{"id":2694,"date":"2014-03-17T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:59:54","slug":"cxcw-highlights-the-irish-showcase-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/03\/17\/cxcw-highlights-the-irish-showcase-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"CXCW Highlights: The Irish Showcase 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot think of a better way to observe St. Patrick&#8217;s Day then cutting myself a slice of soda bread, making a large cup of tea, putting my feet up, and settling in with the CXCW&#8217;s second annual Irish Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the whole thing <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/?s=irish+showcase&#038;x=0&#038;y=0\">here<\/a>; below are a few videos to give you a taste of the excellence to be had:<\/p>\n<p>First, the incomparable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyfitz.com\/the-western\">Tony Fitz<\/a>, producer and front of house manager for Homebeat, <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-tony-fitz-the-murder\/\">who organized the first seven videos in the showcase<\/a>, with <i>The Murder<\/i>, the first track from his upcoming record. Joining him are Gr\u00c3\u00a1inne Hunt and members of Red Sail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Tony Fitz | The Murder (CXCW 2014)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Mhi6xKTPbKo\"><div id=\"lyte_Mhi6xKTPbKo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Mhi6xKTPbKo\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Tony Fitz | The Murder (CXCW 2014)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Mhi6xKTPbKo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Mhi6xKTPbKo\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Fitz | The Murder (CXCW 2014)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if there&#8217;s a CXCW record for &#8220;Most Dogs Per Video&#8221; but if not, <a href=\"http:\/\/carriages.bandcamp.com\/\">Carriages<\/a> may have set one, with four, count them, FOUR happily wagging tails in this video for <i>Pale Face<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-carriages-pale-face\/\">which they wrote special for CXCW<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Carriages | Pale Face (CXCW 2014)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HVhv1DsQ7Qs\"><div id=\"lyte_HVhv1DsQ7Qs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HVhv1DsQ7Qs\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Carriages | Pale Face (CXCW 2014)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/HVhv1DsQ7Qs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HVhv1DsQ7Qs\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Carriages | Pale Face (CXCW 2014)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>R\u00c3\u00b3n\u00c3\u00a1n \u00c3\u201c Snodaigh of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kila.ie\/\">K\u00c3\u00adla<\/a> and Kristina Aspeqvist, director of the Stockholm Vodou Orchestra <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-ronan-o-snodaigh-kristina-aspeqvist-cara-liom\/\">met ten minutes before this video was recorded<\/a>. The song is called <i>Cara Liom<\/i>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"R&oacute;n&aacute;n &Oacute; Snodaigh &amp;amp; Kristina Aspeqvist | Cara Liom (CXCW 2014)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_7neBcxqYjfk\"><div id=\"lyte_7neBcxqYjfk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7neBcxqYjfk\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Snodaigh &amp; Kristina Aspeqvist | Cara Liom (CXCW 2014)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/7neBcxqYjfk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7neBcxqYjfk\/0.jpg\" alt=\"R&oacute;n&aacute;n &Oacute; Snodaigh &amp;amp; Kristina Aspeqvist | Cara Liom (CXCW 2014)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sleepthieves.net\/\">Sleep Thieves<\/a>, of Dublin, met on Twitter and <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-sleep-thieves-french-kiss\/\">bonded over synths and movie soundtracks<\/a>. Here they are with <i>French Kiss<\/i> from their upcoming album <i>You Want The Night<\/i>, coming soon from Minty Fresh Records:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Sleep Thieves | French Kiss (CXCW 2014)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_1upiKQOc8pI\"><div id=\"lyte_1upiKQOc8pI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1upiKQOc8pI\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Sleep Thieves | French Kiss (CXCW 2014)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/1upiKQOc8pI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1upiKQOc8pI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Sleep Thieves | French Kiss (CXCW 2014)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>These next two videos are not Tony Fitz productions, but they are still great stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-willow-sea-dying-starts\/\">Representing the West<\/a>: Willow Sea (Will O&#8217;Connor), from Galway, with instrumental-in-progress <i>Dying Starts<\/i>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Dying Stars, Instrumental in progress\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_I3DXbuDTy2g\"><div id=\"lyte_I3DXbuDTy2g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/I3DXbuDTy2g\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Dying Stars, Instrumental in progress<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/I3DXbuDTy2g\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/I3DXbuDTy2g\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Dying Stars, Instrumental in progress\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>And finally, last but never least, CXCW&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-rowena-cairns-you-could-break-my-heart\/\">first participant from Northern Ireland<\/a>, songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rowsays\">Rowena Cairns<\/a> with <i>You Could Break My Heart<\/i><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/DnRbDnqhFV4 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot think of a better way to observe St. Patrick&#8217;s Day then cutting myself a slice of soda bread, making a large cup of tea, putting my feet up, and settling in with the CXCW&#8217;s second annual Irish Showcase. 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