Eoghan & Ultan
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11/08/2023
Very pleased to be invited to play at this year’s in Bantry
alongside a fantastic line-up of and
Tickets are available in the link in bio. Just a few weeks away!
AUG 24th 7.30pm
24/07/2023
London people!
Delighted to say we will be doing a little informal gig in London this Sunday.
Very excited that it will be a double header with .basha
Zoé Basha is a Leitrim-based musician and composer, of French-American origins. Drawing from her background as a traditional singer influenced and inspired by the multiple cultures embedded in her sound, Zoé Basha blends traditional Appalachian, Occitan and Irish singing with Piedmont blues and jazz.
Should be a lovely night. All a bit last minute so tell yer mates please and thank you.
15/12/2022
Well. .jpg has organised this gig for us in on January 14th. Between the jigs and the reels of the last few years it'll only be our second ever gig in Dublin. So now!
05/09/2022
September 7 Dún Laoghaire folk festival
12/06/2022
Very excited to be playing at Dún Laoghaire Folk Fest in September alongside Les Filles Des Illighadad!
06/05/2022
Cúpla seachtain as seo go Féile Nasc !
19/04/2022
Ag súil go mór le an mhí seo chugainn!
The Interplay of Light and Dark
"This is in many ways an exciting recording; it is brave (and somewhat unusual) for a traditional album in its engagement with current social criticism. As an artistic creation it has something in common with the type of ‘internal’ journey undertaken by fiddle-player Tommie Potts. In this sense it is an album that explores the inner world of these artists, their musical worlds, and the collaborative ties of their artistic relationship. Which leads to a final reflection on listening to this in a lockdown; although the title references the light (of the day), my perception of this is of an album designed for intimate, individual listening; its up-close recording, its subtle colours, might well be best served through a personal, involved, and focused communion. "
Really nice review of Solas an Lae from Adrian Scahill in the Journal of Music.
journalofmusic.com Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien's new traditional and experimental album probes the soundworld between voice, fiddle and viola. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Eoghan contemplating bonus material for the Solas an Lae LP —vinyl due for release early 2021
Pre-order through bandcamp: https://eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/
Or download the whole digital shebang with a booklet to boot.
Happy to you all!
Full album: link in bio
Last night we launched our album with a Digital Folk Opera and it is now available to download from Bandcamp along with a little booklet!
Today, bandcamp are waiving their fees with all sales going directly to artists— a fine day for purchasing music!
Hi Everyone! Getting started shortly. If you were with us in the flesh you'd be getting a little pinteen or a nice cuppa tae for yourself at this point. But we're only in the digital world, so we hope you're comfortable, wherever you are.
You can get the show at this link at 8:30pm:
https://youtu.be/Wagwtdf2Js4
Album launching tonight with a Digital Folk Opera at 8.30pm Irish Time
Link in bio for more info, later to be updated with a direct link to the stream
See you later!
Folk Radio UK
Did you know Folk Radio UK are offering a first listen to our album ahead of our launch tomorrow?
Well, you do now!
You can have yourself a listen and tomorrow we'll launch the full thing officially with a Digital Folk Opera!
Link to the stream will be here-- links within links: https://www.facebook.com/events/2796352953934649
Along with an in-depth track-by-track guide, listen in full to ‘Solas An Lae’, the debut album from Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien – Eoghan & Ultan - an exploration of the relationship between human voice and the fiddle. https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2020/11/first-listen-eoghan-ultan-solas-an-lae/
Tomorrow Nov 5 at 8.30pm we launch ‘Solas an Lae - Digital Folk Opera’ in celebration of our album, featuring live playing of the music on the album, some other bits and pieces, and works from a number of visual artists.
The link in our linktree bio will bring you to the event page. Tomorrow we’ll update that so it brings you directly to the stream, where you can live happily ever after.
Photo:
All Our Lonely Ghosts
All Our Lonely Ghosts is a dark song. It charts the treatment of women, children and those who have been silenced in Irish society over the decades. Where Catholic Ireland locked people in Church-run institutions in days gone by, modern day neoliberal Ireland puts them in family hubs, direct provision centres, or leaves them to roam the streets of our cities and towns.
In recent weeks, we have seen those in power redouble their efforts to bury a shameful past - a past that could rock the foundations of the current status quo if it is unearthed in its entirety.
While the song is bleak, we see hope - in the courage of the survivors who are campaigning for justice and in the movements that are fighting for a better world.
Recorded and produced by Nick Turner of Watercolour Music
Video by Ruth Clinton
Lyrics by Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin - Music & Ciarán O'Rourke
Arranged by Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O'Brien
All Our Lonely Ghosts
Full video out tomorrow at 12pm
Album launch this Thursday, Nov 5
Video by Ruth Clinton
Lyrics by Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ciarán O’Rourke
Cailleach an Airgid
Cosc ar chuairteanna tí, ach ní stopfar an ceol! Tá súil againn go bhfuil daoine maith go leor agus iad ag dul thríd an tréimhse dianghlasála seo. Seo chugaibh Cailleach an Airgid!
