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Na nAirní Vail Ó Flatharta sings traditional songs from Connemara |
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Vail O Flatherta is a sean-nós singer from An Cheathrú Rua in Connemara. Gifted with a great talent for improvisation and variation, he has been singing since boyhood. His songs were learned form neighbours and friends and on this record he sings some of the great songs from the western tradition. Texts and music are copiously annotated in a very handsome production. |
| Side One 1. Bean an Fhir Rua (The Red-Haired Man’s Wife) 2. Mná Deasa Locha Riach (The Fair Ladies of Loughrea) 3. An Draighneán Donn (The Blackthorn Bush) 4. Cuaichín Ghleann Néifin (The Little Cukoo from Glen Nephin) |
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Side Two 1. Amhrán na Trá Báine (The Song of The Tra Bhain) 2. Sicíní Bhríd Éamoinn (Bríd Éamonn's Chickens) 3. Barbara Allen 4. Amhrán an Phúca (The Song of the Pooka) 5. Róisín Dubh (Dark Róisín) |
Recorded by Harry Bradshaw.
Produced by Rionach Uí Ógáin.
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