Graham Irwin: My music
Here is a selection of videos of some of my music (latest additions first). My musical taste is mostly, but not exclusively, British and Irish folk, both traditional and contemporary. I have taken inspiration from Steeleye Span, John Kirkpatrick, Ian Campbell, John Conolly, Shirley Collins, The Albion Band, Fairport Convention, Strawhead, Martin Carthy and many others. I shall be adding a new video each week.
More recently I have been creating music tracks for meditation, relaxation, massage, yoga and therapy, as well as creating electronic pieces. These are included here, too.
Day Trip To Bangor - A chart success for Fiddlers Dram in 1980, written by Debbie Cook. Can you resist singing along? (3:17) : Watch on YouTube
Mary From Dungloe - A contemporary Irish folk song by Pádraig Mac Cumhaill. (5:24) : Watch on YouTube
Hey Then Up Go We - A satirical song poking fun at the Puritans, published in about 1646. (4:38) : Watch on YouTube
Bibby's Epitaph - An old music-hall song by Anon; also known as Mother's Lament. (1:38) : Watch on YouTube
Rambleaway - A traditional English folk song, also known as Derry Down Fair. (3:18) : Watch on YouTube
Far Away in Australia - A variant of a traditional Irish folk song by Derek Warfield and Tom Byrne. (3:30) : Watch on YouTube
Whitsun Dance - A contemporary English folk song; words by Austin John Marshall, tune traditional; tells of how women kept Morris dancing traditions alive during WW1. (3:13) : Watch on YouTube
Drink Down The Moon - A traditional (and a trifle risqué) English folk song, one of several versions of this song. (3:39) : Watch on YouTube
One Misty Moisty Morning - A traditional English folk song, based on a children's nursery rhyme. (3:34) : Watch on YouTube
Two Dance Tunes - Vandals of Hammerwich (a Morris dance tune from the Lichfield tradition) and La Mourisque (a 16th century Flemish dance tune written by Tylman Susato). (2:58) : Watch on YouTube
You can also view these videos on my Youtube channel.
And I'm on Bandcamp
Coming soon...
The Dalesman's Litany - Words by Frederic William Moorman (1872-1919), tune by Dave Keddie in the 1960s.
The Happy Man - A Morris song-dance from the Adderbury tradition.