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…
Northern Lights is a blending of Norse and Irish: sagas, stories, soundscapes, cultural flavours and perspectives, through a meeting of their music and songs. It is a project of Lorcán Mac Mathúna, Raphael De Cock and James Mahon.
Lorcan Mac Mathuna talks about Sean nós, a traditional unaccompanied style of singing in Irish that, in recent times, existed only in the furthest reaches of Ireland’s landscape.
