大象传媒

Marty Cullen continues his song-filled odyssey around Ulster to the land where changelings prance in the valley's paw and the highways are ruled by the bold outlaw - County Down. No people are as modest in their adoration of the beauty of their homeland than the hill folk and mountain dwellers of the land that prides the northern peaks. With the waves bashing at their feet and green spires filling their skyline, it is no surprise that their songs rejoice in the adoration of their place.

Traditional songs breathe life in the physical world. Songs were written for walking to work. Songs were written to plough the fields, milk the cows or to weave at the loom. Songs were written to mourn the losses of a community and to help struggle against life's foul misfortunes. Although they were written to be sung unaccompanied, they were never written to be alone. Be it the birds in the bushes. Be it the factory's bell. Be it the rain bashing off a winter's window, the songs were not accompanied by strings, but by life.

From Lough Neah's shore to Dromore's red bogs, the singers in this series step outside the studio and sing to their hearts' content in a spot that bellows fire to their song. Let's hear music naturally in the world, instead of mixed in a vacuum.