Laghdú by Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman
what they say about Laghdú:
"this music defies genre, it's just a beautiful, spacious and luscious soundscape. Everyone should hear this."
--Martin Hayes
"oh so downright magnificent"
--Siobhan Long, The Irish Times
"possibly one of the most fulsome and beautiful recordings I have ever heard. Great music has this magnificent power over us, a power to which the heart must yield always and without regret."
--Iarla Ó Lionáird
"ASTOUNDING"
--Colm O'Hare, Hot Press
"a lovely warm bath of silky string sounds from this innovative duo, treading the line between tradition and invention"
--Garth Knox
"a gorgeous album"
--Jim Carroll, The Irish Times
"austerely elegant, spare, and evocative, there's not a note out of place. Yet nothing is predictable: looping phrases suddenly unfurl to produce incredibly beautiful melodies, meeting together in unusual harmonies between the two fiddlers.
--Donnacha Dennehy
"a truly refreshing and inspiring musical encounter"
--Anne Hytta
Tracklist
| 1. | Laghdú | 4:35 |
| 2. | Gollywhopper | 1:52 |
| 3. | What What What | 4:15 |
| 4. | Mausoleum | 4:48 |
| 5. | The Jack of Diamonds Three | 5:33 |
| 6. | Tuireamh na n-Iolar | 6:00 |
| 7. | Folamh | 3:27 |
| 8. | Leathan le Leathan | 3:20 |
| 9. | Fead an Iolair | 3:59 |
| 10. | Caol le Caol | 3:43 |
| 11. | Aonar | 5:32 |
Credits
Caoimhín & Dan play 10-string hardanger d'amore fiddles made by Salve Håkedal with baroque bows made by Michel Jamonneau. Dan plays a Hardanger fiddle by Hauk Buen on tracks 4, 6 & 10
The Jack of Diamonds Three and Fead an Iolair are traditional tunes arranged by Dan Trueman (ASCAP) & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (IMRO/RAAP). All other tracks written and arranged by Dan Trueman (ASCAP) & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (IMRO/RAAP)
Recorded by Andrés Villalta at Princeton University's Taplin Auditorium
Graphic Design by Distinctive Repetition
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