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Dublin-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin) turns her attention to the rich heritage of Irish traditional sean-nós singing on her new album Iníon. It’s a singing style that she admits first captured her attention from the age of 11 when listening ‘transfixed’ to Seosamh Ó hÉanaí on her parent’s record player.

She is a singer both reaching back into a deeply held tradition, while simultaneously pressing out against its very edges. Inni-K sets out to create a re-hearing, in a way, of something dear, something essential, and in doing so, she has – with fellow collaborators – created a bold, new and contemporary experience of sean-nós song for her listener.

In each new iteration of these songs, Inni-K seeks fresh perspectives and sonic concepts for us. She is rethreading song and story, voice and singer in all its diverse traditional beauty and bringing in her own striking and contemporary style and music.

Iníon shows the confidence and musical maturity of a singer who is both deeply rooted in the Irish tradition and is free to explore.

In the liner notes for Iníon, Inni-K says: “The roots of this album reach deep. In my mind’s eye, I see myself, aged 11, at home, tracing my finger across a small dent in the front of the record player and listening to a Gael Linn record that Mam and Dad had, hearing the singing of Seosamh Ó hÉanaí. In that moment, I was transfixed. I became fascinated by sean-nós singing and, through the years since, have explored that compulsion alongside other musical curiosities and influences. Iníon is a circling back to my musical lineage to honour my first deep love of sean-nós song and what has been passed onto me. The same momentum carries me and this music forward, joyfully falling into step with fellow explorers of different musical genres, from jazz to classical, to imagine together and share new iterations of some of the songs I love most from our singing tradition.

I try to be a caring, attentive daughter of our rich song and music traditions, and also hope to be an innovative, curious and adventurous one!”
Tracks:

1 An Tiarna Randal (6:40)
2 Casadh an tSúgáin (5:48)
3 Lord Gregory (7:00)
4 Cuc-a-neaindí (3:09)
5 An Raibh Tú ar an gCarraig? (2:21)
6 Éamonn an Chnoic (5:37)
7 Úirchill an Chreagáin (4:15)
8 The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (4:10)
9 Hó-bha-ín (3:18)

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcQLTu1t8Q