By Michael Stevenson
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Hobbledehoys! Here’s your chance to bypass that dreadful “green beer” music playing at your local bar, and instead listen to some gorgeous compositions from a dozen-or-so Irish-inspired films, such The Grey Fox, The Quiet Man, Barry Lyndon, The Secret of Roan Inish, The Guard, and Calvary. And as the late night TV commercial would boast – “But, wait, there’s more!” – you’ll hear an offering from the One True 007, Sean Connery, who warbles a classic Disney movie tune that may leave you … ‘shaken. but not stirred.’
Composers covered in this 2-hour broadcast include the classically-trained Irishmen Shaun Davey and Patrick Cassady, as well as more than a few pillars of Irish Trad, notably The Chieftains and Donal Lunny.
As well as the above, you’ll hear a few delightful jigs and reels that will leave even a St. Paddy’s Day cynic getting reely jiggy!
This special St. Patrick’s Day broadcast of “Picture This” is hosted by friend to The Hobbledehoy and fellow grey fox, Mr. Wayne Cresser.