{"product_id":"various-a-collection-of-songs-in-the-traditional-and-sean-nos-style","title":"VARIOUS - A Collection Of Songs In The Traditional And Sean-Nós Style","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD - Comes in card gatefold sleeve with liner notes on each song by the singers. (Third pressing, 2025)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNyahh Records\u003c\/strong\u003e is proud and excited to announce this compilation of singers, which has been on the back boiler for some time!! Inspired by the song collecting of \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Lomax\u003c\/strong\u003e, this compilation brings together two generations of singers from all across the island of Ireland. Some of the songs previously appear on albums, but the rest were recorded by the singer themselves on their phones to give the song a real and raw effect that brings an authentic feel and immediacy to the songs. A long standing tradition in Irish culture, singing has taken place in pubs and private homes all over the country since the 13th Century and has been away to share and keep the music alive, passing it down to younger generations. It is considered to be an aural tradition, as a lot of these songs would of not been written down. Nyahh is honoured to be able to present this collection of songs to you from some of Ireland’s best singers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“One fear I would always have, even in my class situation, is that the emphasis is on technicality – whereas for me, the whole thing is the feeling and heart and soul. That's what the older musicians had”-\u003cstrong\u003eMary Bergin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiner Notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConor O’Kane\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eHarvest of Clovers\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA free adaptation of the poem ‘\u003cem\u003eFiddler Jones\u003c\/em\u003e’, by \u003cstrong\u003eEdgar Lee Masters\u003c\/strong\u003e from his epoch-defining work \u003cem\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded by \u003cstrong\u003eNatalia Beylis\u003c\/strong\u003e in the Scots Pines of Drumnadubber.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAoife Hammond\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘Ócam an Phríosúin’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eÓcam an phríosúin\u003c\/em\u003e’ was written by \u003cstrong\u003eTomás Ó Lochlainn\u003c\/strong\u003e (Tam Neaine Choilm) of An Trá Bháin, Connemara around the 1930's.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomás was imprisoned for distilling póitín and he wrote this song about his experience in prison. Ócam (Oakem) is a type of rope made from tarred fibre and would traditionally have been used as a caulking to seal gaps in ships. The picking and tearing apart of Ócam was used as a punishment in prisons and was a form of free labour. The song is considered a traditional work song or a Geantraí in the Irish Language.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI recorded this song on my phone on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in my studio\/spare bedroom in Glenfarne, Leitrim.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEoghan Ó Ceannabháin\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eEileanóir na Rún\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI recorded this song upstairs in the green room in \u003cstrong\u003eStiúideo Cuan\u003c\/strong\u003e in Spiddal. We were doing a gig there with Skipper's Alley and I took a few minutes to do it after the gig.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI first heard the song from my dad. It's one of the most famous love songs from the sean-nós tradition and also one of the oldest - it probably dates from the 15th century. Some people think \u003cstrong\u003eCearbhall Ó Dálaigh\u003c\/strong\u003e composed it, but this is disputed.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRún\u003c\/em\u003e\" means \"secret\" in Irish, so the title translates to something like \"Eileanóir of the Secrets\".\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Frank Ó Confhaola\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eRóisín Dubh\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis song has appeared previously on my album \u003cem\u003eMo Chroí is M’anam\u003c\/em\u003e. Recorded by \u003cstrong\u003eRay Diamond\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMéabh Meir\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eQueen Among The Heather\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded (Jan 2023) in my mother's kitchen in Belfast which is shaped a bit like a cave and where much singing takes place. Learnt from the inimitable singing of \u003cstrong\u003eJeannie Robertson\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBelle Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJune Tabor\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosie Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eJug of Punch\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis song has appeared previously on my album \u003cem\u003eOn the Leitrim Mountainside\u003c\/em\u003e. Recorded by \u003cstrong\u003eDr Iain ‘Bapto’ McCurdy\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong\u003ePaddy Morgan\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003ePetesy Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e. I heard \u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Leydon\u003c\/strong\u003e sing this version at a particularly memorable singing session in Derrygonnelly circa 2004 and was immediately taken with his joyous rendition.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Clinton\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eLament of the Irish Mother\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecording: The Night Before Larry Got Stretched singing session, The Cobblestone Pub, Smithfield, 6th November 2022. Recorded by Alan Woods.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis version, as found abridged in \u003cstrong\u003ePádraig Breathnach\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eSongs of the Gael\u003c\/em\u003e (1922) and in full in \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Hayes\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eThe Ballads of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e (1856). I have substituted the religious final verse for the one where Maura appears as a ghost, and used the tune suggested by Breathnach: '\u003cem\u003eA Spailpín a rún\u003c\/em\u003e'. The words, \"oh, why did you die\", would have been exclaimed by people--often women--lamenting over dead bodies. The practice of keening in Ireland was discouraged and eventually suppressed by the Church, who no doubt were uncomfortable with the prominent role played by women in ceremonies over which they believed they should have full jurisdiction.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFionnuala Maxwell\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eWhen the Mummers Come Calling\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded in Killyfad, Annaduff, Co Leitrim. Annaduff area was always used to mummers calling on St. Stephen's Day and many of the neighbours still lament if they don't have any mummers on that day. There was also a strong tradition of mummers or \"straw-boys\" or \"ban-beggars\" who appeared at weddings or when the couple arrived home from honeymoon - the straw-boys or ban-beggars would turn up for the \"dragging home\" and they would play and dance and sing to welcome the newly-married couple home - one of my neighbours who I hear singing in the tractor on a regular basis told me that is where he started singing first - at my mother and father's \"dragging home\" (don't know who was dragging who but - there you go!)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNell Ní Chroinin\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eBanks of Sullane\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe song was recorded in my sitting room in Kilkenny where I'm now living. I took this version from The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin book, which is a resource I love to delve into every now and again. It's a well known love song I learned years ago. I always loved the melody and the fact that it's local to my home place , meant it always had a special place in my heart. The Sullane is the river which headwaters are in Coolea and it flows from there on through Macroom before continuing its journey to join the River Lee and out to sea from there. It is apparently the only male river in Ireland (not sure how they define the sex of the other rivers!) And according to ancient folklore it is said to take a life every 7 years...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Wicklow Mountains High\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded on 6 March 2022, at \u003cem\u003eThe Night Before Larry Got Stretched\u003c\/em\u003e, The Cobblestone, Smithfield. Recorded by \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Ghriallais\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eAn Sceilpín Draighneach\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eAn Sceilpín Draighneach\u003c\/em\u003e' tells the story of a lonely young man and his unrequited love for a young woman he encounters one quiet morning. In his despair, he longs to woo her but ultimately he is bound to emigrate and leave Ireland and his family forever.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded in 1987 and previously appears on the album \u003cem\u003eBetween Two Seas\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003eGael Linn Records\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA portion of the download sales of this compilation will go to \u003cstrong\u003eCATU\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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