Dancing the Line is such a confident collection of songs; you can feel the ideas brimming in every sweep of Ultan O’Brien’s bow. Nothing is overdone or superfluous here; it is music in its purest state. I love it.
Watch Antoni O’Breskey & Ultan O’Brien performing ‘Punta Umbria’. The essence of their music is rarefied yet profoundly earthy and fluid and in their upcoming album, they have fused seemingly irreconcilable elements from traditional Irish music, classical and Jazz.
“Two Weeks”, a cinematic opera by Ultan O’Brien and Alex Foster, filmed in Smock Alley Theatre, will stream online 7.30 pm, January 7th, 8th, 9th 2021, as part of First Fortnight festival.
Solas an Lae is the complete package, the tune and the words and the presentation together encompassing the emotional tales of the tragedy of life. To me, this is what makes sean-nós what it is. Excellent.
