuality which just numbs their brains and fires their hormones- an unhealthy combination. Not that Im adverse to a little firing up of the hormones, but please, in its place , with better music for the boudoir.

Can  anyone  really  enjoy the  music  and culture being  pimped to them via   shit  like Britains  Got Talent, this years  utterly   dire  American  Idol,  and every reality show    ever invented? can someone  tell  just what the hell has  Cheryl Cole  ever  done  apart  from  bash some  wee hussy in a public  toilet and  call her a few choice  names? Aye, I  remember  that  one, before  the  wee softie  act  got going and   everyone   went '" aww!  what a nice  girl!  ". Pointless music, pointless books,  pointless  culture.  the media  brainwahses, not   promotes.

So, in a vainglorious attempt , for yet another week,  a selection of quirkiness , ‘mixing memory and desire in a dead landscape’ as Elliott may have put it.


Real music-  now ,please!

Oh, and I have Alyth McCormack as a guest on wednsday-   should  be   immense  fun!

Here’s Mondays…

My world today- Secret Affair. Part of 1979’s 60’s revival. Was fun.

Love and happiness for you- Kimmy Rhodes . This was sent to me as a thank you, with the loveliest wee note( now saved on email drafts, cos Im an arse like that). It needs to be heard!

Sea Nomad - Ludwig O’Neill. I am  always open to local artists.

The guy who turned her down - McFly. It was a hint of what they could do, away from the teen pop. Nice song- clever and sweet.

Romeo- Mr Big. So, their line up kept changing over the years- this was the raciest of the racy when I was 13. If I close my eyes, Im listening to Mary McCluskeys cassette player in Thomas’s 3, and we know all the words; why? Because its banned in St Dominics!!!


I walk the line- Johnny cash. Everyone likes this, should be on the school curriculum.

Demis Roussos- my friend the wind. Written about my darlin’ Levka oros, and whisks me back to 6months of paradise.

Schooldays over- RJH. You have to  look out  for  your own locals. If you don’t do that, why have ‘cliques’? personally I like to think of them as creative salons.

Our Town - Iris Dement. She’s a goddess. I want to be her.

If I were the rain- Lowen and Navarro. Its delicious and elegant AOR.

I am weary Let me rest- the Cox Family. From O Brother where art thou, still one of my favorite films as it makes me laugh like a drain. Bit I am very silly indeed.

Hold on, Rebel- Lowly Knights. it’s a great song, they  deserve  mucho  successo.

The Game of Love- Santana and Michelle Branch. Its just gorgeous- it sounds like beaches.

Beirut -peter sarstedt. I suspect I may be the last person alive remembers this. I loved it, when in 1978, on hot summer nights down on my uncle eugenes farm, Id hear this song and feel so grown up that I knew where Beirut was! Ahh.. Sancta simplistica!

Evangeline - The Band. Its what it is.

Emotion- Samantha Sang. Im sure beyonce is a lovely girl, but her version of this 77 classic was shite. This the real deal.

Carolina Smoky Mountain Hme - special consensus band. They may as well be belfast, ffs. Nigels’s stable!

Betcha by Golly Wow - Prince. From the rather odd Emancipation album. So kitch its wonderful!

Angels Rejoiced last Night - Gram Parsons and Emmylou. We need more Gram played. He changed a lot of the alt. country ‘tude, and deserves respec’ for it. This is pretty accessible wee track by anone I think.

Candy man - Christina Aguilera. I love this. I do have my own ruder version, it usualy takes a few drinks for it to come out- though havent sang it since the Rott…. Still, this is good!

The take over- the breaks over!

we're back in business for good music on Monday at 930am on Feile FM.

So, wothout firther ado, the playlist for Monday morning- with a massive "thank you!!" to Ricard duplantis, sourcer of great music par excellence! without him, I would not know who Lowen and Navarro are, let alone be playing them! You see? things even slip past me without me hearing of them! And thats annoying when they were named as one of the top influential Americana artists of the past 20 years.

