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ÁINE UÍ CHEALLAIGH Binneas Thar Meon Gael-Linn 2009 |
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MACDARA Ó CONAOLA The Love Token |
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FINOLA Ó SIOCHRÚ Solas na Soilse FOSCD002 |
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NIAMH
DE BÚRCA An Áit a Bhfuil Do Chroí.... (Where Your Heart Lies....) CEFCD 186 |
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LASAIRFHÍONA
NÍ CHONAOLA Flame of Wine LNC002CD |
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THE
HENRY GIRLS Between Us 2003. HGCD001 |
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LASAIRFHÍONA
NÍ CHONAOLA An Raicín Álainn 2002. LNC 001 Geoff Wallis, Folk Roots Magazine. (Jan/Feb 2003) An Raicín Álainn: own label, LNC001CD "...Thoroughly engaging throughout, Lasairfhíona's sean-nós skills shine on the unaccompanied, witty 'Amhrán an Phúca' and, one of the great Connacht love songs,'Úna Bhán'. Máire Breatnach's production is sensitivity incarnate and there are guest appearances from the acclaimed whistler Mary Bergin and bodhrán wizard Johnny McDonagh, on one of the most sumptuous albums of traditional singing to have emerged for some time." Sarah McQuaid, Hotpress, Vol. 26, Issue 18 Beautifully effortless sean-nós singing here from Inishere native and TCD graduate Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola, who's confident enough in her voice to let it do its thing gently, without strident belting or stylistic tics. She's got a lovely way of speaking, too: on the spine-tingling Oileán na Teiscinne, her quiet incantation of the words over a blend of guitar and gurgling wave sounds manages to transcend any suggestion of tweeness or cliché. Máire Breatnach's production is flawless and the accompanying musicians are superb, including such stalwarts as Mary Bergin, Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh - not to mention Breatnach herself. Siobhán Long, The Ticket, Irish Times, 12/09/02 The emergence of talented women musicians in a male-dominated (recording) tradition must surely be one of the great pleasures of recent years. Inis Oírr singer Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola is a performer whose vocal chords and tympanic membranes are as finely tuned as a taut spring. An Raicín Álainn/The Beautiful Comb is a glorious tincture of of her catholic repertoire, many of her songs borrowed from her own island tradition, and none more pristine than Inis Oírr in Inis Oírr, it's dusky corners inhabited by producer Máire Breatnach's lonesome viola and Mary Bergin's low whistle. Ní Chonaola's breathy vocals could easily wallow in Céline Dion territory, wringing every last drop of emotion from this immaculate colection, but she subscribes with aplomb to a minimalism that so becomes her. |
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MÉAV Silver Sea 2002. Celtic Collections CCCD 285 |
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KATI
PELLINEN O'er The Border 2000. Green Song Music GSM 00001 |
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PADRAIGIN
NI UALLACHAIN An Irish Lullaby 2000. Shanachie Entertainment Corp. 78036© |
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VARIOUS Celtic Airs and Dance 2000. Torc Music Ltd. ARANCD 603 |
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KEITH
DONALD The Calm After the Storm 1999. Watershed Records WSKDMB 101CD |
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VARIOUS Freezing Summer Original Soundtrack 1998. WEA WPC6-8494 |
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THE
BLACK FAMILY What a Time 1995. Dara/RTE DARTE CD 192 |
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JOHNNY
MCEVOY Celebration 1995 Dolphin JM CD 30 |
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JIM
MCCANN Ireland's Greatest Love Songs 1995 Telstar TCD2802 |
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MICHAEL
SHAY MARTIN BLACK Michael Shay Martin Black 1995. Dara CDS 076 |
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SONNY
CONDELL Someone to Dance With 1994. Starc SCD 295 |
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VARIOUS Celtic Moon - Final Fantasy IV 1991. Square Brand N30D-006 |
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MERISTEM Meristem 1989. Vixen Records FM 030 |
