Welcome to Cerddoriaeth Celtica, a companion piece for the Starlight Radio Dreams series “Celtica”. When we conceived of Celtica the desire was to create an adventure serial which used music as part of the action and story. From using music to power Celtica’s magic tools to musical numbers for the big moments, Celtica does exactly that. And Cerddoriaeth Celtica lets us further explore the beauty of Celtic music, both as part of the serial and just for its own sake.
In this episode of Cerddoriaeth Celtica, Karolyn Blake, co writer for Celtica and the actor behind the title character, sings Come Out Ye Black and Tans, an Irish protest song with lyrics by Dominic Behan and a tune by Piaras Mac Gearailt* (Pierce FitzGerald). It is a rousing tune with lyrics that inspire us to rise up against our oppressors. The world is in need of uprisings right now, and it’s hard to beat the Irish for a good old protest song!
Starlight Radio Dreams stands with protesters and affirms that Black Lives Matter. Keep yourselves safe, and stay well.
*In the episode, Karolyn mistakenly attributes the tune to “Pearse” as in Patrick Pearse. But she was just remembering the wrong Pierce!
Host and Artist- Karolyn BlakeCo host: Grant BlakeProducer: Ansel Burch
Source for historical context:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Out,_Ye_Black_and_Tans
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