'An Leabhar Mòr – Na h-Òrain/The Songs’ - A new CD of classic Irish and Scottish Gaelic songs. The songs all come from the hugely successful Leabhar Mòr, or Great Book of Gaelic, and are sung by some of the greatest tradition bearers and singers in Gaelic Scotland and Ireland. The Scottish singers include Flora MacNeill, Ishbel MacAskill, Christine Primrose, Anne Lorne Gillies, Margaret Stewart, Rachel Walker, Mary Smith, Finlay MacNeill and Donnie Murdo Macleod. Ireland is represented by Nicolas Toibin, Peadar Ó Ceannabháin, Albert Fry, Gearoidin Breathnach, Roisin Elsafty, Eilis Kennedy, Aine Meirbhic and Padraighín Ní Ullacháin. There are excellent sleevenotes in both English and Gaelic.
The CD is published by Colmcille and Pròiseact nan Ealan (PNE): the Gaelic arts agencies behind the Leabhar Mòr project. PNE Director Calum MacLean said: “Some of the best and most respected exponents of Gaelic song in Ireland and Scotland have contributed to the CD and the songs they sing are all classics from the traditions of both countries. This latest evolution of the Leabhar Mòr project vividly brings to life, in another medium, the deep cultural and linguistic links between Gaelic Scotland and Ireland.
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