Bruce Molsky with Julie Fowlis - The Blackest Crow

[beastotheeast]

Unreal music ,shivers down my spine,just beautiful

[MattSteidl]

@solariis888 You are mental!

[solariis888]

@MattSteidl You're damned, get used to that shit, cuz that's what happens in hell.

[vraimentmaladroite]

I feel a thousand years alive when I listen to this.

[tigerhop]

@vraimentmaladroite Great way of putting it.

[cjm2005]

what is it about this music that draws me in? it's like it's rooted in my subconcious. very odd. but brilliant all the same.

[samanthanason]

Could you please turn embedding on?

[SevereRepugnance]

Gorgeous

[bunionfeet1]

oh dear title looks as if ms fowlis is being described as a crow-should be singing in the title I think!

[jspecaspec23]

what an arrangement...impressive orchestra performance. God Bless...

[musketmick]

It makes the hair on the back of my head stand up

[EuskalHerrikoMendiak]

Unkituta nago hau kantau entzuten. Ederra benetan.

[jfvilledequebec]

@EuskalHerrikoMendiak Bon commentaire!

[helmuthoorn]

Not being a Celt, but a Saxon I feel jealous because they have always succeeded to preserve their culture in music and poetry over the centuries.

[Gaddsmusic]

This is not really Celtic though some of the players certainly are it is an American Tune related to an English broadside ballad called 'The Unkind Parents, or, The Languishing Lamentation of two Loyal Lovers'. American Folk preserves a lot of great ancient Anglo-Saxon,,well.. English music and lyrics.

[solariis888]

@Gaddsmusic that's because its Gaelic in origin.

[solariis888]

@helmuthoorn not celtic, Gaelic... you saxon fool.

[MattSteidl]

@solariis888 Gaelic is Celtic. Same back to you, you fool!

[MattSteidl]

@solariis888 The Gaels belong to the Celts! Gaelic is one of the last Celtic (and dying) languages in the world. Just like Welsh, Breton, Cornish! You fool!!!

[MattSteidl]

@solariis888 No idea what you're talking about. I am a historian, and saying the Gaels are no Celts is like saying an apple is not a fruit. Or venison is not meat.

[MattSteidl]

@helmuthoorn I'm almost your neighbour! Frankonian. But jealous, too. Mind you. The Saxons had a great impact on the British Isles. 15 centuries ago, Saxons, Frankonians and Anglo Saxons would have been able to talk to each other in the very same language. But on the other hand, they suppressed Celtic culture... The female singer of this video is Julie Fowlis from the Herides. Gaelic and Celtic.

[Breitheamhnaig]

@helmuthoorn Don't be jealous, check out your own culture,it's great. Meanwhile feel free to dip into ours brother.Try Megson or Kate Rusby it doesn't get any better.

[snapperjohn1000]

i was not for sure but funny how you know some ones style,because it has become so familar in your mind,when it,s one of a kind like jerry douglas. this is real music ,and musical partnership,every one knows their part and listens to each other for the sake of the out come of the presentation. very emotional,and moveing

[Ficker2]

So clean, so sanitized. It got no grit, don't like it one bit.

[animalunaris]

@Ficker2 I think they had enough going on in real life, maybe they wanted some escapism in their music. It's deeply sad, I imagine it as the tale of the emigrant and how they may never see their loved ones again now they've gone overseas.

[animalunaris]

I think they had enough going on in real life, maybe they wanted some escapism in their music. It's deeply sad, I imagine it as the tale of the emigrant and how they may never see their loved ones again now they've gone overseas.

[baragentledragon]

neil young would capture julie and never let her go,nicolette larson r.i.p. would love her too,magic natural singer/harmoniser!!xxx from ireland.bara

[TheDiarmaidable]

oaye me buoys....oaye

[JohnSelma]

We did this one at our weekly practice last night. OK so we weren't up to the standard of Bruce Molsky, Julie Fowlis, Gerry Douglas, Aly Bain, Donal Lunny and others but the beauty of this kind of music is that it works when played at almost any level.

[JohnSelma]

@JohnSelma P.S. with apologies - Phil Cunningham on the mando' instrument this time.

[10sunx]

who can give third part -last part of lyrics, cos I never sure what i have heard, great thanks in advance. great music, thumb up for burkardheike's comment

[poiuyt975]

@10sunx And when you're on some distant shore think of your absent friend / and when the wind blows high and clear a line to me prey send / and the wind blows high and clear prey send a note to me / that i might know by your handwrite how time has gone with thee

[10sunx]

@poiuyt975 thank you very much, you just made my day

[MarkOpee1]

I meant "fiddling", not singing :-)

[MarkOpee1]

never before seen a fiddler which sings simultaneously to his singing!