The Patti Scialfa album has been an eye opener , with several tracks now ensconced on me ipod.Im playing one of them - Rainy day man. Its one of those songs I find meself going automatically into lap dance mode, which can be disturbing to both dogs and children. Im sure there are infinitely more appropriate circumstances to utilise such urges in LOL

As well as Doc and Bill, Jimmy Buffett, Old Crow Medicine Show ( I actually do a reasonable cover of this song!!!), Guillemots, I have local artists too... locals are always welcome on my shows.Encouraged, in fact, as it gets right up the noses of the big fellers in record companies.

Anyways.....930am-1130am, 103.2FM, when breakfast doesnt satisfy? Elevenses will! promise! ( or you can shout at me LOL)

www.feilefm.com
Mnday Morning.Elevenses , with Rena Maguire

Zambezi- the Piranhas. It was 1982 if I recall. I was in the CND. The sun shone. It was happy protest music.

worrisome heart- Melody Gardot. Lookie what a bike accident can do for ya!This song sounds like me LOL Born worriers everywhere, take heart!

Spencer the Rover - cara Dillon. this is a tasty bit of niceness form her album , Hill of Thieves.

You are not alone- The Eagles. taken from the Long Road out of Eden album. Mellowed and nifty. The queue on the left is for ripped copies of the album.

wagon Wheel - Old Crow Mmedicien show. I have a soft spot for this as I was taught some chord transitions to this by the boul' Ludwig. As a result of OCD practice, I actually can do a decent cover of this old dylan song. Not as good as this lot, and I aint whupped its ass on banjer yet, but give me time!

There's a Guy works down the chipshop swears he's elvis - Kirsty McColl. This is a wondererful romp of kitch and sarcasm, as only thelate great Kirsty could do.

Sea Nomad- Ludwig O'Neill. support cottage industries!

Rainy day man- patti scialfa. maybe its the red headed thing- after all, Patti is Mrs Springsteen and a redhead of considerable fire and spirit ( and we like Bruce for appreciating blondes get diry too fast and brunettes are boring). This is my new bump ' b grind song when making food. You may want to avoid my scullery for a while!


Trust - prince. Trust will kill ya, he sings. aint that the goddam truth.

Be nobody's Darling but mine- carl Jackson and emmylou. Its so wholesome I had to play it. as pefect as cold spring water from the top of a hill after a hot days climb.

The bargain store- dolly Parton. Since referred to in Ulster Music as the Prada Dolly Parton, I amonly more firmly entrenched in my affections for Dolly. This songs one of my favorites, as by 40, its the truth. One persons mistake is anothers bargain.

Schooldays Over- Robin james Hurt. Ewan McColls stomp to the colliery groove. It has never sounded as good. Robin is in the Hewitt on April 22nd, and damn I wil be there!!! The legend we carry tarten scarfs and scream before he comes onto the stage is a lie( partially)

Fox on the Run - Doc Watson and Bill Monroe. They just arent played on radio these days, even country shows... let me rectify that.

Compas Point - Lowen and navarro. This is such a delicious piece of americana.. feedback would be appreciated. If you want a sneak preview, email me and I'll happily send an mp3 of it to you.

Faling out of reach- the Guillemots. If anyone ever thinks indoe is just for kids, think again. This is a strange blend of liquid summer and melancholy.

A pitratelooks at 40 - jimmy biffett... I wish Id written this song!

Down by the lake - mcFly. its happy, and applies to all ages who have sweeties parenst dont approve of! Its a happy bit of fun for the younger ones! My kids make me do it!

Luck of the irish - Finvarras wren. This is sweet and delicate and lovely

Hold on to your Love - taylor Hicks. One of my favorures forthe Under the radar album

This is where it gets a bit weird; pre-records. A couple of weeks ago, we were all in a flurry , doing our shows easter week pre-records. Xmas and new year was quite surreal, as was easter; blasting through a play lost which you’re going to be sitting listening to and then saying to yourself- ‘ jeez, you are such a classic bullshit merchant, Maguire!!!’
Anyways, for those who need to know; the april15^th play list for New celtic Sounds.
I’ll be back again, on Monday morning , april 20^th 2009, live and sort of dangerous ( for the age of me!). Amd I will be posting the play lists expected there too!
 
