Northern
Lights
Northern
Lights is a blending of Norse and Irish: sagas, stories,
soundscapes, cultural flavours and perspectives, through
a meeting of their music and songs. It is a project of Lorcán Mac
Mathúna (voice, whistle), Raphael De Cock (voice, pipes,
siberian harp, shrutti, hardanger fiddle, jews harp), and
James Mahon (uillean pipes, whistle flutes)
Like the historic relationship between these cultures the traditional
music of both sometimes clashes, creating a musical tension and
a creative dissonance. Also, in keeping with that relationship,
there is noticeable common ground borne of cultural exchange.
Northern Lights delves the separate manifestations of the shared
themes of these traditions to form a unique and intriguing cultural
dialogue. more on myspace
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