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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jude Rogers

Various artists: A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style review – Gaelic sadness and longing

Ruth Clinton, Aoife Hammond and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin.
Foregrounding the voice … (L-R) singers Ruth Clinton, Aoife Hammond and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin. Composite: Colm Keating/Niamh Moriarty/Ríona Ní Riagáin

A thrilling small indie label run by Willie Stewart in Ireland’s County Leitrim, Nyahh has recently released records influenced by early music, generative music and the sonic possibilities of sewing machines. Now comes their brilliant collection of Irish folk and sean-nós tracks (a style of ornamented a cappella Gaelic singing), inspired by the song collecting of Alan Lomax but with a twist: most of them were recorded in pubs and homes on mobile phones.

A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style, cover artwork
A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style, cover artwork Photograph: Publicity image
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