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Folk that Rock - Ceol Roc Ceilteach

Iain Spanish MacKay explores favourite Celtic Rock records. An neach-ci霉il Iain Sp脿inneach MacAoidh a鈥 coinneachadh ri luchd-ci霉il nan cl脿ran Roc Ceilteach as fhe脿rr leis.

Rock musician Iain Spanish MacKay grew up on the Isle of Lewis listening to Celtic Rock. In this documentary, he embarks on a journey to meet some of the musicians behind his favourite records.

In Scotland, he visits Runrig鈥檚 Calum MacDonald, Big Country鈥檚 Bruce Watson, Tide Lines鈥 frontman Robert Robertson, and Simple Minds鈥 Mick MacNeil. Then it's on to Ireland to catch up with Horslips, The Saw Doctors, In Tua Nua and Thin Lizzy鈥檚 original guitarist Eric Bell - who demonstrates how the ultimate Celtic Rock classic 鈥淲hiskey in the Jar鈥 was written.

Dh鈥檉h脿s an neach-ci霉il, Iain Sp脿inneach MacAoidh, suas ann an Eilean Le貌dhais ag 猫isteachd ri Roc Ceilteach, agus san aithriseachd seo tha e a鈥 dol air turas a choinneachadh ri cuid de luchd-ci霉il nan cl脿ran as fhe脿rr leis. Ann an Alba, tha e a鈥 tadhal air Calum D貌mhnallach aig Runrig, Bruce Watson bho Big Country, Robert Robertson, fear-aghaidh Tide Lines, Mick MacNeill aig Simple Minds, agus an uair sin air adhart a dh鈥櫭坕rinn a thadhal air Horslips, The Saw Doctors, In Tua Nua agus tha Eric Bell, an cluicheadair giot脿r t霉sail aig Thin Lizzy, a鈥 taisbeanadh mar a chaidh an fh矛or chlasaig Roc Ceilteach 鈥淲hiskey in the Jar鈥 a sgr矛obhadh.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

58 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Dec 2023 22:00

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Presenter Iain Mackay

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