Songs
- 1 When in New York feat Joe Cooley
- 2 Recollections on O'Riada feat Paddy Moloney
- 3 Famine feat Danny Meehan
- 4 Fulham Broadway feat Christy Moore
- 5 Lilting feat Christy Moore
- 6 Old Time Musicians feat Joe Cooley
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Videos
A short introduction to Gerry Diver's intriguing Speech Project
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- country:United Kingdom
- region:Northern Europe
- style(s):Irish, Contemporary
- label:not signed
- type:Band, Solo, Composer/Songwriter
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal
- artist posted by:Diver, Gerry
Line up
- Gerry Diver (Fiddle)
Links
WHAT IS SPEECH PROJECT?
Speech Project is an album of new compositions by Gerry Diver featuring exclusive spoken word contributions from Christy Moore, Paddy Moloney, Martin Hayes and Danny Meehan. Archive interviews from Margaret Barry and Joe Cooley also feature in the compositions.
WHY THE TERM 'SPEECH PROJECT'?
The music is derived from the melody and rhythm of the spoken words. Naturally, all spoken words has pitch and rhythm inherent within them. Whilst the music borrows from Irish traditional idioms the album is by no means traditional.
Using Irish trad 'snippets,' Amercian 20th century forms glued together with some of the best known voices in Ireland the music was graciously described by one of the interviewees as 'a kind of folk minimalism on the cutting edge of folk crossover
HOW DID THE PROJECT COME ABOUT?
Whilst listening to a recorded interview of the late great accordion player Joe Cooley, Gerry noticed that the voice sounded like it was in the key of B flat minor and there also seemed to be a slip jig rhythm to Joe's voice. Gerry put the interview into his apple mac and teased out the faint 'pitch' tones and rhythms in Joe's voice ...these musical hues formed the basis for two new pieces;' When in New York' and 'Old Time Musicians.'
Upon hearing these two pieces Christy Moore immediately agreed to collaborate on the project inviting Gerry over to Dublin where Gerry spent some time interviewing Christy at his home, with the agreement that whatever was captured would be turned into a musical composition. Three new pieces resulted from that visit.
Again on hearing Gerry's work, Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) agreed to participate in the project and another Dublin visit ensued. Paddy talked in great length about his life in music. Part of Paddy's recollections with regards to meeting Irish composer Sean O'Riada and the formation of the Chieftains particularly grabbed Gerry and two new musical pieces were born based on Paddy's recollections.
Subsequent get togethers and interviews with legendary fiddler's Martin Hayes and Danny Meehan have given birth to more tracks.
Archive recordings of Margaret Barry and various others also feature on the album.
Gerry Diver Contact Details:
Gerry Diver
Telephone: +44 7956 502251
Email: gdiver@me.com
Website: www.speechproject.net
http://www.speechproject.net/