 

Wed April15^th 2009
New Celtic Sounds
103.2FM, or www.feilefm.com for international streaming
2-330 PM GMT
Burning Times - Christy Moore. Its about time you lot understood easter is a pagan festival( Eostara) first and foremost- Christianity hijacked it. Christy knows, though!

Roisin Dubh - The Flying Column. Remembrance is important. This, my rmemebrance to much loved friends long gone.

The Wind that Shakes The Barley- Planxty. One of the best reels , and much loved by tourists, hence I play it a lot!

Thank God Im a Country Boy - John Denver. This man culd sing. He encapsulated elegant vocals with the soaring grace of melody of a bird on a sunny day. This is a happy wee rabble rouser.

Stuck - Ard Ri. Derry’s finest sons, this is a much loved track, a great crowd pleaser on the show.

Don’t know what to say - Ludwig. Im delighted to see this beautiful and poignant song ( which is a very personal one for me) is going to be on the much awaited album. This is heart rendingly delicate and beautiful.And its mine so pffffftttttt!!!!!

Lassie wi’ the yella’ coatie - Kornog. it’s a super dipes track, this, made to make you jig a bit!

Lass of Glenshee- cara Dillon. Spotted this advertised in HMV the other day. The girls done good!

Marc’h Darfur - Dom Duff. I love this track which speaks of fresh air and cliff tops and wild birds. Maybe there’s a little breton blood in me? I doubt this, but it triggers something wonderful in the soul!

Marcus McSpartacus - eoin Dillon. Even my eldest girl, not prone to diddley-dee music loving, adores this album The Third Twin. I play this when I’m cleaning the house, and it speeds everything along with delight!

The Kesh Jig- the Bothy band. I love the Bothy, and this is my favorite track from 1975 I do believe! I remember my mate Paula’s brothers playing this, when I was form one!

Days like this- Van Morrison. I don’t care; it’s a happy off-work lazy day track!

When the aspens change- The Urban Monroes.Theyre stars, all the way from Oregon. Please god one day they’ll play here!

Aphrodite - Tony Reidy. This is my favorite track! Its gorgeous, and makes me think of Cyprus and many good mates- Angela Pittakis, Chrissie Aristedemou, Nikki Papadakos, all the reasons I speak reasonably decent Greek! LOL

Follow me up to carlow - Amadan. This is maybe the definitive version of the 1798 rebellion song. It simply, unequivocally rocks its damn head off. As do al the fellers from Amadan. We love them all.

Au Fond Kiss- Eddie Reader. The Rabbie Burns poem, put to music by the voice that should sing this- loved her in her early career with fairground Attraction, and shes still the lie drawn in the sand, of excellence in all things.

I  am not  a  teeny bopper,  gentle reader,  and as  such,   show  times have been changed to suit a more,  erm...  varied taste! 
 
 As  from Monday   6th  april  2009.,   My new  show  willbe called  Elevenses,  with a   variety of  americana,  country,   bluegrass,   local, world-   hell, anything thats    quite simply  good,  but  doesnt   kind of  fit in anywhere  else! 
 
I  welcome , as   with new celtic  sounds,  good music  from any   source- local,  vintage,   world;  aint  no genre Im more  compatible  with (  though  yeah, bluegrass  and  country get a bigger  heating , bit Im biased!) -   quite simply the  good  stuff gets played,  and the   other stuff kimd of  isnt my problem!
 
Broaden  your  minds, kids... its  Elevenses on Feile  FM,   from   930-1130am  Mondays, and  930-1030am  on  Fridays. 
 
This monday?
 
 Howzat...
 
Summetime- jazzy jeff and   the Fresh prince. For me, anyway, this was  pushing my pram  woith my eldest in it,  mars bar in  one hand,  coke in the other,  drssed in the gunge of the   time and  having a ball! God  I  loved my pram  for shopping!!
 
