#ceol

some recommendations:

Súil Amháin is a poet and rapper from Listowel (hon the kingdom!) and I fucking love his music for how it effortlessly positions gaelainn not as a relic of a slowly suffocating culture, but as a language belonging totally to the modern world and to modern Ireland in particular, and at the same time staying true to aspects of traditional Gaelic songs, such as a propensity towards place names lol. the áit dhúchais is as important in Súil Amháin's 'Lá Breá', as it is in any sean-nós song and the leanúnachas between tradition and a bold plunge to the future is inspiring

Róis is an artist from Fermanagh whos album Mo Léan is a beautiful exploration of the tradition of death songs and keening in ireland. its like a mix of sean-nós and electronic music and a bunch else mixed in. personlly i prefer her 2023 album Uisce agus Bean but Mo Léan is the better album without a doubt lol. the attempt to reconcile death in the modern world with irish grieving traditions that span centuries is very affecting and also the songs themselves are absolute tunes 🎶

but have also been invited to a more reasonable 8am mayday session

but also have an evening session on both wednesdays and thursdays

result: could theoretically play four sessions in 24 hours

THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC AS GAEILGE IVE EVER HEARD

These are some of my favourites

^a classic, mythology x 80s music what more could you want? also here has the lyrics with English translation

^gorgeous love song, and he sings relatively slowly so the Irish is a bit easier to make out than their other songs. also I do love the way "thousand" and "mile" have the same word in Irish, so a thousand miles = míle míle

^SO much fun and so catchy. Tá mé dúnta i ngrá leat ❗🗣️

^relatable I cannot get "ach níl aon post agam, tá mé dífhostaithe" out of my head, it's such an earworm

^really good. I love the smiths and this honestly sounds like it could be a smiths song translated into Irish

Managed to get my 1992 Fisher Price to play the Camlann cassette! Sooooo delighted with this purchase and the fact that I could revive an old friend to play it 🙈

This cassette player originally belonged to my sister, and has been in my family since about 1994, and sitting unused since about 2010. In case you’re curious, the last cassette played (still in the compartment) was a Doctor Who audiobook.

I’m having a great day 🙈😁

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Brochan Lom le Brian Ó hEadhra is teaghlach