Brigid
A new cycle of songs celebrating the goddess-saint.
This new EP, released January 28 2022, contains three newly-composed tracks by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin and produced by multi-instrumentalist Dónal O'Connor: Brigid Buach (Gifted Brigid), Imbolc (Imbolc – Spring) and Beannú (Blessing).
The fourth track is a newly remastered recording of the iconic Gabhaim Molta Bríde (I Praise Brigid), performed with Garry Ó Briain.
Seven Daughters of the Sea
Seacht nIníon na Mara
Pádraigín's tenth studio album. Although firmly rooted in Irish traditional music influences, it has a contemporary and transcultural aspect through the inclusion of international musicians - the celebrated US guitar player Steve Vai, Bansuri musician Rajat Prasanna from India, Steve Cooney from Australia/Ireland, Irish musicians Dónal O’Connor and Macdara Ó Graham and Fin Moore from Scotland.
Gradam Ceoil TG4
Pádraigín was presented with one of the Oscars in traditional music, Gradam Ceoil TG4, for her ‘Outstanding Contribution to Traditional Song’, at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
On the night, she performed 'Gleann na nDeor', her own composition from the album Áilleacht, with musical friends The Voice Squad. She also sang Oriel song 'Séamus Mac Murfaidh' with two outstanding singers from the renewed Oriel tradition, Bláithín Mhic Cana and Piaras Ó Lorcáin.
You can watch performances from the night here.
Ceoltaí Oirialla
Pádraigín has recently released a double album of Oriel songs to coincide with the launch of her major digital project, the Oriel Arts Project.
This double album features a CD of songs accompanied by renowned musical friends, with the second CD comprised of acapella songs from the renewed Oriel tradition.
'Ceoltaí Oirialla – Songs of Oriel' can be ordered here and you can find a wealth of research and background on the words, writers and collectors at OrielArts.com.
Oriel has been the home of a distinctive tradition of music, song, dance and poetry, a tradition that has been wonderfully recovered by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin in her book, A Hidden Ulster, to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude.
An tUachtarán Michael D. Higgins
Beauty of singing… sweetness, surety and clarity of voice… a totally absorbing experience.
Séamus Heaney
An inner voyager, an archaeologist of the spirit world, a keeper of tradition, a maker of what is new and will be enduring… songs of pure joy.
Theo Dorgan
These songs are out-of-this-world; they are of exceptional beauty: they are magical, ethereal, spiritual, celestial! Their beauty resides in the use of both Irish and English.
William Stoddart
A minimalist treasure... sinuous grace and elegance.
