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May. 6th, 2010
Kevin, of special interest to you
May. 6th, 2010 08:14 amalso from Foot Stompin' fora:
upcoming Phil Cunningham/Mark Knopfler program on BBC Radio
When Phil Cunningham Met Mark Knopfler, Prog 1/1
Monday 10 May
BBC Two Scotland, 10.00-10.30pm
An amazing meeting of music minds is the subject of the latest ArtWorks on BBC Scotland.
As part of the strand's conversation series, which puts together artists with common ground, ArtWorks has brought together folk musician Phil Cunningham and the Dire Straits rocker Mark Knopfler.
Although his association with Newcastle is well known, Mark was in fact born in Glasgow.
In the run-up to meeting Phil for the programme, he states: "Scottish music will have been the first music that I ever heard in my life...It's just part of my childhood that you can never give up."
And shortly after saying hello, the two are discussing a man who was an early influence on them both - Jimmy Shand.
Throughout the programme it is evident the regard they have for each other's work over the years.
Says Phil of Mark: "I knew there was Scottish in you the first time I heard you play."
Yet the two had never met up until last year, when Mark invited Phil to work on some numbers for his album.
Phil explains: "I first met Mark in 2009, when he asked me to come and work on his album Get Lucky, and as far as I'm concerned it was me that got lucky because I'd been waiting to meet him for about 25 years."
Early days, pub gigs and making music for other mediums - Mark for Local Hero and Phil for the theatre production The Ship - are all part of the 30 minute programme alongside some great performances from the two together, in between the chat.
upcoming Phil Cunningham/Mark Knopfler program on BBC Radio
When Phil Cunningham Met Mark Knopfler, Prog 1/1
Monday 10 May
BBC Two Scotland, 10.00-10.30pm
An amazing meeting of music minds is the subject of the latest ArtWorks on BBC Scotland.
As part of the strand's conversation series, which puts together artists with common ground, ArtWorks has brought together folk musician Phil Cunningham and the Dire Straits rocker Mark Knopfler.
Although his association with Newcastle is well known, Mark was in fact born in Glasgow.
In the run-up to meeting Phil for the programme, he states: "Scottish music will have been the first music that I ever heard in my life...It's just part of my childhood that you can never give up."
And shortly after saying hello, the two are discussing a man who was an early influence on them both - Jimmy Shand.
Throughout the programme it is evident the regard they have for each other's work over the years.
Says Phil of Mark: "I knew there was Scottish in you the first time I heard you play."
Yet the two had never met up until last year, when Mark invited Phil to work on some numbers for his album.
Phil explains: "I first met Mark in 2009, when he asked me to come and work on his album Get Lucky, and as far as I'm concerned it was me that got lucky because I'd been waiting to meet him for about 25 years."
Early days, pub gigs and making music for other mediums - Mark for Local Hero and Phil for the theatre production The Ship - are all part of the 30 minute programme alongside some great performances from the two together, in between the chat.
one compensation...
May. 6th, 2010 11:58 amSo, despite the fact that the massive humidity has gone away for now, it is definitely summer here. Temperatures in the high 80s during the day (think 30*C or higher, metric friends) and only cooling, not getting cold, at night. Two words, however, express the generous compensation allowed by nature for this excessive heat:
Summer dresses.
:-)
Summer dresses.
:-)