[priser24]

Watching this for at least the fifth time today. Beautiful.

[rainharper62]

these guys did an amazing job, seems like they had fun w/the music, they should do this more often

[jtofcider]

absolutely love this, it's just incredible how real sound and feeling can be demonstrated through the song....heidi talbot and kris drever do a great version on my uploads

[gofishingwithme]

What fine musicians. 

[ProseMaker]

So haunting, ethereal, earthy...

[j0llygr33ng1ant]

4 people missed the like button.

[alllllllll00]

Another classic!

[LeFeff]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!

[EricFlatpick]

Aly Bain "second fiddle"?! (Like, um, Itzhak Perlman?) What a gathering of talent. Thanks for posting!

[manthasagittarius]

@EricFlatpick I was thinking very much the same myself. Aly Bain . . !.

[birthofeternity]

How incredible......

[grofys]

wow, this sounds like something out of long-ago west virginia (and for good reason).

[jn45672]

Lissie and julie fowlis, that would be some duet!

[jth626]

Really like Julie's singing here, would like to hear her do more of this stuff. Kind of mountain music stuff ...like Dolly Parton has been doing lately

[thejefftana]

@jth626 very tunefull have had to listen often..ilts good for your soul..everyones efforts are bang on.and jerrys solo on slide is prisitine..great

[1ggraff]

Great example of Mountain music and the influence of Irish/Scottish folk music's influence on it.  Exceptional performance.

[deanangel55]

Bruce, you are awesome.

[Arkady63]

Absolutely first rate. Cheers for the upload.

[earthgriot1]

are they playing this in A or D?

[robnaylor55]

@earthgriot1 Neither. They're playing it in G (Major).

Chords are D, C, G, Em twice, then G, Em, D, Em then back to D, C, G, Em

[mattybungo]

julie rules

[rainharper62]

two very good musicians, good collaboration

one of the best songs of the transatlantic

sessions/thanks julie & bruce

[TheBitterWeed]

So good. thanks.

[snackattackplease]

i love this. its amazing

[fiddlenut24]

she's quite pleasant to the eyes as well

[norsef]

@fiddlenut24 Very much agree. Though her new hair cut is terrible.

But she could shave her self bald and put on 200lbs and I'd still love her.

[helmuthoorn]

While the wind blows over the snowy hills and fields....

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

Go hiontach! Go raibh maith 'ad.

[clc1967]

This is the prettiest song I've heard in a long, long time. Beautiful job, guys.

[Apetail2]

beautiful! :-)

[helmuthoorn]

Ars musicae longa, vita brevis.

Sic nos evadibimus semper cantabitur.

[boozyballs]

now thats what i call music

[fiddlefeller]

Now my favorite Bruce Molsky on YouTube. Beautiful singing and instrumentals. Thankful that the technology exists to open this music to a broad audience.

[burkardheike]

when i listen to this i wonder everytime what amazing songs are out there...and what shit is played in the radio and tv everyday :-(

[woodscritter]

Not to mention what incredibly talented musicians are not industrially-promoted.

Julie and these lads just blow away most of what you might hear on the air here (USofA.)

Pure quality- TA Sessions, IMHO. Love 'em.

[burkardheike]

yes of course....i like most of the vids i´ve seen from the sessions

is this tv series or what?

[woodscritter]

Yes, initially recorded for 4 BBC TV series, from 1997-2009, with 1-3 so far released on DVDs. Eagerly awaiting 4.

DVDs of sessions 1 & 3, and possibly 2, are currently available, like from resellers in UK. DAGS "music scotland."

Note that, so far, they are PAL-video (UK, etc., vice US), but can be converted to NTSC. BTDT.

Many hours of some of the best music I've heard, including introduction to world-class musicians, like Aly, Julie, Bruce here. Most highly recommended.

[burkardheike]

but in my eyes it couldn´t beat the old videos of planxty,bothy band and paul brady from the 70´s here on you tube :-)

[ScottishMusicOnly]

Hi there Woodscritter.

