Skara Brae

Skara Brae

I know that Skara Brae isn't typical session music, but I decided to submit this recording anyway because as far as I'm concerned it's one of the most beautiful albums ever (that's no hyperbole on my part).

This album was originally made in the early 1970s--1970 or 1971, I believe--by four then unknown musicians: Michael O'Domhnaill, Triona and Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill, and Daithi Sproule. All four sang, the two men played guitar, and Triona played clavinet, adding beautiful new harmonies to old Donegal songs. They were the first group ever to attempt adding instrumental accompaniment to these songs. All the songs are in Irish, except for the two instrumentals (tracks 4 and 10). The original record includes only the first 13 tracks listed here. Tracks 14 and 15 are only available on the CD reissued by Gael Linn.

I'll just reiterate what I said above: it's not typical session music, but it's definitely worth a listen, or a hundred.

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by smw

Quite right smw, very beautiful music indeed, in fact it's, IMHO, an absolute classic!

# Posted on February 18th 2007 by Ptarmigan