Powered by Shopify. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2018 CD release of Cas on Discogs. Eight years on from their last album Lá Nua, newer band members have slipped in with no interruption to the unique Lúnasa’s sound. Kevin Crawford says, “We needed to justify our existence and also mark the occasion by stepping up and creating something worthy of an anniversary celebration. Perhaps 2 singers with 2 songs by each would have been better. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with … She is an exceptional artist and I am immensely proud of that track”. Daoirí Farrell represents the only Irish singing guest on Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore, a favourite from his live performances and made popular by Paul Brady. Twenty-one years on from their debut Lúnasa are back with a new album “Cas”. "this album is brilliant with a capital B…...a new feather in the cap of the talented and influential musicians we know and love as Lunasa”- Irish American News. August 1, Whelans, Dublin, Ireland – with Natalie Merchant We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. Cillian Vallely says, “We took a break from the studio and when we came back, we wanted to do something a bit different. Please consider making a donation to help support us. Their first studio album in seven years is also their first recording featuring guest singers, all prominent artists that the band recorded and toured with over the years. Pontivy, an enthralling set of Breton tunes, starts with lovely interplay between flute and pipes on a traditional carol with gentle guitar, followed by polka Sant Hern and ending with An dro for Kevin, a tune by flute-maker Pol Jezeque which translates as ‘A dance’ (Crawford is said to have played one of his flutes). These include Natalie Merchant and Mary Chapin Carpenter, bluegrass singer/songwriter Tim O’Brien, Blues artist Eric Bibb and BBC Folk winner Daoiri Farrell. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. I asked Ed where the idea come from to record nearly half of CAS with singers that the band have worked with live over the years? To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.co.uk (UK). Hopefully, their joint U.S and forthcoming shows in Ireland will be reprised in the UK. The band re-visit Sinead Maire’s from Cillian Vallely’s solo album Raven’s Rock, giving it the full, sumptuous Lúnasa treatment. Their first studio album in seven years is also their first recording featuring guest singers, all prominent artists that the band recorded and toured with over the years. Cas is a break from Lunasa's all instrumental albums as several tracks feature vocalists that they toured with in 2017 for their 20th anniversary tour. Try again. To stick or to twist? The Tinker´s Frolics Lúnasa: 7:17. Colin Farrell on fiddle and low whistle fills the fiddle slot for North American dates when band founder Séan Smyth stays at home to do his GP duties – both play on CAS. August 23, Tonder Festival, Denmark Lúnasa Records – 8 June 2018. We earn a small commission for purchases made through Amazon links in our posts. Tribute to Larry Reynolds has popped up a few times recently, with great versions by Doyle, McCusker & McGoldrick and the tune’s composer Maurice Lennon (with others) on Leitrim Equation 3 – here it bridges another very fine, bright and varied set of tunes. The new recording continues this tradition while bringing the listener forward. Lúnasa was founded in 1997 when Sean Smyth, John McSherry and Steve Cooney teamed up to tour Smyth's solo album, The Blue Fiddle.They called in Mike McGoldrick, a friend of McSherry's, and toured as a four-piece.As the band was taking off, Cooney bowed out. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Ed described how the track came about: “I was very excited about the prospect of working with Natalie, as I’m a huge fan, and wasn’t in the band when they played on her Leave your Sleep album. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. The Water is Wise Lúnasa … The arrangement of the Tim O’Brien and Sarah Jarosz song The Water Is Wise is very similar to that on O’Brien’s last album Pompadour, which Hutchinson played on, except that here O’Brien majors on mandolin rather than banjo. The gigs with O’Brien seem to have aided a straightforward recording process as Ed recounts: “We went to Nashville to record with Tim, he tends to use the Butcher’s Shoppe studio, which is where Johnny Cash recorded for the last 15 years of his life. She came to a concert we did in Troy, NY to decide upon a song, then we reconvened a ten days later in Dreamland, a great studio in Upstate New York. He was excellent to work with, a beautiful singer and real character. Daoirí Farrell came to Trevor’s place in Dublin and the three of us put down the bare bones of Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore. August 2, Skibbereen Arts Festival, Ireland – with Natalie Merchant There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. A lovely measured Kevin Crawford tune, Bob’s Hole in One, kicks things off, followed by a tune from Damien Mullane, then Colin Farrell’s tune Headford Junction from his second solo album and things gather pace with the traditional reel that gives the track it’s title. Other long settled members are Trevor Hutchinson in the engine room on bass, bouzouki, and lap steel guitar and Cillian Vallely on uilleann pipes and low whistle. In Irish Gaelic ‘cas’ can have various definitions, including to turn or twist, to play a tune or to sing a song. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2020. © 2020 - Folk Radio UK We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Accept Read More, 25th William Kennedy Piping Festival, Armagh, 15-18 November, Folk and Americana: What’s On at Kings Place, Celtic Connections 2014: Lúnasa / Session A9 / Maru Tarang. Collaborations between singers and instrumental bands don’t come better than this majestic track. We were becoming increasingly involved in live concert collaborations and from these projects we invited some of our favourite singers to guest on the album.”, Lúnasa’s inventive arrangements and bass driven grooves have steered Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory. Cas Lúnasa. They have recorded before both with Tim O’Brien – Fair and Tender Ladies on the 2005 Hands Across the Water CD for children affected by the tsunami – and with Natalie Merchant on her Leave Your Sleep in 2010.

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