Irish music. Slam poetry. Rap music. Bob Dylan

This Irish music video is the Wolfe Tones – Lough Sheelin Eviction – 05:36 – 7 feb. 2007.

From the Google cache of Dear Kitty ModBlog:

10/25/05 at 9:39PM

Mood: Listening Playing: Four green fields

Tonight in the theatre, various artists performed.

First on stage was local slam poet Jaap Montagne.

After Jaap Montagne were Blue Monday.

They played various types of Irish folk music, both instrumentals and with vocals.

Among their songs were Off To Dublin In The Green; and The Galway Shawl.

Also Four Green Fields.

A song ostensibly on a farming woman and her family facing unnamed crooks trying to take away her land.

However, this is a thinly veiled metaphor for the history of Ireland with its invasions and occupations from England.

A history which can also be heard in songs (not performed tonight by Blue Monday) like The British Army; and Some Say The Devil Is Dead.

And other songs by the Wolfe Tones.

After a pause, I did my column on George W. Bush, “Intelligent Design” and the Divine (were they really??) voices in his head telling him to invade Iraq.

The young rappers of Horizontaal were next.

One of their raps criticized Bush’s so called war on terror.

Then, Jaap Montagne came back for his second set.

This time not as a poet, but as a singer and guitar player.

All his songs of tonight were Bob Dylan songs.

Including Like a rolling stone; I shall be released; Love Minus Zero; and Just like a woman.

Rolling Stones vs. George W Bush: here.

Bob Dylan film by Martin Scorsese: here.

Folk music of 1950s and 60s: here.

The Wolfe Tones and Irish Republicanism: here.

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