Idir an Da Sholas
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2000-10-24
Music Label: Green Linnet
Soundtracks:
- Spanish Lady
- Liostail Me Le Sairsint
- Donall Og
- The Banks Of Claudy
- Bruach Na Carraige Baine
- Nil Se Ina La
- Meilte Cheann Dubhrann
- Ar A Dhul Chun An Chuain Dom
- Foireann An Bhaid
- Faoitin
- Pill, Pill, A Ruin
- Tidy Ann
Music reviews of Idir an Da Sholas
Music Review: Perfectly lovely
Rating: 5 Stars
I bought this album mostly out of curiosity -- I've been a fan of Triona ni Dhomhnaill's ever since her Bothy Band days, but on some recent recordings (e.g., the first Windham Hill Celtic Xmas compilation) I thought she was in rather poor voice. Granted, her tone doesn't have the brilliance now that it did in her twenties, but on this album she more than makes up for it in subtlety and clarity -- her solo "The Banks of Claudy," with her own harpsichord accompaniment, is wonderful. Her sister Maighread is no less splendid in her own solos. Their duos are polished without losing the spontaneity that characterizes the best Celtic music recordings, and the accompanying musicians are supportive without getting in the way of the voices. The tunes are nicely chosen, ranging from the tragic to the nostalgic (I'm especially fond of "Spanish Lady") to the silly -- I could have done without the sound effects in "Tidy Ann" (which always drive my cats crazy), but otherwise this is a lovely performance by a group of mature but still passionate artists.
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Description of Idir an Da Sholas
Sisters Maighread and Triona Ní Dhomhnaill have been singing together since they were children, and they have both chosen to make performing Irish music their life's work: Maighread as a solo singer and Triona as a singer and instrumentalist with the Bothy Band, Touchstone, and Nightnoise. So it comes as a surprise to discover that the release of Idir an Dá Sholas marks the first time they have recorded together. The sisters learned most of these songs from their father Hiudai and their aunt Neili, who were well-known singers in their native Donegal. And when the two sisters join together in harmony, a sound that Maighread describes as a "miraculous collision," you can hear all the joys and sorrows of family life in their voices. In keeping with the family-gathering feeling of the songs, Maighread and Triona invited their brother Micheal, a respected musician in his own right, to back them on guitar, and their distant cousin Dónal Lunny to produce the CD and play bouzouki and bodhran. The performance of the Dhomhnaills on Idir an Dá Sholas is as good as Celtic vocal music gets. --Michael SimmonsFolk CDs
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