I was looking for a video to give a feel for the atmosphere surrounding the Edinburgh Festival and came across this fantastic clip from lurkyblix of Clann an Drumma at last year's festival, giving an open air performance just off Princes Street. Absolutely awesome sound. The video comes complete with a lady who is so engrossed in the music that she parks herself straight in front of the camera, and a nice little shot of a youngster dancing in the street.
Apparently the band split and four of them formed a new group called Albannach, with two new percussionists. They are phenomenal and I will be posting a video of them on The Sessions.
Scotland's Edinburgh in August is unique and at its centre is the Edinburgh International Festival of classical music, theatre, opera and dance. This year it celebrates its 60th year and runs from the 10 August to 2 September, 2007.
A central theme of the 2007 festival is Renaissance and earlier music, spearheaded by a performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo which itself celebrates 400 years since its first performance, regarded as the birth of Opera.
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