Video: Busindre Reel from Hevia @ Castlefest

Posted on Thursday August 9th, 2018 by David Myles

Imagine yourself in a completely different world at Castlefest world music festival

The Fantasy festival of light in the Netherlands. A fest for young and old, where, as soon as you enter the gates, you find yourself in the Other World. Castlefest is a total experience with lots of music, fantasy writers, themed catering, medieval crafts and a large market which offers everything a fantasy fan is looking for.

Castlefest characterizes itself by a unique ambiance. This makes that regular visitors are looking forward to the next edition a year in advance. It creates a feeling where you find yourself in a completely different world, causing a daze and homesickness for weeks after the event took place.

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Video: Playing with fire! – Rapalje Show #52

Posted on Sunday August 5th, 2018 by David Myles

I’m going to play with fire!

On this helmet from David

On our torches

And maybe even on the bagpipes from David

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Video: How to make clean water & Sing a song with my Gitouki – Rapalje Show #51

Posted on Sunday July 29th, 2018 by David Myles

This episode is all about cleaning water!

From all materials you can find at home. From whatever water source you can find into clear water.

First gonna filter it then going to boil it. Then I’m going to make a cup of tea of it.

And like I promised, I play you a song on the just repaired Gitouki for you in the end of this livestream..

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Video: Bodypaint dancers at Zomerfolk – Celtic Music – Butterfly – Kid on the Mountain

Posted on Wednesday July 25th, 2018 by David Myles

The 6th edition of the Rapalje Zomerfolk Festival was fantastic!

Thanks to everyone who made this possible like our wonderful volunteers, exhibitors, caterers, artists, family, friends and of course you, our visitors. We’d love to see everyone back on June 15th & 16th 2019!

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Video: Rapalje Zomerfolk Festival tour and losing it.. – Rapalje Show #50

Posted on Sunday July 22nd, 2018 by David Myles

This is the 50th Rapalje Show

We’re going to talk about Zomerfolk because I did a lot of live streams on Facebook where I was showing you the build up of the Rapalje Zomerfolk Festival in Stadspark, Groingen

With Franca, Dieb and William on the electric scooter around on the celtic music festival..

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Video: The Encore at Castlefest – Loch Lomond – Kweenie Set – Flatlands

Posted on Wednesday July 18th, 2018 by David Myles

Imagine yourself in a completely different world at Castlefest world music festival

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Video: An accident at Na Fir Bolg festival – Rapaje Show #49

Posted on Sunday July 15th, 2018 by David Myles

We had an accident at a the na fir bolg festival with one of our instruments

We will record the first new Rapalje Show and while I’m doing that I also will repair
this instrument because something went wrong

I shot some video at a festival in Belgium called Na Fir Bolg..

ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH OUR INSTRUMENTS
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Video: “Heart of Steel” Our, for now at least, last video in this series!

Posted on Sunday July 8th, 2018 by David Myles

Oh no! We have come to our, for now at least, last video in this series!

But don’t feel sad; you can rewatch all videos as often as you want.

And of course we are ending this series with one of our, and I hope one of your, favorite songs: ‘Heart of Steel’. Enjoy!

Yours, Dieb

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Video: In de stad Amsterdam – Translated from French to Dutch

Posted on Wednesday July 4th, 2018 by David Myles

“Amsterdam” is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam.

Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his only version was released on the live album Enregistrement Public à l’Olympia 1964. Despite this, it has been one of his most enduringly popular works.It was one of the songs Mort Shuman translated into English for the musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

Brel worked on the song at his house overlooking the Mediterranean at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the house he shared with Sylvie Rivet, a publicist for Philips; a place she had introduced him to in 1960. “It was the ideal place for him to create, and to indulge his passion for boats and planes. One morning at six o’clock he read the words of Amsterdam to Fernand, a restaurateur who was about to set off fishing for scorpion fish and conger eels for the bouillabaisse. Overcome, Fernand broke out in sobs and cut open some sea urchins to help control his emotion.

Originally the song was situated in Antwerp, but moved to Amsterdam as ‘Dans le port D’Anvers’ does not fit the meter. Noteworthy is that in modern Amsterdam there is still a port, but owing to widespread automation and decline in crew sizes, there are far fewer sailors on shore leave.

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Video: “The Stride” at Dieb’s home

Posted on Sunday July 1st, 2018 by David Myles

Today we play ‘The Stride’ for you.

This is one of my favorite pieces, because I can play my violin really wild.

Have fun!

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