I brought these over from Scotland on DVD and although they`re PAL (UK SYS) it was cheaper for me to buy a multi region DVD player which can be bought for as little as $30.00 than to have all The Sessions converted to NTSC,my brother who works at BBC Scotland later sent me the full set which he had converted tp NTSC and both play equally well,might be a solution for anyone thinking of getting the Transatlantic Dvds....Alba Gu Brath

[woodscritter]

ScottishMusicOnly:

Just to clarify- region-coding is quite separate from video coding (PAL/NTSC.) And, from a quick research, very few dvd players sold in the US can play PAL-encoded dvds. (Most computer media players can, though.)

Until NTSC version is released, "ConvertXtoDVD" software can do transcoding such as this (and strip region), among others.

Best news: Sessions 4 just arrived- great stuff!

[ScottishMusicOnly]

Thanks there Woodscritter,ahhhhhh the joys of having access via the discs he sent does me good anyway ,and thank you for the tech info too.

[MattSteidl]

@burkardheike

You are SO RIGHT!

[Laurar44]

@burkardheike I couldn't agree with you more, and I was just thinking that EXACT thing maybe 10 minutes ago!

[burkardheike]

@Laurar44 so it is : )

[judeseamus]

@burkardheike I think that same thing everytime I listen to the radio.

[1916dnicolas]

@burkardheike Finnally, someone who thinks just like me! Amazing how many local cleveland Bands no one has heard of and how much better they are than anything on the radio.

[dazzco]

it should hit you like you have been missing out!

[jonessm50]

I would love to do this song. Not sure if it suits my voice

[earthgriot1]

Oh man, Julie Fowlis, such a fox (pretty) with that voice.

[35dobroman]

This video is one grand example of Dobro playing by one of our best, Jerry Douglas whom is proving beyond a shadow of any doubt that his guitar sounds can perform another type of music besides Blue-Grass or country.. and julie's voice is superb indeed..Bernie

[basis64]

yes it's played in D. but i don't think this some is by broken joe, is it? i thought it was an older folk tune..

[Fishmonger1966]

This is in D, right?

There is another version of this song by Brokenjoe which I think is in A.

I just guessing as those are the low notes in the song. ???

[boozyballs]

heard it on radio 2 bbc was hooked straight away

[citoyen374]

Yo! Bon! Very bon!

[MattSteidl]

Julie and Bruce,

I love U! God bless U!

[checkplease00]

i first heard them sing together at the 2004 Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton. Dochas (with Julie Fowlis) did the vocal back-up on 'Peg and Awl'. A great tune!! I wish it was on You Tube!!

[ceanadach]

What!...They came to Cape Breton,darn it,wish I would have known!

Wonder if any O' em' are commin' back?

[chef4life]

This is amazing set of music, nearly impossible to get in Canada though! If you know where I could get it, msg me please!

[pilgerman]

You can go to the site ' Julie Fowlis' if you contact her there, maybe you can get a lead.

Good luck.

[bygollymulberry]

Try Claddagh Records online. I think they carry all three of the Transatlantic Sessions!

[KNQuail]

Lovely! I saw Bruce last year with Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. He's awesome! And I think Julie is my new favorite singer...such an amazing voice!

[eanraigros]

Brilliant!

This tune works well on a tin-whistle as well.

[taity39]

wow fantastic

[FreshWaterOtters]

This is nice! Look up Justin Rutledge. His version is nice too.

Much different than this one. It's not on Youtube, but you can hear a sample on Itunes.

[kallegu]

OMG - that was absolutely gorgeous!! I've loved this song for a long time. I decided it was time to introduce this tune to my Irish band, so I happened upon your video while looking for the lyrics. Thanks so much for uploading this video. That said, now I'm going to listen to it again.

[slb22000]

I feel so lucky to have happened upon this vid. Bruce and Julie's voices are like drones on a fiddle. And the stellar talent that plays along! Jerry Douglas must be about the busiest dobro player around. Second only to Aly Bain on his violin. Yum.

[BaaBaaRaa]

So nice to hear wonderful Bruce with more great amusicians and for me to 'meet' Julie Fowlis... I love seeing the snow through the window too (I'm a Californian)... Just lovely. Thank you.

[woodscritter]

Amen to that. Brilliant musicians like these generally are well below the commercial radar, so it's nice to see them get recognition.

Just "met" them recently, myself; then got the dvd.

Wonderful.

[mercrid]

wow. this was truly awesome. i could click replay forever.

[bluegrassrootstv]

Yessireebobtail! Good job!

[LoveMattersMost]

Julie Fowlis IS a beautiful girl! The lyrics and this Video performance seem to fit perfectly. Wonderful sweet song, well-played. Love it. Five *'s

[donmussell12]

I'm pretty sure Bruce first learned this song from the late Tommy Jarrell, who was a wonder in his own time for sure.

