Alright, I love this country so far but I have one complaint. The radio sucks. You get 3 choices. 1. American Country (no thank you) 2. Politics (sometimes is Gaelic though!) and 3. American Pop
No lie. In fact, American Pop is played EEVVVEERRRYYYWHHHHEEERRREEE. What do I mean by that. Literally everywhere you go there is Ameripop. Going to the bank? Be prepared to jam out to Kanye. Going to a castle gift shop? Kessha. Going to the bar? Eric Clapton. Headed to the Hotel Lobby? T-Pain.
It's quite amazing that places that would never play pop in America (banks?) play it here. It's also noted that there is no Rock. You get pop from the 80's, 90's, and 2000's, but no rock at all.
So I've been in search of Irish music for 3 days. Yesterday I even bought an Irish CD Set that's supposed to have song and instrumental stuff but it sucks and is bland. Tonight though, we FINALLY got a taste of the good stuff. We went to a show here in Cashel that was like a mini-riverdance! There was song, dance, solo singing. I'll have to blog about it later and post some audio, but they blew me away. (especially the Harp player, good god that was awesome)
I've also been in search of a Good Quality Celtic ring. Most of the ones that I see in America are made out of some super cheap metal that can be bent if you sqeeze it hard enough in your fingers. So today in KilKenny we went to about 4 Jewlery shops until finally I found one!!!! It just fits on my Index finger on my right hand which is downright amazing. My fingers are SUPERWIDE after all the marimba playing I've done and I'm Super lucky I've found something that fits!!! Why Index finger? Well shaking hands with someone with rings on your right hand can be downright painful if it's on your right ring finger. Pic to come.
-C
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