Celtic Folk Music With A Difference!
The craic, pronounced crack, refers to the laughter and banter that goes with having a good night out with friends. If the craic was 90 it means it was exceptionally good and you were having the time of your life!
The phrase became well known from the late sixties onwards because of the song, The Craic was 90 in the Isle of Man..
And I hope you are too. So let me know if you are still into folk, if you’re into folk. Or if you’ve been into folk. Or you don’t want to be into folk. Or you want to be into folk.
“Into Folk” is one of the CDs we made many years ago. Made in the “Archeon” in The Netherlands. We are also going to do a theatre concert Called “Still Into Folk”. With or without Irish dancing.
The CD “Into Folk” Is actually our first Album We’re going to play songs from this CD in our theatre show And we will also play, of coarse, songs from our new upcoming Album.
You also can tell us which song you like from this Album and then tell us that you want to hear it in the theatre show If you want to know which songs are on this CD go to our homepage: rapalje.com. Go to the shop. Go to the CD “Into Folk. You can listen to all the songs for free on our homepage. You don’t have to buy this CD These are the last CDs.
We are selling the CDs and we’re not making new ones. Not from this older “Into Folk” Album So they are available as long as we have supplies
Be easy and free.
And I see you next Tuesday live on Facebook At 20:00 in the evening. CEST.
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It can be played as a waltz, recalling the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
The text of the song gives an account of how Bonnie Prince Charlie, disguised as a serving maid, escaped in a small boat after the defeat of his Jacobite rising of 1745, with the aid of Flora MacDonald. The song draws on the motifs of Jacobitism although it was composed nearly a century and a half after the episode it describes.It is often supposed that it describes Charles’s flight from the mainland, but this is unhistorical. The only time Charles was in Skye was when he left Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides to avoid the increasingly thorough Government searches.
(Wikipedia)
Continue reading “Video: The Skye Boat Song – Outlander Theme Song”
In the end of this video, we of course want to hear a song from William performing on the guitar.
First, talk about Patreon because that’s something that’s really important to get the technic going. Now, I want to talk with you about the way to thank you for being a patron, depending on the money you will spend. We have to think about the goodies. When you spend one dollar a month, of course, you get all your names in the credits, and because it’s every month, there’s a really nice system on Patreon that I can see who was the patron from last month who paid for it and who was there. And it’s very easy for me to make the list and put it on every new CD we make in that month because we’re going to make some CDs.
The one we are giving away for whatever you want to pay for it is almost gone. – Yeah, we’ll make a new one. We need some ideas as a little gift for your donation on Patreon, like a CD with an autogram or a special live stream, but we also had the idea to do a song recorded in the air in a balloon, a special place we think they never will play there.
And we talk about the Cornwall thing.
It means that you are supporting the things we love to do.
We produce 2 videos every week:
The Rapalje Show: Every Sunday we sit down with you and talk about what we are doing for you and show the things you love to see! We play music, Vlog our journeys and respond to your comments..
Music video: Every Wednesday we share the thing we do best, making music! Live shows, New Songs and Tunes, Tracks from our CD’s
Your money will help me make this content: video shooting and editing, mixing and mastering. Your support makes it possible for me to use the gear for the videos: camera’s, gimbles, laptop computer, studio room, lights, etc. and allows me to focus on making great music for YOU!
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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.
Continue reading “Video: Galway Girl – Here’s to You @ Castlefest World Music Festival”
We did a livestream on Facebook last Saturday
Where we thought we would be knighted again. But actually something else happened..
Continue reading “Video: Will we be knighted again? – Rapalje Show 54”
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.
Continue reading “Video: Glen Coe – Johnnie Cope @ Castlefest”
I want to talk with you about Patreon. To help me out to make better video’s. To keep making these videos. And then all my expensive gear doesn’t work because some batteries are not working, because I probably left this switch on Or it’s to warm for batteries today
Welcome to another recording for the Rapalje Show at the livestream for Facebook And here you see all the video material I made in the past view years. As I decided to start to make videos I want to ask you to help us to keep making these videos via Patreon You can be a patron on patreon.com And it really makes it possible to keep doing this. And that’s what I want to talk about To be able to have all this equipment working And to make videos
We take you very serious as a watcher for the videos and listener to our music And we want to keep it that way. We really want you to keep watching at our livestream. At our videos: Two videos a week
Because I’m streaming live on Facebook right now and I edit it later as a Rapalje Show
It really gives me a real boost, a real good feeling about the videos I post on YouTube Because, you being my patron, makes it affordable. You pay for all the gear First all the gear. Maybe at some point, later for all the things I do, for all the efforts I’m putting in Maybe I can even hire somebody to help me out with the videos because at the moment I’m doing this all alone So I really need your help I need your comments I need your things, your saying and writing, on Patreon especially, to keep making good videos I really can not think straight anymore
I’m not really a beer drinker I need to drink some water. I can make my own water right now from the water from my pond You saw that I hope in a livestream
I take my electric scooter And I go find an ice cream
It’s nice that you’re looking at somebody rambling and talking about nothing And you’re still there
I’m now reading comments that really make me blush That’s also the heat, is it? Thank you very much for loving me
I wanted to give you a topic I wanted to talk about something that’s really important to me which is Patreon How it makes better videos And helps me to get all the gear and all the time And all the effort. And all the energy To keep making these livestreams and videos for you And thank you for just sticking around Looking at nothing but me
I just changed the Patreon account from payments for every video You don’t pay for every video Because I’m making a lot of videos anyway But you can pay now For, per month, to keep it easier So, go to our Patreon page The link will be in the description: Patreon.com Find for Rapalje Celtic Folk Music Think about the things we can put on Patreon for paying a certain amount of money And what you pay for is all the gear you see
We need microphones, we need cameras Little 360 degrees camera Gimbals
When you pay one dollar a month your name will be in the videos for the next video I will make Thank you for supporting me
So be easy and free See you next week, thank you very much I will eat and get a very nice ice cream
Continue reading “Video: Trying to talk about Patreon, BUT FAILED! – Rapalje Show #53”
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.
Continue reading “Video: Busindre Reel from Hevia @ Castlefest”