Bad  Company  - Cat  Malojian. Theyre  about to  grow  up  on us, and  are now  signed  to  Sony/BMG. Bit theyre    still our  moggies  from Lurgan!
jailhouse rock- elvis.
 
Over the  Hill-  John Martyn. yep, possoble    w're  all  heading that dorection, but  whocares  when its as good as this?
 
Weile  weile - Mohammed  Mounir.  the   folk  singer of  southern  egypt, this is  a classic  take on  the berber  folk  song of how one needs to get back to  your  roots  when  that   south wind   blows around  your  very soul...  wondrous,  truly!  and a great   video   too!
 
River of  Dreams - Billy Joel.  theres  few  who  could make a  song  about  the akashic   theory   and make it this  good!  respec'!
Shenandoah - Arlo  Guthrie. its was a rover of hopes and dreams and this is  a  song i  love, as my  auntie  god rest her used to  sing it to me  when I was a  wee kid !
Bury me  beneath  the  willow - skaggs and rice. because  you need this  for   break time.
carmelita-  warren  zevon. human  frailty  and  faith and  love   in less than   3 minuyes;   this is  bliss.
lets   give them  somethng to talk about-  Bonnie riatte.  should be my theme tune  LOL
Harbour  Lights - The Platters.  the best  doowop  band  wo ever  existed,  par excellance!
Sharp dressed man-  ZZ Top. Just because ts   terrific!!
 
Old Old fashioned- Frightened  rabbit.   deffo one of my favorites  from late last year! great fellers!  love this  song!
something pulled me - Shellyann  Orphan. if  you  dont have a  bg grin  on  your face  with this  fun  banjo  heavy  bit of  mischoef,  you need a  doctor!
Never  Think- rob  Pattinson.  suspend  the fact hes a teen idol, and  just  enjoy this  side of what he  does that  the teeny boppers  dont know about, and shh!  Im not  going to tell!  its obvious  his mammy  brought him up on  Van Morrison, so he;s a nice boy!
I know  yu  rider -  Nell Bryden. My  god where  do  this  girls  mighty  voice  come  from?  this is  powerful!
hearts and  bones - paul  simon -  this is   one of my favorte simon tracks,  its  lurics are gracious and  elegaic,  yet  tender, with no  bitterness, despite it being the   elegy of  his  marriage   to carrie  fisher.
Come  away Home - Robin  James Hurt.  Its   still an amazing  track,  and  should be heard  by  all and  sundry.
Stuck- ard  ri.   this  girl is  not  for sale, she  cried, is the  first line of this- kind of triggers  something in me  LOL This is a  joyous  bit of  rabble  rousing  from  derry's mighty  sons, ard  ri!
Single  Ladies -  party ben   mix, beyonce.  Tis  as   catchy as  ebola,  this, but  great  fun!  Good music    can simply be a  terrific  bit of mixing, which lifts  a  good  song  into being  amazing.I think the party  ben  mix  here  does  this  to  a   good healthy  r and B  bit of  froth.  Not a  damn thing  wrong  with a  bit of  pop, as  long asits good!
 

Sorry this is so late..
 
today has been insane;   all the last minute things  prepared  for   JJ mcDubies  imminent   arrival  tomorrow,   and   various  own  work things to  do as well has  rendered me   slightly  pixilaited!  I  kind of dreaded today and the amount of things  that had to be  done, like  create   2  shows,   as  we're off  at easter   in feile and  theres  pre  records to be  done  tomorrow as well.
 
A  very  wise  latin teacher once  said  to me..' how  do  you eat  an  elephant?' and we, as  silly   giggling  eejits  didnt know...' one  bite at a  time'  he said.  and its  true...  when making the biggets changes,   you  do it  one  wee  tiny  bit at a  time- and dont look  down!!!!
 
 so...  JJ? my   baby  brother in arms?  see ye  tomorrow, have a  gorgeous  flight!
 
 the show may be shorter  in slabbering  tomorrow, as  I will be leaving  early  to get to the airport!
 
 see ye all   next week in Normal!
 
Much huggos  and  kissos!!
 
rena  xx