Thom Moore: News

No, not the end of the world ... yet. No, this is a chance to participate in the generation of MY FIRST RELEASED RECORDING since Gorgeous & Bright in 1994. This will feature material produced and recorded by the sterling Gavin Ralston at his Silverwood Studio in Wicklow ... and the details are fully disclosed HERE:

http://www.fundit.ie/project/thom-moore-album--dvd

The various levels in the project mean that (once it is fully funded) we will be able to do monumentally wonderful things like a DVD of a live gig featuring musicians known and unknown, but all guaranteed wonderful! But only if you help ... so ... thanks, big time!

Thom

Crikey -- I just noticed that my last 'news' entry was just before I went to Poland (which was nice, but my translations of Vysotsky failed to impress people, I'm afraid ... such is life)and then I had a stroke/hospital/longueurs sort of thing in April. And now I have an excuse, finally, for being forgetful / slow / stupid / whatever. In the meantime, though, I have been playing a bit with my powerful friend Seamie O'Dowd (check him out in his various guises on YouTube) and our Australian friend Aminah Hughes. I am forbidden by God to blow that particular horn, but, my, if you do like that sort of thing, the three of us can be seen at the Longford Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival this weekend, Sunday, Sept 25.

I am also blessed with a repeat of sorts with another Sligo guitar-hero (and friend of Seamie's, of course), Gerry Grennan, on Friday Sept. 20 at The Source restaurant in Sligo (part of their Oktoberfest), where we will be doing a duo-thingy from 20:30 to 22:30. I'm even staying the night in Sligo, so if any friends or fans want to chat to me -- THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!

Good luck, and see you in Longford or Sligo. Or wherever ...

The most significant outcome of the existence of this website was that it came into the purview of Dr. Marlena Zimna of the Vladimir Vysotsky Museum in Koszalin, Poland ... who promptly understood the necessity of translating the late, great Russian poet/actor/songwriter (died 1980) into something more accessible than anything done to date, essentially by virtue of translating not just the lyrics to his songs bt the music as well, owing to a peculiar facet of Russian folkmusic that makes it unlikely to be understood properly by the Anglophone ear. She promptly invited me to deposit a range of my translations of his songs in her museum; then broadened the invitation to include a live appearance and lecture at the annual festival in his honor at the museum

I wouldn't have dreamed of undertaking any project like this if I weren't both a songwriter and a translator of Russian literature. I had been counting on a more general interest in the project, once I had actually concluded the translating and recording of one of the songs ... but this was not to be, here in my adopted country of Ireland. So I just left the one song as a curiosity here on my website (Clamberine, in fact -- new recording to go up shortly!}. I am due to fly to Poland on January 29th, and will be back and reporting and probably posting my other versions of his songs by Feb. 3rd. More then!

News, news ... is it really news? Well, probably.

The Radisson Thursday night session is no more, and actually finished on January 1st of this year. The usual excuse: credit crunch, business slowdown. Just as well, I suppose. The gang (George, Alison, Joe, Isabel, etc., etc.) gave a farewell concert at The Cherrytree in June; we are officially no more, never to bet met in this life, etc.

IN THE MEANTIME, I have dropped my longstanding association with Headline Agency, to put in its place the agency of three wonderful women in Longford, collectively known as ROUGH DIAMOND PROMOTIONS (see CONTACTS), who will be doing their utmost to connect me to people who might want to hear what I do, usually (if possible) with the accompaniment of the fantastic and famous Sligo musician, Seamie O'Dowd, who has been a friend and acquaintance since I moved to Sligo and Ireland in 1971. He has since been famous for ongoing band service with the likes of Dervish, Mairtin O'Connor, The Unwanted, etc., etc.

If you have any questions, please email me.

Thom

Время от времени, получаются в моем Guestbook неожиданные сообщения на русском. До сих пор ничего от настоящего корриспондента, к сожалению –– но, конечно мир большой ... Новый мой проект: перевод Высоцкого на английский. И вот, в чем дело: для нерусских, приходится по моему перевести не только слова, а также музыку: минорная тональность просто не понятна большинству американцам и подобным англоговорящим. Сейчас послушайте пример: песня Clamberine является таким переводом, т.е. слов И музыки. Приветствую любую комментарию...