TV not as bad today, but reliably, the scheduling gave way in due course, and I came back to the St. Patrick's Festival website. Where the next up was Songs from the Aran Islands with Pádraig Jack. Sure enough, this features a chap called Pádraig Jack, whose parents apparently have a pub on the island, playing his guitar and singing his own brand of folk, in Irish and English, on Inis Mór, the largest of the Aran Islands, where he grew up. Moody seascapes abound, as he includes aerial drone shots of the island on a suitably gloomy day - himself, he's well wrapped up in a winter coat and scarf. Well, it was March, after all! So, you can get a view of the island as you watch.
Afterwards, still lacking decent programming, I turned to Moxie - which is apparently the name of a young trad fusion group. Don't be fooled by the boiler suits in the publicity shot - they have a really unusual sound, blending trad music first with something middle-Eastern sounding, then with a track that's more rock. A more interesting sound than Pádraig Jack on Inis Mór, if less scenic - although we do accompany them around the house, to introduce the other band members. Crikey, there's an interesting music scene just now!
Now about 2/3 way through that site..
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