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SUMMARY:Landless + Brigid Mae Power
LOCATION:Chats Palace
DESCRIPTION:Landless are: Lily Power\, Méabh Meir\, Ruth Clinton and Siné
 ad Lynch.\n\nThe Irish quartet sings centuries old ballads as well as more
  recently penned folk songs.\n\nSometimes unaccompanied and at times with 
 subtle instrumentation\, their vocally rich music is dark and patient\; sp
 ellbinding and gorgeous.\n\nLúireach is their second album and as with th
 eir acclaimed debut Bleaching Bones (2018)\, it is produced by John ‘Spu
 d’ Murphy\, known for his work with artists such as Lankum and ØXN.\n\n
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 —-\n\nFolk music emerging from Dublin seems to be everywhere at the mome
 nt – demonstrated most clearly by Lankum gaining a host of ‘Album of t
 he Year’ nods at the end of 2023 – but it would be a mistake to call t
 his a movement\, much less any kind of revival. While Lankum\, John Franci
 s Flynn\, Ye Vagabonds\, Lisa O’Neill et al might be new to a lot of aud
 iences\, these artists have been exploring and expanding what folk music c
 an be for years\, decades even. And this is just as true of Landless\, the
  quartet who’ve been singing together since 2013\, finding each other th
 rough the traditional singing scene in the city and\, crucially\, the Sacr
 ed Harp singing community.\n\nWorking once again with John ‘Spud’ Murp
 hy (the Lankum producer and ØXN member)\, Lúireach sees the quartet addi
 ng sparingly-used instrumentation – Ruth’s aching pump organ on Death 
 & The Lady\, Méabh’s shruti box on Ej Husari\, Lankum’s Cormac MacDia
 rmada on fiddle\, viola and banjo throughout\, even some mournful trombone
  from Alex Borwick on The Newry Highwayman. As Lily explains\, “A lot of
  the instrumentation happened organically as we were recording\, while som
 e elements we have used live for years\, like the organ. We tend not to ma
 ke these kinds of decisions in advance\, but make suggestions as we go and
  see how everyone feels about it. Hopefully the album still has the impact
  of the unaccompanied singing\, with a bit of variation this time around.
 ”\n\nThe songs on Lúireach are from remarkably diverse sources and eras
 : the likes of Blackwaterside\, Death & The Lady and My Lagan Love (learne
 d from Traveller Paddy Doran\, Norma Waterson and Méabh’s late father r
 espectively) are probably known to even the casual fan of traditional musi
 c\, while Lúireach Bhríde was commissioned for the RTÉ Folk Awards in 2
 018 and the closing song Ej Husari was learned from teacher and singer Eva
  Brunovská at the annual Rozhybkosti festival in Slovakia. Some of these 
 songs are centuries old\, some remarkably recent\, yet when sung by Landle
 ss\, they all sound timeless and eternal.\n\nThe songs for the album were 
 gathered over a number of years\, Ruth explains\, and while the melody and
  lyrics are paramount\, there is a common theme for many of the inclusions
 . “Frequently in traditional songs women are described as a passive love
  interest\, in terms of their relationship to a male character. It is refr
 eshing to find songs that challenge this power dynamic\, but we are not to
 tally hard-line about it\, and sing plenty of old-fashioned love songs.”
 \n\nLandless are “feeling very grateful to be surrounded by so many tale
 nted people.” As Sinéad explains\, “The traditional music scene was a
 live and kicking long before we arrived. Perhaps there was a generation ga
 p where the Celtic Tiger took hold and people were too busy with flip phon
 es and tracker mortgages\, but it’s always been there. When we first beg
 an singing and attending sessions there was a great buzz around us all and
  we felt most cherished. I guess seeing folks in their twenties and thirti
 es eager to listen and learn was rousing for the scene. But\, make no mist
 ake\, those singers taught us what we know\, and surround and encourage us
  to this day. We are most certainly part of a thriving community.”\n\nL
 úireach is an album of quiet power\, soaked in tradition but finding new 
 and exciting ways to present these remarkable songs\, songs that are full 
 of melancholy\, love\, death and mystery. Lúireach rewards your close att
 ention.\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/dk2gl6-landless-brigid-mae-power
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