Now I know that this site is more "attuned" to the instrumental side of the traditions, but Jarlath Henderson - whom I'm sure is known to many as an outstanding player of uilleann pipes and whistles - has just released his first solo album as a singer, and it's one of the best damned CDs I've ever heard in my life !
Check out the "Youtube" links here :
https://youtu.be/xWtibo4Mccs
https://youtu.be/QocCqjCpMkQ
[ - mind you, I'm not sure that Comhaltas are going to to keen on it. ]
Jarlath Henderson - singer
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Jarlath Henderson - singer
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Re: Jarlath Henderson - singer
I'm so glad I found your post! Have loved Jarlath's work as a piper for a long time. How could it slip my attention that he released a singing album? Ordered it right away...
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I don't think it's been the best publicised of releases, which is a great shame. Please let us know what you think of it once you get it.
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Re: Jarlath Henderson - singer
Thanks for the heads up. I've been curious ever since, shortly after he won the Beeb's Young Tradition award, I read an aside in an article about him that JH "sings like Paul Brady". Listening to these clips, I can see the resemblance, although the timbre is different. And I'll have to grow into the backing.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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