NORTHERN LIGHTS: Dubh agus Geal - Darkness and Light

Like their landscapes the music of Ireland and Scandinavia are spectacular; inspiring; and very different to each other. Northern Lights connects the folklore and folk music from the furthest shores of the great expanses of the North Sea. It poses the question “what parts of the traditional music repertoire is personal and local, and what parts are universal? In connecting a vast musical landscape which evokes everything between the ice of the North Sea and the warmth of Irish summer pastures, it finds striking resonances in these unique traditional repertoires. " Spectacular... highly charged... deeply expressive" -The Irish Times "Outstanding disk" -Newfolksounds "intriguing.