Seedboat launched

Seven gigs to launch "The Seedboat" with Colum Sands and Maggie MacInnes..
a warm welcome to all to come on board!

The Seedboat....new album launch dates August / September gigs 2010

The Seedboat (Bàta an t-Sìl) Colum Sands & Maggie MacInnes

“The Seedboat is a totally captivating experience of tunes, songs, stories and rememberings crafted together seamlessly by two master musicians.. Maggie and Colum are superb performers individually: together they achieve a sweet harmony that transports you gently and effortlessly to another time and place. With such capable hands on the tiller, The Seedboat is a journey for the soul.”

August
Mon 16th , Tues 17th and Wed 18th
The Acoustic Music Centre,
Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tickets 0131-226 0000

Thurs 19th
Recital Rooms, City Halls, Glasgow
Tickets 0141-3538000


September
Thurs 2nd 8pm Newry and Mourne Museum
Bagenal's Castle, Castle St., Newry Co. Down BT34 2DA
Tickets : 028 3031 3178 :www.bagenalscastle.com

Fri 3rd Farmleigh House Long Mile Road Dublin 12 8pmwww.farmleigh.ie

Sun 5th The Folk Gallery Newcastle 8pm Tickets 02843722009


“The Seedboat sails from Barra shore, young Donald’s gone to Newry
And though he swears a swift return, til then she’ll miss him dearly..”

These opening lines of translation follow in the wake of a bitter-sweet love song that has inspired two musicians from either end of its voyage to embark on a fascinating new journey of music, song and story.
Mo Ghille Dubh Dhonn (The Brown Haired Lad) is one of the great treasures of the Scottish Gaelic song tradition, recalling love lost and found as The Seedboat sailed from Barra to Newry.
Now, some two centuries after its maiden voyage, the Seedboat sails again as Maggie MacInnes and Colum Sands invite all to find a seat amidst the cargo of Clarsach (harp), guitar and a bi lingual blend of songs old and new that explores the words and the tunes that have divided and joined the people of Ireland and Scotland for centuries.