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Songs of the Scribe

2011 studio album by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

Songs of the Scribe is the seventh studio album from Irish singer Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, who is also Traditional Singer in Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre For Poetry at Queen's University, Belfast. Released on 3 December 2011, the album features old and newly written translations by Ní Uallacháin, Ciaran Carson and Seamus Heaney and harp accompaniment by Helen Davies.[7] Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark, Songs of the Scribe was inspired by the manuscripts held in the library of St. Gallen. Pádraigín visited the library to research the manuscripts, carried to safety from Viking attack by St. Gall and others from Bangor, County Down[8] to Europe over a number of centuries.[7]

Quick Facts Songs of the Scribe, Studio album by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin ...
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Track listing

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Personnel

  • Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – vocals, drones, bells
  • Helen Davies – Irish harp, wire-strung harp, monochords, Tibetan bowl
  • Thomas Li – recording/mixing

Release history

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References

  1. [1]
    Journal of Music review[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    Peadar O'Riada review
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    The Argus
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    Songs of the Scribe review at Lonely Planet
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    Songs of the Scribe review at The Irish Times by Siobhán Long
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    review at Cygnus Books
  7. [7]
    Songs of the Scribe at IrishSong.com
  8. [8]
    Interview with Pádraigín at BBC Northern Ireland
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