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Musician: Roy Arbuckle
Location: N.Ireland
Instruments: Voice / rhythm guitar / bodhran
Music: Irish folk / Scottish folk / African folk
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSIC听听听听听听听听听听WHERE I PLAY听听听听听听听听听听A FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 听听Listen (3.02) to 'A Northern Man', performed by Roy Arbuckle and his group, Different Drums from the album, New Day Dawning (Red Branch Records, Londonderry, 2001)
听听Listen (3.37) to Roy Arbuckle talk about his music
A favourite song:
A song called ' A Northern Man,' which is on our first CD, best represents what the band is about. It's written by a friend of mine, Peter O'Hanlon who is from the Catholic/Nationalist tradition. I'm from the Protestant/Unionist tradition. Although these labels don't fit everyone, especially musicians, you are forced to put yourself into one of these tribes.
In the song, Peter had the idea of a Northern man being more important than being Catholic or Protestant or socialist or conservative or whatever. Living on the border between Northern Ireland/the UK and the Republic of Ireland is a challenging place to be. We are always challenged about who we are, what we are and what we believe.
The song goes; "I have always tried to form my thoughts freely/Free to decide that decisions must be made/And I'll change my mind if it's a lesson for me/I don't know how I'd learn if change left me afraid."
Societies are bound to go through change but it's the artists that pick up these changes first from wherever they come - the ether! Then they filter them through their own mindsets so it comes out in their work.
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