Guth: Sons Ceoil an Diaspóra na hÉireann

GUTH - Sons Ceoil an Diaspóra na hÉireann


Guth an focal gaelach do Guth agus is é an teideal le cuma an-spreagúil agus insigtful ag an ról 6 príomhphearsana le ahd bhunadh na hÉireann ar cheol tóir síos tríd na blianta.

Sraith nua a fhiosraíonn an tionchar a d’imir a n-oidhreacht Éireannach ar chuid de na réaltaí ceoil is mó san aois seo caite sa mBreatain agus sna Stáit Aontaithe - Bing Crosby, Dusty Springfield, John Lennon, Johnnie (“Rotten”) Lydon, Morrissey agus na deartháireacha Gallagher (Oasis).

Cé gur beag a thug a sinsir leo as Éirinn, is cinnte gur thugadar an ceol leo agus deir na saineolaithe go bhfágann an ceol a rian ar feadh na nglún. Is dóigh mar sin nach comhtharlú é gur de shliocht Éireannach go leor de na ceannródaithe ceoil seo, bíodh is gur i stíleanna difriúla a tháinig na hoirfidigh seo i mbláth

Scrúdaíonn an tsraith seo an timpeallacht inar bhláthaigh an ceol i measc na ndeoraithe Gaelacha agus an rian a d’fhág sin ar a gclann agus ar chlann a gclainne. Aithneoidh tú na hamhránaithe ach beidh iontas ort gur de bhunadh na hÉireann a sinsir, b’fhéidir.

Bríd Seoigh a léirigh agus Dathaí Keane a stiúraigh. Fuair an togra seo maoiniú ón scéim Fuaim agus Fís de chuid Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann.

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GUTH - Musical Sons of the Irish Diaspora

Guth is the gaelic word for Voice and is the title of a very exciting and insigtful look at the role 6 key personalities with Irish descent ahd on popular music down through the years.


A new and revealing six-part documentary series that tells the story of modern pop music and how the sons and daughters of Irish emigrants have changed the face of popular music.

What impact, if any, did their Irish blood have on singers like Bing Crosby, John Lydon,
Morrissey and Marr, Dusty Springfield, John Lennon, or the Gallagher Brothers? And what impact did their music have on Ireland?

It is often said that the emigrants that sailed from this country travelled with nothing but the clothes on their backs, but they also carried with them something more intangible: they carried stories and songs of home in their hearts. These emigrants made their way to London and Liverpool, Boston and New York where they established roots and communities.

The series examines the environments and influences that shaped the musical heritage and creativity of the emigrant Irish and their offspring. Through a combination of interviews with the musicians themselves and archive footage both of their work and emigrant life GUTH crafts a story that is part social history, part music documentary and breaks new ground in analysing the impact of the Irish diaspora.
(Source: Abumedia/TG4)