スコットランドの歌姫

The Mike Harding Show (1 hr)
Broadcast on Radio 2 Wed 12 Mar - 19:00
WEDNESDAY 12th MARCH 2008
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0093rzf
Mike chats to Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart who, over the past year, has recorded two brand new albums of material and toured extensively in the UK as well as giving birth to her first child.

Plus Mike's usual selection of the latest in folk, roots and acoustic music - and 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Folk Singer of the Year Julie Fowlis reveals her current listening in our Tour Bus Tunes feature (see below).

TOUR BUS TUNES
On this week's show, Julie Fowlis tells us what she's listening to while on the road to gigs. Hear samples here.

Danú - County Down
Album - The Road Less Traveled

Mary Smith - Cùl do chinn
Album - Sgiath Airgid

Bill Whelan - Inishlacken
Album - The Connemara Suite

Aman Aman - Sien Drahmas Al Dia
Album - Musica I Cants Sephardis D'Orient I Occident

Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla
Album - Takk
　Julie Fowlis 嬢
http://www.juliefowlis.com/
http://www.myspace.com/juliefowlis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fowlis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/presenters/julie_fowlis/

She may come from the Outer Hebrides rather than Africa or Latin America, but I suspect that the world-music movement has been very useful for Julie Fowlis. British audiences are increasingly appreciative of great artists who don't sing in English, and Fowlis is just such a performer. Her songs are all in Gaelic and include traditional material from North Uist, where she grew up.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/14/folk

今年1月のロンドン旅行の際、いくつかＣＤショップを覗いて彼女のアルバムを探しましたが、結局見つかりませんでしたので、帰国後、通販で3枚、購入（予約を含めて）いたしました。全てゲール語の歌詞なので残念ながら理解することができないのですが、その美しい声に魅了されています。

Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe (As My Heart Is)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/qgmq/

Cuilidh

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/bpzf/

Dual

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/31/dual-album-review
About Dual
Dual in Scottish Gaelic and Irish means to twine, braid, interlace or coil. It also means one's inheritance. The perfect word to describe this collaborative exploration of traditional Irish and Scottish music by Julie Fowlis, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Eamon Doorley and Ross Martin.

Going back to her roots
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/01/folk.gaelic
　Karine Polwart 女史
http://www.karinepolwart.com/
http://www.myspace.com/karinepolwart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart
From Banknock in Stirlingshire, Scotland, Karine Polwart was a late developer in musical terms; she was nearly 30 before she became a professional, nervously launching a career initially built on traditional Scots music, for which she showed such natural aptitude.
She'd previously earned a politics and philosophy degree at Dundee University, worked in a primary school and played in a variety of semi-pro bands before coming to more prominent attention in the groups Malinky and MacAlias.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fxfuxqekldfe~T1

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
Later this summer, I'll be one of the guests on "Thank You For The Music", a new BBC Radio Scotland series in which Janice Forsyth talks to eight Scottish songwriters about their craft. Using a combination of voice, instruments and recordings, each artist takes a personal journey through their experiences and approaches to writing. If you'd like to be part of the audience for any of the shows listed below, call 0870 411 1810 for a free spot on the guest list at the BBC's new Pacific Quay Building in Glasgow.
本番組の収録年月日 Mon 10th Sept 2007
放送年月日
Thank You for the Music
Today - Thursday 11 October 2007
11:00 Thank You for the Music
Janice Forsyth talks to eight Scottish songwriters about their craft in front of an audience.
8/8. What makes a great song? Karine Polwart joins Janice Forsyth and a studio audience to explain what inspires her.
11:00 - 12:00
In the final Thank You For The Music of the series, Janice meets Karine Polwart. See live sessions from the series on Scotland's Music 07.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/features/thankyou/index.shtml
The Mike Harding Show(1 hr)
Broadcast on Radio 2 Wed 31 Oct - 19:00
WEDNESDAY 31st OCTOBER 2007
Mike presents his usual great selection of the best in folk, roots and acoustic music including several songs with a Halloween theme.
Plus a new feature, Tour Bus Tunes, in which artists tell us what music they've been listening to while on the road. Top Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart is first in the driving seat.
Karine Polwart's Tourbus Tune:
Title: Hinba
Artist: Lau
Album: Lightweights & Gentlemen
Label: Reveal Records REVEAL17

Fairest Floo'er

Title: Thou Hast Left Me Ever Jamie
Artist: Karine Polwart
Album: The Fairest Flooer
Label: Hegri Music PROMO

Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie

1793
Type: Song
Tune: Fee him, father, fee him.

Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever;
Thou has left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever:
Aften hast thou vow'd that Death
Only should us sever;
Now thou'st left thy lass for aye-
I maun see thee never, Jamie,
I'll see thee never.

Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken;
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken;
Thou canst love another jo,
While my heart is breaking;
Soon my weary een I'll close,
Never mair to waken, Jamie,
Never mair to waken!

http://www.robertburns.org/works/431.shtml

ロンドン旅行では、ハムステッドのＣＤショップで彼女の上記アルバム Fairest Floo'er を見つけましたが、パッケージが紙ケースで、また、事前の予想よりもかなり高かったので躊躇し、結局購入するのを止めてしまいました。帰国後、このＣＤを除いた以下の3枚を購入しました。Fairest Floo'er を除いて、というところは、ロンドンで買わなかったことにどこかこだわりがあって、ということかも知れません。
彼女の歌の魅力はその歌詞にあります。これは彼女のキャリアに負うところかと思いますが、以下のＨＰで歌詞が公開されていますので参考になります。
http://www.karinepolwart.com/music/lyrics.php
She is a true original.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/07/karine-polwart-on-michael-marr.html

Faultlines

The songs on Faultlines cover a variety of topics, and although she has claimed at live performances that they are all quite depressing, many have an uplifting aspect. This is particularly notable in "The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill" (which won Best Original Song at the BBC Folk Awards 2005) which tells the story of woman who reacts to the death of her partner through a period of depression, drink and drugs, but has a more optimistic chorus, with the narrator foreseeing an end to this period. There are exceptions to this: "Waterlily" ― the tale of a man whose lover is killed during the war in Yugoslavia ― offers no such comfort. "Only One Way", on the other hand, is an upbeat song with a strong political theme and some biting humour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/reviews/faultlines.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4265243.stm

Scribbled in Chalk

Like Faultlines, Scribbled in Chalk often looks at the darker side of life with tales of sex trafficking ("Maybe there's a Road"), the holocaust ("Baleerie Baloo") and the uncertainties of life ("Hole in the Heart"). But these stories of despair are balanced by others that describe the joy of a slower life ("Let it All Hang Out"), of hope triumphing over cynicism ("Where the Smoke Blows") and the wonder of the universe ("Terminal Star").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/n3hj/

This Earthly Spell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jq63/

The purchase of this CD helps to provide funding for future projects and assists in spreading the message of Wells for Zoë.
Putting their motto, “A hand up, not a hand-out” into practice, Wells for Zoë founders John and Mary Coyne (parents of tenor banjo player Éamonn Coyne) have assembled a top-notch collection of Celtic and Folk musicians for the purpose of helping the local population of Northern Malawi to access fresh water and create a sustainable living environment.
New tracks from Irish pop icon Sinead O’Connor and Scottish Borders-based singer Karine Polwart along with previously unreleased tracks from singer/songwriters Paul Brady and Dougie MacLean grace the album alongside a new version of an Alison Brown Quartet favorite and a genre-crossing version of the Eurythmics’ “Sisters are Doing it For Themselves” by Irish folk singer Maura O’Connell and Canadian folk band, The Duhks along with Tim O’Brien and John Doyle.
http://compassrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4625

Well for Zoë

Karine Polwart and Tim O'Brien
Lyrics and music by Karine Polwart

Dig a little well for Zoë
Somewhere she can cool her skin
Lay it under thunderclouds and stormy shrouds
Where the rain will run right in
Cause she walked ten miles to the river
Just to kick a little sand on a lone sandfly
Dig a little well for Zoë that will never ever run dry

Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
They never, never sleep

Dig a little well for Zoë
Somewhere she can pour a cup
Lay it where the tears of passing seraphim
Will fill the well right up
Cause the parchment earth beneath their wings
Would make the angels cry
Dig a little well for Zoë that will never ever run dry

Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
Never, never sleep

Dig a little well for Zoë
Somewhere she can build a dream
Fine as a shiny burnished pebble
Lying in the bed of a mountain stream
Though she's bound for a mighty river
That carries her away to an endless sky
Dig a little well for Zoë that will never, ever run dry

Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
They never, never sleep

Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
Never, never sleep

http://www.wellsforzoe.org/w4zcd-karine.html

http://www.wellsforzoe.org/w4zcd.html
そういえば、ロンドンで覗いてきた地下鉄フルアムブロードウェイ駅ビル内のＣＤショップ Zavvi が、最近の景気悪化の影響から、どうもうまくいっていない、との報道がありました。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7798973.stm
http://www.zavvi.co.uk/customer-message/i.jsf
当時の日記にも記しましたが、1月のロンドン旅行では、自分の買物として、英国トラッド系のＣＤの何枚かに目星を付けて行きましたが、英国 Amazon での価格より高い値札には正直がっかりさせられました（たとえば BBC Folk Awards 2007 が£10（Amazonでは£7.98）でしたし、ヒースローの免税店のＣＤショップでも Kate Rusby が£10.12（同£8.98）でした）。VAT の表示に関係があるのかとも思いますが、やっぱり Amazon より高い価格設定では今時難しいでしょう。Zavvi の経営がうまくいかなくなるのも止むを得ないのかと思われます。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7817531.stm