Released 3 December 2011 | Length 45:20 Release date 3 December 2011 | |
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Recorded My Room StudiosCopenhagen, Denmark Songs of the Scribe(2011) LET THE FAIRIES IN(2012) Similar Let the Fairies In, Áilleacht, A Stór Is A Stóirín, An Dealg Óir, When I Was Young | ||
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Songs of the Scribe is the seventh studio album from Irish singer Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, who is also Traditional Singer in Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre For Poetry at Queen's University, Belfast. Released on 3 December 2011, the album features old and newly written translations by Ní Uallacháin, Ciaran Carson and Seamus Heaney and harp accompaniment by Helen Davies. Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark, Songs of the Scribe was inspired by the manuscripts held in the library of St. Gallen. Pádraigín visited the library to research the manuscripts, carried to safety from Viking attack by St. Gall and others from Bangor, County Down to Europe over a number of centuries.
Contents
Personnel
Songs
1The Hermit's Wish (Dúthracar - a Maic Dé Bí) [feat Helen Davies]Helen Davies7:50
2The Blackbird of Belfast Lough (Int én Bec) [feat Seamus Heaney - Ciaran Carson & Helen Davies]Helen Davies - Seamus Heaney3:43
3The Scribe in the Woods (Domfharcaí Fidbaide Fál) [feat Ciaran Carson & Helen Davies]Helen Davies3:30