‘Guth’, a new six-part series examining the impact of the Irish diaspora on popular music in the US and UK, begins tonight, Thursday 26th September, at 9.30pm on TG4.
’Guth’ takes some of the biggest musical icon – Bing Crosby, John Lydon, Morrissey and Marr, Dusty Springfield, John Lennon, or the Gallagher Brothers among them – and examines the role their Irish heritage played in their lives and careers. In turn, the impact they had here will be discussed.
Series producer Bríd Seoighe (‘Garraí Glas’) of Abú Media told IFTN,” 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.” “
The series was filmed in Ireland, the UK and the US and was shot by Colm Hogan (‘Bóthar Go Dtí an White House’).
“The revolutions in popular music come from the margins of society among the poor, the migrant, the rootless”,director Dathaí Keane (‘1916: Seachtar Na Cásca’) told IFTN.
The series is produced by Abú Media with funding from TG4 and BAI and will be broadcast over the next six weeks on TG4.
‘Guth’ begins tonight, Thursday 26th September, at 9.30pm on TG4, with a look at the life and career of Bing Crosby.
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