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Written in Folk Roots issue 161, 1996

SEÁN Ó RIADA
Ó Riada’s Farewell
Claddagh CC12CD (1996)

Reissue of a classic recording, made just before he died in 1971, by a man, here playing solo on an upright harpsichord with the feel of the old Irish harps, who got right to the heart of Irish music and whose impact still reverberates. No classical preciousness here, it’s rough in places but brimming with meaning. The CD pack, incidentally, has a stick-on strip with the title in Braille; what a simple good idea, and another tip of the hat to Carolan and the other blind harpers.


© 1996 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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