A review of Eddi Reader’s reissued album ‘The Songs of Robert Burns: Deluxe Edition’, from the February 2009 issue of Q magazine. This re-packaged album brings together the original album with seven new songs and features her version of ‘Wild Mountainside’, a song written by John Douglas.
Q Magazine / February 2009
Filed under: Press | Tags: Press, Rabbie Burns, Scottish Comedy, Trashcan Sinatras
‘No Holds Bard’ was a 60-minute comedy aired on BBC Scotland for the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns It was a kind of mocumentary which followed the lives of five people as they prepared to vie for the 2009 Cup O’Kindness – the trophy awarded to the champion in Burns recital.
Now I’m taking a flyer on this one and if I’m wrong, someone please correct me.
As the credits roll, a snippet of new song ‘I Hung My Harp Upon The Willows’ plays. The song may be written about Richard Brown, a friend of Burns. Brown was born in Irvine, where Burns met him in the autumn of 1781 and they became fast friends, so far as women and poetry were concerned.
This would explain its use in the programme – I hope!
Below is a press cutting review from Scotland’s Daily Record and also a video still from the programme credits.
Quick update:
This wee story may well be the inspiration for the song.
25 January 2009 – No Holds Bard – BBC Scotland
Filed under: Press | Tags: Les Inrockuptibles, Magazine, Press, Trashcan Sinatras
Issue No.59 of Les Inrockuptibles includes a 3-page interview with TCS to promote ‘A Happy Pocket’.
Les Inrockuptibles is a French art criticism magazine. The magazine was instrumental in popularising indie rock music with bands such as The Smiths and The House of Love. They produced several tribute records, including the influential ‘I’m Your Fan’ to Leonard Cohen in 1991 and ‘The Smiths Is Dead’ in 1996.
I’m no use at French but the big intro paragraph (see pic below) goes along the lines of…
“Lost in their dark corner of Scotland, the Trash Can Sinatras never had the occasion to shine otherwise than on their discs…”
I couldn’t have put it better myself.
29 May – 4 June 1996 Issue 59 Les Inrockuptibles
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 