Re: HoL Questions

[jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Alexander Chokey)]

In article <4897@heimdall.sdrc.com> david.hollinden@sdrc.com writes:
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>2.  Can anyone recommend other music or musicians that have
>    the same general "feel" as Jig of Life? 

	You might try asking this on rec.music.celtic.  No, really--  I'm
being perfectly serious.  Kate borrows heavily from traditional Irish 
musical styles (i.e. the jig) and instruments on this song, as she also
does on "Night of the Swallow" from _The Dreaming_.  She also uses a lot
of Irish instruments and musicians who usually play modern variants of Irish
folk music on _The Sensual World_ (on which both Davey Spillane and Alan
Stivell appear!)
	So, if you were to post something on rec.music.celtic explaining
that you're a Kate Bush fan who really likes Kate's "Irishy" songs and
were looking for some other music with a similar feel, I'm sure that you'd
get a helpful response.  You may also want to go back and look at some
of the postings on the "Reccomendations for a Newbie" thread on r.m.c--  there
might be something suggestive there.

	--  Jim C. <jchokey@leland.stanford.edu>


P.S.  I would have just saved you the trouble and cross-posted this article
there myself, but I've had trouble cross-posting to/from rec.music.gaffa
before.