The Song For The YearRated Parental Guidance ~ Runs 80 minutes
Dir.: Colin Murnane, Ireland, 2008
Pierce Turner, Jim Sheridan
Digital projection.
In 2004-2005 Irish musician Pierce Turner recorded his 7th studio album in Woodstock and embarked on a unique tour of Ireland, playing people’s pianos in their own parlours and front rooms. Colin Murnane’s documentary follows the acclaimed Pierce Turner from his homes in Wexford and Manhattan to the Woodstock studio and to venues as contrasting as The Public Theatre Manhattan and the Headon’s parlour in Birr, County Offaly. With story cameos from late legends Rory Gallagher and John Steinbeck, The Song For The Year documents a remarkable year with a remarkable artist. Pierce has been described in The Irish Times as ‘one of the most important Irish artists of the last twenty years’, and his song Wicklow Hills was voted among the top twenty-five Irish songs of all time. Pierce has earned himself a song by Christy Moore entitled 'I Love The Way Pierce Turner Sings', and his songs have been covered by Moore and many others.
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