Kate and Irish Music

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There was a brief clip of Kate on the BBC TV programme "Rapido" (hosted
by that virtually unintelligibly frenchman, Antione de Caunes) last
night. The programme ran a feature on music from Ireland and its major
influence on popular music today, and so naturally included a few
comments from Herself. She mentioned the fact that her mother was Irish,
and the huge influence Irish music had on her, especially when she was
growing up. She also spoke of her association with Irish musicians.

The weird thing was that they also showed a clip from "Cloudbusting"
which has absolutely nothing to do with Irish music ! I mean the obvious
thing would have been to play _The Sensual World_, yeah ?

Sinead O'Connor, The Christians, Terence Trent D'Arby(!), and The Waterboys
were also included in this feature.

<Warning- Non KT item coming up !>

If you've never heard of the Waterboys then I suggest you drop whatever you
are doing this instant, make your way to the nearest record store and grab
a copy of either _A Pagan Place_ or _This Is The Sea_ because this band
is excellent, especially live. I had the good fortune of seeing them in
Dublin on New Years Eve 1988 and they were bloody good.
They are heavily influenced by Irish music (even though they are mainly 
Scottish), especially their latest album _Fishermans Blues_. Anyway, don't
miss an opportunity to see them live if you get a chance.

Bye for now

Dec



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