[ABerendes]

just great!

[locustvalleystring]

So beautifully done....Thanks. Larry

[guywolff]

Interesting on Bruce's CD he sings "The crow that is so black my love will surely turn to white. And here he sings "The blackest crow that every flew ..I wonder if both are found in tradition?? . I wonder if one is closer to the British Isle or just a turn of the day in the studio . All the best , Guy

[Bramicus]

"Saw the nest of the blackbird

As she took to the air, setting off in the direction of Rathdrum Fair." (from the old song)

[reliablebow]

Voices entwined!

[guywolff]

I have to get the dvd or cd of this song . They are just great together;all of them . I found Bruce through his friend connection to Kate Rusby's myspace page. Now I wonder if I judged him at a local fiddle contest in Roxbury Ct some years back .. Funny .Thanks for up loading this .. Guy

[txpilar]

love my husband but, well... same than thistle

[vrcoolb]

The voice of an angel. I love her gaelic songs also.I can close my eyes and be tranfered to Ireland.

[thistlewarrior]

Or Scotland where she comes from.

[mobilechief]

@thistlewarrior Some will never get that!

[17Hongo]

@thistlewarrior saw bruce at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Aberdeen (NAFCo), along with Ronan Martin (scotland) Lauren MaColl(Scotland), Kimberly Fraser (Canada) Jani Lang (Hungary) Fidil (Ireland) and other great fiddlers from Australia, Scandinavia, Britain and Canada - there's so much beautiful music out there, I was only able to afford 5 cds and one music book; but it proves that there is great stuff to hear, you just need to look in the right places.

[thistlewarrior]

@17Hongo That's cool my friend. I don't really understand why you're telling me this though. (no offense)

[DrummerBoyJason]

Now that is what I call harmony.

[thistlewarrior]

To be able to harmonise so well is, in my opinion, the mark of a great singer. She's FAB!

I love my wife dearly, but if Julie asked me, well.......

[xxkitkat021]

SHE HAS THE BEST VOICE I'VE EVR HEARD NO JOKE LIKE RLY RLY RLY GOOOOD!!!!! lol

[Fishmonger1966]

Holy smokes! That was great!! I've never heard it before but... oh man, I gotta learn it.

[Rvantussen]

she is, but an old scania 143 is hotter! nice song for on the road anyway.

[PollyMorphus]

Thanks YouTube. She is hotter than a 2-dollar pistol.

[AlienProphet13]

WOW....absolutly wonderful..!!!

[mtolb25356]

the guy playing the steel guitar stinks in most of the songs this is the only one he dose well on.

[MrWallas]

Really? I think Jerry Douglas is astounding in all of them, but that's just my opinion and you of course have your own opinion.

[willsblacktele]

You're right Jerry Douglas is astounding, theres just too much of him on Transatlantic sessions 3. Its beginning to look like the JD show and he eclipses some of the other brilliant musicians.

[MrWallas]

Now that I think of it, I can see your point.

[jkosmdd]

Oh, Lads, I really disagree with you on your Jerry Douglas opinions! He's wonderful in ALL the sessions!

[Yomexenacaleya]

Search also for the CD's released by the band Dòchas, where Julie sings and plays.

Years ago she also was member of Brolum, but I can't find their CDs. At least I have seen a live clip of Brolum in which Julie was playing low whistle, from a French DVD about Lorient Festival, but don't remember the year, sorry.

Anyway, you can buy Transatlantic Sessions series 3 in DVD and/or CD so you can enjoy this and a lot more at home, with a good drink and your favourite shocks.

[tlmusique]

Bruce Molsky, wow. So sweet.

[beowulf04844]

try googling her...you can get her albums on her website

[santiano42]

Bruce Molsky! Yay! Love the man! ^^

[kateteka]

Awesome. So deep and pure... Could someone tell me how can i get a dvd of Julie? Thanks for posting!

[kateteka]

Awesome! I love it, so deep and pure... Could someone tell me how can i get a dvd of Julie? Thanks for posting!

[bobdylansblues]

Anyone have the guitar chords to this song?

[weevilkneevil]

D C G Em

D C G Em

G C Em

D C G Em

[robbimcmillen]

Absoloutley stunning.

It's great to see that Julie still sounds amazing in such an alien genre to her regular stuff. Galánta!

[cuzinkevin]

Top stuff all that talent in one place wow.