#4493: Irish and Irish-American Music
There’s Irish and Irish-American music from Shrines (aka Carrie Erving), fiddler Dan Trueman, Dublin-based duo Varo, Oregon-based song collector Peia, and Irish-American quintet The Gloaming.
Shrines, the moniker of New York singer Carrie Erving, has studied sean nós (old style) singing, and re-imagines traditional folk ballads, which she learned while living in Ireland from a group of renowned singers including Iarla Ó Lionáird and Karan Casey.
Then, there’s music for hardanger d’amore (an instrument somewhere between a Norwegian hardingfele and a viola d'amore with 5+5 strings) by composer/fiddle player/Princeton University professor Dan Trueman. Also, hear music for two hybrid 10-string fiddles that combines Norwegian and Irish fiddling from the duo of Dan Trueman and Dublin-born fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
Listen to music from the five versatile musicians of The Gloaming: gifted Irish fiddler Martin Hayes, Chicago guitarist Dennis Cahill, Irish master of the Norwegian hardanger fiddle Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, sean-nós master singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, and New York pianist Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman). Hear their “Song 44,” adapted from an 800-year-old Irish poem about a man who sees the woman he loves in his dreams.
Then, the North Atlantic Trio combines Irish, Scottish, Old-Time Appalachian and Bluegrass music as an American girl plays harp in mostly Scottish way with a Scottish guy who plays dobro in a mostly American way with an Irish guy who plays percussion anyway. Also, hear "Streets of Forbes" from Dublin-based duo Varo, made up of Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Breschi (and special guests.) Plus, listen to an Irish leaving song, a lament of one forced abroad through poverty and famine from Oregon-based song collector Peia, and more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4493, Irish and Irish-American Music (First Aired 5/6/2021)
ARTIST: The Gloaming
WORK: Song 44 [1:00]
RECORDING: The Gloaming
SOURCE: Brassland HWY-037
INFO: store.brassland.org
ARTIST: Shrines
WORK: Silkie [4:13]
RECORDING: Our Ship Is Ready
SOURCE/INFO: thisisshrines.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Matthew Olwell
WORK: The Tantrum/Jack Coughlans Fancy/Master Crowleys [4:40]
RECORDING: CyberTrad
SOURCE/INFO: matthewolwell.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Varo
WORK: Streets of Forbes [4:09]
RECORDING: Varo
SOURCE/INFO: varodublin.bandcamp.com/album/varo
ARTIST: Dan Trueman
WORK: Overhill Road [4:03]
RECORDING: Fifty Five
SOURCE: Many Arrows Music
INFO: https://manyarrowsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fifty-five
ARTIST: Caoiminh O Raghallaigh, Dan Trueman
WORK: leathan le leathan [3:22]
RECORDING: Laghdu
SOURCE: Irish Music
INFO: https://irishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/laghd
ARTIST: The Gloaming
WORK: Song 44 [6:45]
RECORDING: The Gloaming
SOURCE: Brassland HWY-037
INFO: store.brassland.org
ARTIST: North Atlantic Trio
WORK: Whisky Cuckoo [6:45]
RECORDING: Some Part of Something
SOURCE: /northatlantictrio.bandcamp.com
INFO: Also available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, or Spotify
ARTIST: Peia
WORK: Bánchnoic Éirann Óigh [5:01]
RECORDING: Beauty Thunders
SOURCE/INFO: peia.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
WORK: The Dear Irish Boy [5:29]
RECORDING: Welcome Here Again
SOURCE: Green Linnet GLI 1233
INFO: store.compassrecords.com
ARTIST: Shrines
WORK: Month of January [3:53]
RECORDING: Our Ship Is Ready
SOURCE/INFO: thisisshrines.bandcamp.com