You can stop the house visits but you can't stop the music! Hope everyone is doing OK during this lockdown. Here's a song about your rich granny who keeps rejecting all the boys because she knows they'll drink here money.
Cúirt Bhaile Nua - Single
‘Cúirt Bhaile Nua’ (WCMCD07)
Stream/ Download full single on bandcamp https://eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/track/c-irt-bhaile-nua-single
The human voice and the fiddle are often thought of as musical cousins. ‘Solas an Lae’ (The Light of the Day) is the début album from Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien, a compelling exploration of that relationship, creating a unique dialogue that blends raw, rugged earth with the ethereal otherworld. In ‘Solas an Lae’, bouncing songs and strings off one another, Eoghan and Ultan have created a duo album that emerges viscerally from the sean-nós roots of upbringing to blossom into two of the most articulate Irish musical voices on the scene today.
Dublin-based with Clare and Connemara connections, Eoghan and Ultan have been playing together for many years in bands including Skipper’s Alley. Their involvement with Manx singer Ruth Keggin and with the international Gaelic project ‘Aon Teanga (One Tongue)’ took them to Highland Scotland, where they first recorded at Watercolour Music in Lochaber. “It’s hard to imagine recording anywhere else,” says Eoghan. ‘Solas an Lae’ is produced by Watercolour Music’s Nick Turner who also worked with the Irish duo on ‘Aon Teanga’.
‘Solas an Lae’ takes its title from the opening track, ‘Mo Mhúirnín’, a starkly beautiful rendition of 19th century poet Padraic Colum’s poem ‘The Beggar’s Child’.
“Mavourneen, we'll go far away
From the net of the crooked town
Where they grudge us the light of the day.”
The first single from the album is ‘Cúirt Bhaile Nua’, a classic song of love and heartbreak from Mayo from the singing of Treasa Ní Mhiolláin. The track is accompanied by a night-time video, filmed outside at Watercolour Music’s studios, which is situated on the shores of Loch Linnhe within sight of Ben Nevis. Nick also produced the eerily elemental video which features the duo singing and playing in firelight, and an almost sacrificial scene of a harmonium up in flames. Instruments may have been harmed in the making of this film.
‘Cúirt Bhaile Nua’ (WCMCD074) is released on Watercolour Music on October 29th 2020.
‘Solas an Lae’ (WCMCD075) is released on Watercolour Music on November 5th 2020.
Single Release Preview -- Cúirt Bhaile Nua
Beidh ár singil nua Cúirt Bhaile Nua amuigh amárach. Seo amhrán a chualamar ag Treasa Ní Mhiolláin as Árainn.
Cúirt Bhaile Nua - a sneaky preview of our single release tomorrow. This is a song of unrequited love we got from the singing of Treasa Ní Mhiolláin.
Our album, Solas an Lae, launches Thu Nov 5th
Tá muid an-bhuíoch do chuile dhuine a d'ordaigh an t-albam go dtí seo!
A massive thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered the album or vinyl so far!
New single and video out tomorrow, exciting shtuff 🙂
Photo:
Ruth Smith
Song stitcher & arts in health practitioner Sive joins us on this evening to chat about her musical influences, Embrace Music singalongs & song choices from Lau & Joni Mitchell.
New music from Eoghan & Ultan & Aoife Scott along with IFTA award winners Kíla, Féile Chruite Acla - Achill International Harp Festival director Laoise Kelly, Steve Cooney & some classic Luke Kelly
All from 10pm RTÉ Radio 1
Miss Monaghan's Reel
Howyiz! 12 days til blasht-off, and a single coming out on Thursday. Getting excited now!
Album available to pre-order through the link below. You can also help us get our vinyl made by pre-ordering that too!
https://eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/releases
Do ye like vinyls? Do ye want to help us make one? Solas an Lae launches as a digital release on November 5th. For fans of the oul vinyls, you can give us a hand to get them made by getting a pre-order in. Twould be greatly appreciated!
Link here:
eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/releases
Ultan ag caoineadh
and here’s Ultan O'Brien viola-ing & lamenting on a bridge
Caoineadh na dTrí Mhuire ar Droichead Grattan
A bit of a tune
Here’s a bit of a tune
Online launch of our first album, Solas an Lae, coming November 5th. You can pre-order the album and get a bit of a preview at eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/releases
Solas an Lae is available now for pre-order. Digital and vinyl. eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/releases
Whilst on a stroll, we got distracted under a bridge—
here’s a song from Eoghan under that very bridge.
Once focus is regained we’ll be back to cleaning ourselves up ahead of our album launch on 5th November
Cooking up a few bits for the album launch!
8:30pm Thursday 5 November on the wuhwuhwuh!
Shtay tuned!
UltanobrienplaystheFiddle
Check out Ultan's online concert this evening!
I'll be playing later on Seshotek On Air 📡 https://www.facebook.com/events/851569291937500/
Tune in for a few tunes from a variety of worldly artists
18.00-20.00 UTC+1
And then head on over to see some of Skipper's Alley at Walshes (at home)