Singer-songwriter, poet and storyteller Donovan discusses his early years growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, and at the tender age of ten moved to England where he took with him and the Irish and Scottish ballads he had learned as a child. He talks of receiving the ‘Honorary Cork People’ award with his wife Linda. The funny story of how he was christened with the name ‘Donovan’ (from an old western movie!)
Donovan said, “There was a revolution going on in the sixties but the main thing was Transcendental Meditation was reintroduced to the world and how he and The Beatles brought that to millions of people. He added “It’s a lifetime responsibility to introduce the gaelic tradition of poetry, music and theatre and radical thought”
Donovan’s repertoire included such classics as Catch the Wind, Sunshine Superman, Jennifer Juniper, Colours, The Hurdy Gurdy Man, Mellow Yellow, Season of the Witch to name but a few.
Recorded at the Sea Church, Music Venue, Ballycotton, County Cork, on Sunday 1st May 2022.
10 сен 2024
