Blaskets Islands

15 septembre 2015

Les Îles Blaskets se trouvent au large de la péninsule de Dingle, au sud-ouest du comté du Kerry. Elles sont composées de six îles ainsi que de quelques îlots et rochers.

Le CD, Beauty an Oileáin : Music and Song of the Blasket Islands, à écouter sur iTunes (payant), est une compilation d'enregistrements de collectage :

Seáinín Mhicil Ó Súilleabháin - fiddle
The Swallow’s Tail (reel)
Gan Ainm (jig)
Pop Goes the Weasel (jig)
Muiris Ó Dálaigh - button accordion
Gan Ainm (polka)
Neilí, An Fuacht (Neilí, the Cold) (polka)
I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue (polka)
Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe - melodeon
An Staicín Eornan (The Little Stack of Barley) (couple dance)
Gan Ainm (slide)
Seán Ó Cearnaigh - singer
Beannacht ó Rí na hAoine (A Blessing from God) (song)
Pádraig Ó Cearnaigh - singer
An Goirtín Eorna (The Little Field of Barley)
Eibhlín Ní Chearna - singer
Bruach na Carraige Báine (The Edge of the While Rock) (song)
Tomás Ó Dálaigh - fiddle
The Irish Washerwoman (jig)
Delaney’s Drummers (jig)
The Fairy Reel (reel)
Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe - melodeon
Mursheen Durkin (polka)
Gan Ainm (slide)
Peaití Ó Duinnshléibhe - singer
Bánta An Bhlascaoid Mhóir (The Fields of the Great Blasket)
Séan Cheaist Ó Catháin - fiddle
Port na bPúcaí (The Tune of the Fairies) (spoken introduction and slow air)
Áine Uí Laoithe - singer
Raghadsa Is Mo Cheaití
Pádraig Ó Cearnaigh - singer
Réidhchnoc Mná Duibhe (The Smooth Hill of the Dark Woman)
Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe - melodeon
The Barren Rocks of Aden (polka)
Seáinín Mhicil Ó Súilleabháin - fiddle
Gan Ainm (jig)
An Rógaire Dubh (The Black Scoundrel) (jig)
Muiris Ó Dálaigh - button accordion
The Leg of the Duck (jig)
Cúnla (jig)
Off She Goes (jig)
The Harvest Home (hornpipe)
Seán Ó Cearnaigh - singer
Beauty Deas an Oileáin (The Fine Beauty of the Island)
Breanndán Ó Beaglaioch - button accordion
Beauty Deas an Oileáin (The Fine Beauty of the Island) (slow air)