Rhoda Barfoot https://rhodabarfoot.com Stunning Vocals and Enchanted Celtic Violin Wed, 02 May 2018 14:36:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 67396284 Music spotlight: Mo Ghile Mear ☘️🎻🎶🌎 https://rhodabarfoot.com/2018/05/02/music-spotlight-mo-ghile-mear/ Wed, 02 May 2018 14:36:22 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=1213
The story behind the song.
 
‘My Gallant Hero,’ or ‘My Gallant Love,’ written as a lament by Gaelic goddess Eire, for her husband Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the grandson of King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland, who was deposed after the Revolution in 1688, when parliament instead invited Dutch Protestant King William III to rule. Parliament was afraid that James II would revert the Kingdom to Catholicism.
Charles’ family always believed they were the true heirs to the throne, and to this end Charles attempted another Revolution in 1745. It failed, and the defeated Charles was forced to live the rest of his life in exile in Europe.
The song, written in the Irish language, speaks of Eire’s sorrow and distress that her Darling is in another land, and ‘no news from him is told’.
It is a gorgeous old Irish melody, and it was important to me for the recording to have a feeling of peace and of silence for Eire’s sorrow. I layered vocals and instruments for an other-worldly feel.  This track appears on my album Across the Sea to Ireland, recorded in Nashville, TN.
I am grateful to Dermot Devlin (now sadly deceased) for teaching me this beautiful song.

Click to hear the song on iTunes.

]]> 1213 Across the Sea to Ireland Preview & Behind the Scenes https://rhodabarfoot.com/2015/01/27/across-the-sea-to-ireland-preview-behind-the-scenes/ Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:47:42 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=846 Behind the scenes on Across the Sea to Ireland recording in Nashville, TN.  Preview starring Rhoda Barfoot, Erick Jaskowiak, Byron House, John Deaderick and Nat Smith.  Enjoy!

 

]]> 846 Caledonia Video https://rhodabarfoot.com/2014/09/19/caledonia-video/ Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:54:10 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=732 Here is the video for my new song, Caledonia.  The track is from my new album, available now on iTunes.  Physical cds from the shop page on my website.  Hope you like it! 🙂

 

 

 

]]> 732 Eternal Father Video https://rhodabarfoot.com/2012/11/04/eternal-father-video/ Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:36:29 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=240 Here is the new video for Eternal Father.  The song was recorded in Dublin in May.  Film footage was taken on a flip camera on a flight from Geneva to Lyon.  Hope you enjoy it!

]]> 240 New Single! Danny Boy https://rhodabarfoot.com/2012/03/04/new-single-danny-boy/ Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:04:44 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=153 Here’s my new song, Danny Boy, released on the occasion of St Patrick’s Day.  Hope you enjoy it! 🙂  Link to iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/danny-boy-single/id507503366?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

]]> 153 Live Interview and Performance with Alan Simpson on BBC Radio Ulster https://rhodabarfoot.com/2011/12/23/live-interview-and-performance-with-alan-simpson-on-bbc-radio-ulster/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:21:12 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=127 Click on the link below to listen to the live interview and performance with Alan Simpson on BBC Radio Ulster, 22nd December 2011.  Interview starts at around 27 minutes.

 

Live Appearance with Alan Simpson on BBC Radio Ulster

 

 

]]> 127 Silent Night https://rhodabarfoot.com/2011/12/07/silent-night/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:37:53 +0000 http://rhodabarfoot.com/?p=101 New Single Silent Night, now available on itunes! http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/silent-night/id486551663?i=486551668&ign…

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