Searbh Siúcra, by Éilís Crean

Searbh Siúcra

by Éilís Crean

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1.	01 Coill McHugh/The Meelick Team 02:40	buy track
2.	02 Paddy Fahey's/Reel Dolly's Hill 04:56	buy track
3.	Lament For Tommy Flynn/The Banjo Basher 05:46	buy track
4.	04 Port an Bhrathair/The Frieze Britches 04:54	buy track
5.	05 The Vacant House/Paddy Fahey's Reel/Caught in a Cobweb 04:59	buy track
6.	06 Josie McDermott 01:58	buy track
7.	07 Eddie Kelly's Jig No 2/Memories Of France 05:06	buy track
8.	08 The Hand of the Little People 02:55	buy track
9.	09 The Jug of Punch/Sean Reid's Reel/Tommy Cronin's Reel 05:27	buy track
10.	Dawn On The Strand/Eddie Kelly's Jig No 1/Pull the Knife and Stick it Again 2496 mast 04:49	buy track
11.	11 The Cloonlish Hornpipe 03:47	buy track
12.	12 The Old High Reel/The Lane to the Glen/The Trip to Durrow 05:29	buy track
13.	13 Marian's Return 02:35	buy track
14.	14 Brierton's Jig/Finian's Visit 04:43	buy track
15.	15 Paddy Fahey's Reel/The East Galway Reel 03:19	buy track
16.	16 Farewell to Camus/The Rainy Day/The Lonesome Fiddler 05:07	buy track
17.	17 The Old Pipe on the Hob/The Sally Popular 03:20	buy track
18.	18 Copenhagen Harbour 02:39	buy track

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Searbh Siúcra is an Irish-Gaelic term that is sometimes used to define polarity, the idea that opposites attract. It describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.

Another interpretation of Searbh Siúcra is Bitter-Sweet.

All of these concepts perfectly describe the evolution of this album. The musical contributions span the waters, from Nashville to Ireland. The quintessential sounds of Paolo Soprano button-accordion, fiddle and flute keep alive the old East Galway Irish Music Tradition (EGIMT) sound and mood. And they are juxtaposed with the Harmonium, Djembe and Kunga drum that bring a new type of old feel and timbre to the EGIMT.

And Eddie’s compositions themselves are a panorama of that old traditional sound whilst also introducing a very new one. Eddie Kelly’s Jigs 1 and 2 carry that dark and lonesome sound that distinguishes the EGIMT from all other traditional Irish music styles (often referred to as Draíocht). And ‘The Hand of the Little People’ is something very different with it’s unique phrasing and the unconventional asymmetry between the first and second parts.

The Yin and Yang theme continues throughout the album as the dark sounding sets that were recorded in C offer a contrast to the brighter sound of the sets in E flat major. Eddie’s newly composed tunes are complemented by some of the old favourites. And last but certainly not least, the nature and expression of masculine and feminine creative energy throughout this album.

And the journey to bring this album to fruition has been bitter-sweet. Tears of heart-ache and tears of joy, those opposing and interconnected forces that eventually allow us to live more deeply and have a more rooted sense of meaning, purpose and beauty in our lives.

Éilís Crean

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released November 24, 2021

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Éilís Crean Nashville, Tennessee

Éilís Crean is an Irish-born musician, artisan, and personality, passionately dedicated to everything Irish.

She fell in love with the unique style of the East Galway Irish Music Tradition and at age 7, began her life journey into music as a young girl. She has since come to be regarded as one of the world's top 5 Fiddle players in the East Galway Irish Music Tradition. ... more

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