Episode 3 Transatlantic Sessions

TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC PLAYS

Welcome to the Transatlantic Sessions - the best of Nashville, Ireland and Scotland.

A Highland location all to ourselves. It's been called the greatest backporch show ever.

And that's what we're here for.

Y'know, there's this thing where everybody comes but their ego is,

-like, checked at the door.

-Yeah.

Put it on a little hook,

and when you leave, you can decide whether to take it with you,

or leave it there.

This is my first visit to the Highlands here and it's every bit as magical as I've heard.

You have this atmosphere around you of this kind of mysterious, beautiful place,

and I think it gives that extra element of depth to the music, y'know?

# On a pitch-black highway

# Looking for a road

# Sleeping on a stormy bed, honey Who will be your coat

# You came to be my driving wheel

# You came to be my man

# Now you're rolling like a baby boy In the back seat of a van

# Holy waters, holy way

# Holy waters, sweet as fate

# Mississippi and Missouri Where the sun swims with the moon

# Rainbows run through chapel rooms Pourin' honey by the spoon

# I came to bring you watermelon Bring you scented wine

# Now I'm burnin' up in hot breath

# And the river's rollin' out of time

# Holy waters, holy way

# Holy waters, sweetest way

# I listen to a seashell Out on a purple shore

# I heard a song so wild and sweet It moved me to the core

# So while the road is dancing You let your love know how

# Move it like the ocean And the waves from here to now

# Holy waters, holy way

# Holy waters, sweetest way

# Holy waters, holy way

# Holy waters, sweetest way

A CAPPELLA: # Holy waters, holy way

# Holy waters, sweetest way

# Holy waters, holy way

# Holy waters

# Sweetest...

# way. #

I've always had that ear across the Atlantic, so to speak,

to, erm, the bluegrass and old time music. The Americans have a lovely -

especially the old time players -

they've just got a great groove in the music

and I suppose you get it through experience.

And for us to sit down and spend hours with them,

is really important, and just to get it in the pocket, as they say.

# As time draws near, my deariest dear

# When you and I must part

# But little you know Of the griefs and all

# Of my poor aching heart

# Each night I suffer for your sake You're the girl I love so dear

# I wish that I was going with you Or you was staying here

# The blackest crow that ever flew Will surely turn to white

# If ever I prove false to you Bright day be turned to night

# Bright day be turned to night My love, the elements will mourn

# If ever I prove false to you The seas will rage and burn.

# And when you're on some distant shore

# Think of your absent friend

# And when the wind blows high and clear

# A light to me present

# And when the wind blows high and clear

# Then send your love to me

# That I might know By your handwrite

# How time has gone with thee. #

HE SINGS A FEW NOTES

You almost telegraph the stuff!

Everybody arranges things in different ways and has a different dynamic...

HE SCATS

It just takes a little while to jump on board another person's trip, y'know?

# Ooh, la, la, la, la

# Yeah-yeah

# It's like I see you For the very first time

# There's something's happening In this mixed-up heart of mine

# Used to be I'd look at you

# The only colour I could see Was blue on blue

# But heaven lent a helping hand

# Now each day I watch you open like a fan

# Shades I never knew were part of you

# Now they're all around me I can't take my eyes off you

-# Rainbow

-Ooh, la, la

-# You are like a rainbow

-Ooh, la, la

-# I can feel my love grow

-Ooh, la, la

# Underneath your rainbow

-# Blue heart

-Ooh, la, la

-# Time to make a new start

-Ooh, la, la

-# I'm about to overflow

-Ooh, la, la

# Underneath your rainbow

# La, la, la, la

# Ooh, la, la, la >

# Ooh, la, la

# Ooh, la, la

# I've been living with a worried mind

# One the little people wouldn't ever find

# The magic I've been used to

# Been all over No place left to go

# Now I know why love is best

# Can see the magic needs A little time to rest

# Heaven opened up my eyes

# And each day I look at you Brings a new surprise

-# Rainbow

-Ooh, la, la

-# You are like a rainbow

-Ooh, la, la

-# I can feel my love grow

-Ooh, la, la

# Underneath your rainbow

-# Blue heart

-Ooh, la, la

-# Time to make a new start

-Ooh, la, la

-# I'm about to overflow

-Ooh, la, la

# Now I see your rainbow

# Ha, ha, ha, ha

# Ay, ay, ay, ay

# Ooh, la, la, la... #

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

# Ooh, la, la

# Ooh, la, la

-# Ooh, la, la

-La, la, la

# Ooh, la, la

# Ooh, la, la

# Ooh, la, la

# Ooh, la, la

# Oh, rainbow. #

LAUGHTER

< Well! Do you know the words yet?

We're used to working with each other and we know the formula

for what makes Celtic music work. But with the Americans coming in

and giving a very different feel and mood to how we would treat a Gaelic song

and that's all part of what makes the music interesting and exciting.

# Is briste mo chroi

# Is uaigneach mo shli

# Is mo stoirin in a lui is me craite

# 'S e deireadh mo shaol Mo chailin beag rua

# Sinte i gCrucan na bPaiste

# Ni fheicfidh si aris An drucht ar an bhfear

# No an sneachta i ngleannta

# Mhaamtrasna

# Gan ghrian ar a h-aghaidh

# Gan ceol binn na n-ean

# Ach an chre fuar I gCrucan na bPaiste

# In ainm an Athair Is in ainm an Mhic

# Is a Mhaithrin ata lan de ghrasta

# In ainm an Spioraid Naomh Na fag me beo

# Is mo mhainlin i gCrucan bPaiste

# Is buartha na sleibhte

# Is ta mairg ar an Mask

# Is olc mise gan i bheith sabhailte

# Is an fhad a bheas me beo Ni sheasfaidh me ar fhod

# Na hEireann No i gCrucan na bPaiste. #

# In ainm an Athair Is in ainm an Mhic

# Is a Mhaithrin ata lan de ghrasta

# In ainm an Spioraid Naomh Na fag me beo

# Is mo mhainlin i gCrucan bPaiste

# Is mo mhainlin i gCrucan bPaiste. #

I came here with the idea that a bunch of the great musicians from both sides of the ocean

are gonna play music together and a lot of special things are gonna happen that don't happen every day.

In fact every year or maybe every decade,

it's not often I get to hang out with Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain in the same day.

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