It's two weeks now since St. Patrick's Day. And what with the pandemic raging harder than ever, of course it was all online this year - at least they had more time to prepare than last year! And they did us proud, with a week's worth of festivities - most available on the festival website, and for free. I hadn't had time to see everything I wanted to, but luckily, it's mostly still there to watch. And with my work meetings cancelled, and a lull in decent programming - I decided to take some time out and have a look at something else.
What came up today was firstly a tribute to Pat Ingoldsby, a Dublin poet, with one of his short poems recited and accompanied by animation. Watch it on YouTube to get the next poetry on autoplay - a lovely piece called Solas (light): Awakening Ireland, which is accompanied by a soundtrack, and shots of Dublin, all lit up for the day that was in it.
Still lacking decent telly, I searched on - and came across a charming short video from the Barceló Brothers! These are two young brothers from Headford, and their Spanish father, who've formed a band - and this is a gorgeous snapshot of their music, performed as they lark around the hinterland of Headford. Plenty of humour too. As it says in the blurb.. "..They perform an explosive mix of old and new Zydeco infused with R&B, Reggae, Soul, and Funk music.." Definitely worth checking out - apparently, the dad is well-known in the Galway arts scene. And they have tons more material on YouTube..
I'm feeling quite spoiled, with all this to watch! And there's still more..
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