Podcast: 'Folk music... can't be underestimated as a source of huge inspiration': Cathy Jordan

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The traditional Irish group Dervish recently celebrated thirty years together and received a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Their most recent album is the Great Irish Songbook which features artists such as David Gray, the actor Brendan Gleeson, Andrea Corr and Rhiannon Giddens. For this Journal of Music podcast, editor Toner Quinn spoke to singer Cathy Jordan about the early days of the group, the band’s recordings over the years including At the End of the Day and Travelling Show, the experience of performing at the Eurovision Song Contest and the impact that had on the band, the new album, writing her own songs and the importance of folk music. === Original video: https://soundcloud.com/journalofmusic/podcast-weve-a-shared-history-30-years-of-dervish-an-interview-with-cathy-jordan Downloaded by http://huffduff-video.snarfed.org/ on Tue Oct 12 16:27:05 2021 Available for 30 days after download