Daire and Lorcán discuss their new album ‘Preabmeadar’, the wealth of musical connections and the excitement of finding new horizons in ancient traditions.
Daire Ó Breacáin and Lorcán Mac Mathúna have created far more than a recording; it’s a contemporary window on the work of the earliest bards, on the origins of poetry itself.
Our Song of the Day is taken from Preab Meadar, the new project and album from Lorcán Mac Mathúna and Daire Bracken. The chances are you’ve heard nothing quite like this before.
Listen to an incredible recording from the Deep End of the Ford and read Lorcán Mac Mathúna’s special feature for FRUK on the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf.
Last year Lorcán Mac Mathúna was commissioned to write a special suite of music which celebrated the history and present story of Derry. Watch the performance and part of the BBC documentary.
Irish singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna has long been a favourite of Folk Radio UK so it’s a great pleasure to present this special Folk Radio UK Session which also features fiddler Daire Bracken.
There are a number of musicians whose work in Irish music I greatly admire but there are three in particular that spring to the forefront of my mind: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Lorcán Mac Mathúna and Gerry Diver…this is why.
Wth Oíche Samhna just around the corner Lorcán thought an extract of Cú Chulainn’s warpspasm from The Book of Leinster would make a suitably scary treat!
Lorcán Mac Mathúna’s latest project, ‘The Deep End Of The Ford’, takes us even further back in time than his last release; in a telling of the famous An Táín Bó Cualaigne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) – An Táin.
The second in our Tradition mixes. It features both new and old from an old pub session from 1967 featuring Bobby Casey to Christy Moore, Kris Drever, Kate Rusby, Gavin Davenport and more!
★★★★★ The best possible way to appreciate Northern Lights debut release ‘Dubh agus Geal’ and the wealth of creativity, imagination and study that’s gone into the creation of this masterpiece is to immerse yourself completely…
