"All songs are living ghosts, and long for a living voice."- Frank Harte
The name "Banshanachie" means "the woman storyteller", and in this case the Banshanachie is Sarah Underhill, a Hudson Valley singer , songwriter and song collector who learned to sing on her Mother's knee and has been amassing a folk repertoire ever since. Former second mate/engineer on the Hudson River Sloop "Clearwater" [circa 1979], she was a mainstay of the Hudson River Sloop Singers throughout the 80's and 90's, and has worked with the People's Music Network/Songs For Freedom & Struggle since 1990. Her unaccompanied ballad singing has captivated many an audience, and her many talented musician friends complement the songs with an intricate blend of Celtic guitar, fiddle, banjo, accordion, flute and drum.
"Those in power write the histories. Those who suffer write the songs."- Frank Harte
Sarah Underhill
Ian Worpole
Banshanachie & Friends
Music in the Celtic/Folk Tradition
Based in the Hudson Valley, New York State, USA
Calendar:
Appearing monthly with Ian Worpole 4th Sundays 4-7 at the Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale NY www.rosendalecafe.com Next date: 5/25/08
Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, June 21 & 22, Croton NY. Appearing at the Circle of Song. www.clearwater.org
Beacon Sloop Club Corn Festival, Sunday August 10 1-5 pm, Beacon Waterfront Park, Beacon NY
"Sarah Underhill & Ian Worpole host a traditonal Session and fellow Irish musicians are cordially invited to bring instruments and sit in. Sarah is an acclaimed Hudson Valley singer, and Ian and friends join her to provide a warm three hours of music. The audience is attentive and appreciative and the sound is modestly amplified.
'These guys transport you to a pub in Dublin where you relish the company of your neighbors and the spirit of the music and ale as well'- Cafe Guide"
- description from Rosendale Cafe website
Performed at the Pinewoods Folk Club, NYC, Fri. November 30 , 2007. www.folkmusicny.org
PR blurb for above concert:
"Sarah Underhill is a resident of Kerhonkson, a small town in Ulster County, New York. She is known throughout the region as "Banshanachie", Gaelic for "Woman Bard", because of her vast repertoire of traditional songs from Scotland, Ireland, and Northern England. Sarah augments these with songs from the Hudson Valley and elsewhere in North America, as well as with contemporary songs composed in traditional style by writers such as Sandy Denny and Archie Fisher. Don't be surprised if she even performs a song or two she has written herself. Long active with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Sarah has appeared many times at the Clearwater's annual Hudson River Revival Festival. This will be her first concert for the Folk Music Society of New York. Ian Worpole of Woodstock, NY , will provide vocal and guitar accompaniment."
Contact at: underhval@hvi.net
3 CD Recordings:
"Chimaera"
Recorded 2004 at LedgeRock Studios, Rhinecliff NY
Playlist:
1. Sweet Rosemary/Sandy Denny
2. The Hedge School/Sarah Underhill
3. Dark-Eyed Molly/ Archie Fisher
4.Witch of the Westmoreland/Archie Fisher
5.Berries in the Hedge/Sarah Underhill
6.Beeswing/Richard Thompson
7. Banks of the Nile/Trad.
8.Blackwaterside/Trad.
9.Silkie of Sule Skerry/Trad.
10.Hole in the Ground/Sarah Underhill
11.Grandfather's Trees/Sarah Underhill
12.Claudy Banks/Trad.
13.Dark's Lullaby/Trad.
14.The Good in Living/Steve Sellors
15.Wexford Lullaby/Trad.
"Sarabande: Celtic Wedding Double Album"
Recorded live August 1998. MIxed and edited by Hans Ten Broeke at Red Cottage Recording
Playlist:
Disc 1
1.Far Away in Australia
2.Flower of Sweet Strabane
3.Lark in the Morning
4.Bonnie Labouring Boy
5.Blackberry Blossom
6. Fiddle Tunes
7.When I Was a Fair Maid
8.Green Rocky Road
9.Wedding Dress
10.Pride of Glencoe
11.Tunes
12. P Stands For Paddy
13.Roseville Fair/ Bill Staines
14.Children of Darkness/Richard Farina
15.Give Yourself to Love/Kate Wolf
Disc 2
1.Flute Riffs I
2.Flute Riffs II
3.Mary & the Soldier
4.Mingalay Boat Song/Hugh Roberton
5.Water is Wide
6.Mairi's Wedding
7. Earl of Talhousie's Happy Return to Scotland
8.Tunes
9.Tunes
10.Wild Mountain Thyme
11.Queen Among the Heather
12.Morning Star/Dan Einbender
13.Star of the County Down
14.Witch of the Westmoreland/Archie Fisher
15. She Moved Through the Fair
16. I'll Tell Me Ma
"Sarah's Rambles"
Fifteen A Capella tracks recorded by Hans Ten Brooke/Red Cottage Recordings
1.It's With Kitty I'll Go For a Ramble
2.Lay Down Your Weary Tune/Bob Dylan
3.Cool of the Day/Jeanne Ritchie
4.Emigrant's Farewell
5.First of My Rambles
6.Kerry Hills
7.Ploughboy
8.Pro-Choice Song/Sarah Underhill
9.Recruited Collier
10.Road to Clady
11.Sweet Bann Water
12.Water Prayer [Hole in the Ground] /Sarah Underhill
13.Wee Lass on the Brae
14.Whistling Thief [incomplete]
15.Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure
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Notes on Sarah's Songs
CD Recording details
Performance Art with Eeo Stubblefield
Song Lyrics
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