I thought I’d pass along a nice one I heard on Larry Kirwan’s Sirius radio show Celtic Crush. Saturday mornings are great at the House of Ickmusic. A morning paper, highly caffeinated Colombian coffee, the almost 3 year old bouncing around the room, all to the accompaniment of quality Irish music courtesy of Larry K. Kirwan is also the singer of Black 47, a popular NYC-based Irish band.
So he dug this one up a few weeks ago, and I just found it on eMusic. I have no earthly idea what the song is about, not knowing Gaelic (you Irish are welcome to offer a translation in the comments), but music is zee universal language, as we all know. Listen to the grooves throughout the song, traditional Irish instruments used in ways that are new to my ears. It’s a nine minute tune, but worth listening to all the way through, since the second half of the song is when the song really takes flight. Real nice stuff. This one is the opening track from their 2003 release, Luna Park.
Kila: Glanfaidh Mé (mp3) - from Luna Park
Kila’s Official Site.
Related: My St. Patty’s Day 2006 post, with details about traditional Irish instruments.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Pete // Sep 26, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Found some credits for this song on Kila’s web site:
Glanfaidh Mé
Lyrics – Rónán Ó Snodaigh
Tune – Eoin Dillon
Music – Kíla
Rónán – bodhrán, vocal
Dee – violins, fiddles, hammered dulcimer
Colm – flute, backing vocals, shaker, spring drums
Brian – bass, backing vocals
Lance – guitars, bass drum, finger cymbals, tambourines, shakers, backing
vocals
Eoin – uileann pipes, melodica, tin whistle,
backing vocals
Rossa – darabuka, saw, trumpet, saranghi
Luis Rodriguez – operatic vocal
Gemma Hayes – backing vocals
Colin Block – string arrangement
String Quartet are: ‘Ceathrar’ – Aoife Ní Dhornáin, Úna Ní Chatháin, Orla Ní Chatháín & Paula Hughes
2 jeffro // Sep 27, 2006 at 11:44 am
wow, that cover art is pretty much the same as the art on Dave Matthews Band’s “Under the Table and Dreaming”
3 Pete // Sep 27, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Wowee….sure is….
DMB Cover
4 Dan // Sep 27, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Sounds like an Irish Gypsy Kings.
5 Pete // Sep 27, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Dan - you hit the nail on the head there…. the beginning of that tune sounds Gypsy Kings-ish alright, all that’s missing is the handclaps.
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