Kennedy, Mary Ann / An Dan: Gaelic Songs For A Modern World
Album: | An Dan: Gaelic Songs For A Modern World | Collection: | World | |
Artist: | Kennedy, Mary Ann | Added: | Jul 2017 | |
Label: | Arc Music Inc. |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2017-07-26 | Pull Date: | 2017-09-27 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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Week Ending: | Sep 24 | Sep 17 | Sep 10 | Sep 3 | Aug 27 | Aug 20 | Jul 30 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Aug 06, 2022: | Music Casserole
Oran Do Dh'lain Domhnallach |
4. | Sep 09, 2017: | Music Casserole
Grioglachan |
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2. | Sep 20, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Oran Do Dh'lain Domhnallach |
5. | Sep 05, 2017: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Sith Na Coille |
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3. | Sep 13, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Sein, Horo, Sein |
6. | Sep 02, 2017: | Music Casserole
Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe |
Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2017-07-25
Reviewed 2017-07-25
Glaswegian Mary Ann Kennedy sets Scots Gaelic lyrics from poems written by others and herself to music; lilting Celtic voice; lots of passion here for the Old Ways; like Runrig's songs, her Gaelic seems understandable at least emotionally without translations; lots of elegies here for people and places past
NO FCC's (all Gaelic); Favorite tracks: 4, 6,10
1-Sein, Horo, Sein – (Sing!) – 4:55 --Gaelic lyrics accompanied by keyboard, guitar, and violin along with chorus; straight up anthem to sing out your heritage and culture
2- Oran do dh'lain Domhnallach (Song for John McDonald) –5:54 – interesting fusion of Tswana background with Kennedy's Gaelic singing as an elegy for a Scotsman who spent most of his life in Ghana and South Africa; accompanied by guitar
3 – Mise Fhuair (I Have Won the Apple) –3:29 –“and the buds filled on my tree and with the greenness of love- you grew into a round apple to my eye, that brought me sweetness beyond hope.” Solo, with pipes and accompaniment
*4—Sith Na coille (Forest's Peace) –5:54- starts with pipes; solo with guitar and violin; liltingly pretty and heartfelt
5-Eadar-Thir (Between-Land) -3:11 – “Between the two: the edge of creation and heart of the world”– lots of orchestration here under passionate singing
*6 –Dan Ur do Fhloraidh NicNill (A New Song for Flora MacNeil)-3:58 – heavy chords lead off this passionately sung elegy for famous Gaelic singer who also loved primroses; lots of pipe drone
7-Taigh an Uillit –3:33-- song in praise of a village in the Scotish Highlands – modern, almost jazz-like accompaniment
8 –Iain Againn Fhin -3:57--(Our Own John) – elegy to fallen WWI vet
9—Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe – 5:03 --”My True Love” – passionate singing with violin; poem set to music with chorus
*10 –Air Leathad Sleibhe -4:40 --”On A Hill-Land Slope” --4:40 – lighter singing with echoes and chorus-- limpid and beautiful
11-Grioglachan- 4:35 --”Constellation” - song of praise and dedication to soul sister of Mary Ann, Maggie MacDonald-- beautifully pointillist notes
NO FCC's (all Gaelic); Favorite tracks: 4, 6,10
1-Sein, Horo, Sein – (Sing!) – 4:55 --Gaelic lyrics accompanied by keyboard, guitar, and violin along with chorus; straight up anthem to sing out your heritage and culture
2- Oran do dh'lain Domhnallach (Song for John McDonald) –5:54 – interesting fusion of Tswana background with Kennedy's Gaelic singing as an elegy for a Scotsman who spent most of his life in Ghana and South Africa; accompanied by guitar
3 – Mise Fhuair (I Have Won the Apple) –3:29 –“and the buds filled on my tree and with the greenness of love- you grew into a round apple to my eye, that brought me sweetness beyond hope.” Solo, with pipes and accompaniment
*4—Sith Na coille (Forest's Peace) –5:54- starts with pipes; solo with guitar and violin; liltingly pretty and heartfelt
5-Eadar-Thir (Between-Land) -3:11 – “Between the two: the edge of creation and heart of the world”– lots of orchestration here under passionate singing
*6 –Dan Ur do Fhloraidh NicNill (A New Song for Flora MacNeil)-3:58 – heavy chords lead off this passionately sung elegy for famous Gaelic singer who also loved primroses; lots of pipe drone
7-Taigh an Uillit –3:33-- song in praise of a village in the Scotish Highlands – modern, almost jazz-like accompaniment
8 –Iain Againn Fhin -3:57--(Our Own John) – elegy to fallen WWI vet
9—Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe – 5:03 --”My True Love” – passionate singing with violin; poem set to music with chorus
*10 –Air Leathad Sleibhe -4:40 --”On A Hill-Land Slope” --4:40 – lighter singing with echoes and chorus-- limpid and beautiful
11-Grioglachan- 4:35 --”Constellation” - song of praise and dedication to soul sister of Mary Ann, Maggie MacDonald-- beautifully pointillist notes
Track Listing
1. | Sein, Horo, Sein | 7. | Taigh An Uillit | |||
2. | Oran Do Dh'lain Domhnallach | 8. | Iain Againn Fhin | |||
3. | Mise Fhuair | 9. | Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe | |||
4. | Sith Na Coille | 10. | Air Leathad Sleibhe | |||
5. | Eadar-Thir | 11. | Grioglachan | |||
6. | Dan Ur Do Fhloraidh Nicnill | . |