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Ciara Considine - " Ó Mo Chroí " - "Of My Heart"
An enchanting album of Irish Traditional Songs
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"Ó Mo Chroí"
1 Black Is The Colour
2 Kilkelly, Ireland
3 She Moved Through The Fair
4 The Flower Of Magherally
5 The Parting Of Friends
6 Spancil Hill
7 Molly Bán
8 My Lagan Love
9 Farewell My Love, Remember Me
10 An Gaoth Úr
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Trained as a concert-pianist, Ciara Considine took a trip back to her cultural roots in making an album of Ireland's much-loved traditional folk songs. It all started as something she wanted to do for her niece and nephews who were curious about their Irish heritage. Ciara's album is titled "Ó Mo Chroí "- Irish for "Of My Heart" from an old Irish saying. Recorded in MA Studios UK with Noel Rafferty, she sings and plays all 8 instruments on the CD. There is nothing commercialized or 'airbrushed' about this album: produced independently, it bears the hall-mark of a sincere recording that reaches into the hearth of a home.
"There is an old Irish phrase used to refer to a loved-one: 'Ó cuisle geal mo chroí '. It means 'Oh bright pulse of my heart'. This phrase is the inspiration behind my album. Each one of these traditional songs is essentially a story of love. Hand-in-hand with these stories of love are stories of loss, against the harsh back-drop of Ireland's historical famines, poverty and emigration. The songs were shared in the true folk tradition - around the kitchen table, by the hearth of the home, amid the jigs and reels - and passed down through the generations." (Ciara Considine)
