New Video for "Donegal", in Honour of Vimy Ridge Day

We are happy to release this new video for our song 'Donegal' today, on the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. We remember the grit, fear, bravery, devastation and heart of our Canadian men and boys today who took that ridge by storm.

The lyrics that make up this song were borrowed from two poems by the great Irish war poet, Patrick MacGill. The bulk of the text is from his poem "A Lament From the Trenches" with a few lines from "The Star-Shell". MacGill's ability to convey the firsthand viscerality of trench combat while capturing the imagery and emotion in profound new ways made him one of the greatest poets to come out of WW1. We were truly inspired by his writing and lines of his can be found throughout our album, 'Trench Songs'.

This video comes from the film 'Ridge', written by our own Brendan McLeod, directed by Mike Southworth, shot by Byron Kopman and team and produced by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. 

(Stream 'Ridge' here: https://chancentre.com/events/ridge/ )