Scottish Mouth Music - Dolores Keane / John Faulkner

[MrFocaleile]

LYRICS ANYONE ???

[newsatone]

@MrFocaleileThe hin hin haralda parts are just mouth music sounds eg. like singing la la la and such. The other parts are ..dance to your shadow and its good to be living .. and..there are tunes in the river..otter pools in the river. You can probably pick this up if listen a few times.

[God4Dunoon]

oh my dad would tell you off :) but thanks for keeping it alive

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

Delores - every time I see her and hear her - Queen Maoimh from Tain Bo Chulainge just hits me ... everytime - she is so strong - as a female there are very few who could match her stature - but what a voice - make the hair stand up on the back of your neck

[MyMoppet52]

Absolutely amazing song and video. Your quality is excellent and the performers are of the very best around! I want to get this video for myself. Thank you for your upload!

[toppguun]

 american country music is strongly influenced by this amazing music!!

[toppguun]

they were exited cause the morning was about to shine!!

[NITROTHEO]

GREAT MOUTH MUSIC. HUMMMMMMMM BEAT BOX OR AUCTION?? SOLD!

[Albainn1]

She may be Irish but she is singing a Scottish song!! Scottish mouth music is my favourite type of singing! Nothing beats it, its just so rhythmic and soulful!! Makes you want to dance your heart out!

[Ichwillpuppy]

The song of my people.

[thetimmymctimtim]

Dolores Keane is Irish not Scottish

[skrimpshidy]

Now, you know where, country, and blugrass comes from.

[NiLochlainn]

I remember this from the Bloomington 1983 concert too. Fantastic!

[WaldosComputer]

When I go to Scotland they D'nt un'erstan' h'w we take it on an' hol' it up an' keep on the culture. They simply dinne ken. B' we do. An't's math! Gu Leor! Alba Cum rath!

[kate285]

Wonderful!!  Thankyou Mike : ))

[division19]

very very nice, THANK YOU, but it must be "puirt a beul" not "port a beul" :)

[HappyChicas]

we studied this song in my vocal music class it's about an otter!

[TheJennalenna]

beautiful!!!!! I can't get enough of hearing this. can anyone tell me the name of the song they are singing? is it on a cd???

[Livelavalovely]

@TheJennalenna The name of the song is "Mouth Music"

[folklore]

brillient

[kitiamuriel]

Ciao Irlanda and Scotland! Thank you for this authentic treasure. Kitia

[dvrgrl1632]

I sang this song with my choir back in High School. We absolutely loved it!!! I've been looking for a copy of it ever since! Amazing job!!!

[pornomime33]

i love itttt!!! my choir is planning to do this! gahh! :D

[101conspiracy101]

dude this is intense

[Sheamusj]

So beautiful... Thank you!

My mother used to sing these types of song to me when I was a wee lad. I'm 62 now, father of eight well-grown children. Yet I still remember, and miss, those happy times of song and fancy.

[exilefromthefireland]

@Sheamusj you kick as grandpa....greetings from a greek guy!!!

[dipsaucerose]

@Sheamusj AWW " wee lad" that makes me smile

[chainedpunkgirl]

we had to sing this for choir. LOVE IT!

[Erma9]

Amazing, I love it!

[bandruid]

Excelent!! Thank you!!!Dolores Keane is so great singer!!!

[moominpic]

fantastic. Is this style perculiar to Scotland? Is there an Irish equivalent?

[Sportymike]

Yes, the best Irish equivalent would be the chorus of Clannad's 'Harry's Game'. Check it out!

[moominpic]

Thanks, I know it. I was never sure if it was port-a-beul or 'real' words. I'm familiar with 'diddling' (do a bit myself)and Saami joik. Just wondered if there are particular 'sounds' perculiar to Irish vs Scots styles.

[KingdomUploader]

Terrific vibrations! much fun; thanks

[faruasal]

a genius like Dolores is very rare - a national treasure - yes she was married to John Faulkner for a good number of years - but separated at least 10 to 15 years ago

[goatskinhero]

wasn't she married to him at one time?

[cosinbrother]

dolores has a great voice, i love her :)

[comhaltas1]

great post clarebannerman.excellent as usual.

[jayrbee60]

Awesome upload! Thanks for the information, I had heard about "mouth music" but never could get a definitive answer on what it really was. Now, I know! :-)

[celticmarine1]

Great stuff clarebannerman. I heard a lovely woman sing some port-a-beul with the Chieftains at Carnegie Hall in NY City last St. Pat's Day. Wish I could remember her name b/c she was fantastic!

[thefiddler1]

I think you might be talking about Alyth McCormack

[ironshields]

Delores Keane

[celticmarine1]

Alyth McCormack, that's right! I'm not sure how I forgot that since her last name is my mother's maiden name! The mind is going....Anyway, Alyth was amazing!

[HergerSeamas]

awesome...thanks for sharing.

[madfortrad07]

Mais enfin ... Où diable trouvez vous toutes ces perles que vous avez la gentillesse de partager avec nous ?!!! :-)

[Wanderwd]

Wow....sounds like they are joined at the hip! Interesting explanation....thanks for educating us Mike.