![]() ![]() Taking part in the unique festival is something Murdoch considers to be a creative highlight. "It's really nice to come to this and feel like it's kind of seamless, in a strange way. "The way that it is put together, the kind of community that comes together, feels very much like something that I wish I had found sooner," he explains. There is no fear of judgement and everyone involved is there for the pure and simple reason that they want to and love to create. This week's festival marks the first time he will see many of his friends and past collaborators since SFSH 2019.Īs someone who strays more towards working and writing music alone, SFSH offers a particular opportunity to work with others in - as the very name suggests - a safe space. Ready for his third Sounds from a Safe Harbour, his last visit to Cork came just months before the covid-19 pandemic shut everything down. Murdoch received a lovely welcome on his return to Cork. "I feel like it has actually given me some kind of weird sense of grounding that maybe I would have had a harder time bringing with me otherwise." ![]() The festival has yet to begin but the Grammy-nominated musician is already feeling the benefit of his 10-day solo voyage compared to if he had trekked through a busy airport and just landed in the middle of Cork city. So, to see how I could maybe, in a strange way, reconcile those two very disparate sort of concepts." "But at the same time, I also crave community. "The juxtaposition of that really isolated state and solitude which I tend to explore a lot anyway as a musician and crave a lot. "I was curious about what that would be like," he said, "in terms of exploring that state that you can get into when you're at sea on your own and trying to bring that with me as much as I could to this festival which is a very communal experience. "But that's part of the thing for me is that she's traditional."Ī long voyage like this is not something Murdoch is entirely used to but he said the choice was very intentional. "She's a beautiful girl," says Murdoch, admitting that she may not be as comfortable as more modern boats. MACARIA is a traditional wooden Scottish-built Gaff Yawl that was built in Tarbert on Lough Fyne, Argyll in 1922, he tells me.Ī passing ship snapped this photo of Alexi Murdoch crossing from Scotland to Northern Ireland through some rough seas in the North Channel ![]()
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