Description
Title: Songs of Aran / Various
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070400221
Genre: Celtic, Irish
Release Date: 2012-05-30
Number of Discs: 1
This 1957 field recording, Songs of Aran, documents some of the vocal traditions of the Aran Islands, located off of the west coast of Ireland. Sung for the most part in Irish Gaelic, these songs bring to life the barren and sparsely populated islands of Inishmore, Inisheer, and Inishmaan. Included are lullabies, songs to accompany spinning, and two Irish “”Caoines,”” traditional expressions of grief characterized by wailing or crying. Extensive and affectionate liner notes paint a portrait of the island” cultural history, the people, and the music. Among the performers are Margaret Dirrane, one of the lead characters in the noted 1934 film Man of Aran, and her son Sean.
Tracks:
1.1 Lilting. Be?Dh R?L Againn, the Ten-Penny Bit, Smash the Windows
1.2 M?Ire St?Nton – Mary Stanton
1.3 Lullaby: Thobh? Mo Leanbh (Hush – O, My Child) / Se?-Th?N Se? / Se?-Th?N Se?, ”s T? Mo Leanbh (Hush-A-Bye, You”re My Little One) (Medley)
1.4 Amhr?N Na Tr?Gha B?Ine – Song of Trabane
1.5 Twas Early, Early in the Spring
1.6 ?R? Mh?Le GR?DH – Oro, My Thousand Treasures
1.7 An Cail?N Fearamhail F?Onn – the Fair Brave Girl
1.8 Sagart Na Cuile B?Ine – the Priest of Coolbawn
1.9 A She?In a Mhic Mo Chomharsan – O John, Son of My Neighbor
1.10 An Droighnean Donn – the Blackthorn
1.11 M? Th?Ann T?”Un a Aonaigh – If You Go to the Fair
1.12 Peig? Miste?L – Peggy Mitchell
1.13 Bean A”leanna – the Ale Woman
1.14 Amhr?N An T?I – Song of the Tea
1.15 An T?Irn?N L?N – the Flax Spinning Wheel
1.16 Milking Croon: An Tsin, An Tsin
1.17 Do-Een Do A-Diddle Am – (Vocables)
1.18 Lullaby: Thobha Mo Leanbh / Seo-Thin Seo / ”s Tu Mo Leanbh (Medley)
1.19 Caoineadh Na Marbh – Caoine for the Dead
1.20 Caoineadh Na Marbh – Caoine for the Dead
