''Dual'' is an album by four acclaimed Irish and Scottish musicians: Éamonn Doorley,

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (born 1978) is a musician and singer from County Kerry, Ireland. Until 2016, she was the lead singer for the traditional music group Danú, and from that year on she has been half of the electronica duo Aeons. Biography ...

(both prominently of

Danú Danú is an Irish traditional music band. The founding members of Danú (Donnchadh Gough, Dónal Clancy, Daire Bracken, and Benny McCarthy) met in Waterford in Ireland in 1994, and consolidated as a band after performing in the Festival Interc ...

Julie Fowlis Julie Fowlis (born 20 June 1978) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. Early life Fowlis grew up on North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, in a Gaelic-speaking community. Her moth ...

and

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. The artists released the album in October 2008 on their official websites. The album was planned to project the similarities and differences between the

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and

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song traditions. The album features Scottish

waulking song Waulking songs ( gd, Òrain Luaidh) are Scottish folk songs, traditionally sung in the Gaelic language by women while fulling (waulking) cloth. This practice involved a group of women, who traditionally prepared cloth, rhythmically beating new ...

s such as ''Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda'', and an Irish equivalent to the Scottish

puirt à beul Puirt à beul (, literally "tunes from a mouth") is a traditional form of song native to Scotland (known as ''portaireacht'' in Ireland) that sets Gaelic lyrics to instrumental tune melodies. Historically, they were used to accompany dancing in the ...

. The songs are set in a traditional/folk accompaniment, very different from the recorded versions of a few of the songs by

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and

Clannad Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including f ...

. The four musicians have been playing music together since a sing-song at the

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in 2003. The four-piece has toured together twice a year both in Ireland and Scotland. Julie and Muireann have had very similar upbringings and found their music and languages shared many common threads. Hence the name, ''Dual'', which means "to braid, to twine, inheritance or native" in both

and

. The album features songs in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and tunes from both cultures.Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh :

Track listing

# "Dá Bhfaigheann Mo Rogha De Thriúr Acú/Dhannsamaid Le Ailean/Cairistíon' Nigh'n Eoghainn" # "Beauty Deas An Oileán" # "Tha 'm Buntata Mor/An Bairille/Boc Liath Nan Gobhar" # "

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" # "Uist-Kerry Set: Bu Chaomh Leam Bhith Fuireach/Port Dealai/Néilí" # " Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda" # "

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/The Walls Of Liscarroll/Alistrum's March" # "Duan Na Muiligheartaich & Laoi Na Mná Móra" # "An Cóisir/Chuirinn Mo Ghiollan A Dh' Iomain Nan Caorach" # "Cailíní Deasa Mhuigheo/Eader Alba Is Éirinn/Mrs Ramsay Of Barton/Tie The Bonnet Tight" # " Pe In Eirinn I" # " A Riogain Uasail"

External links

Official store from Julie Fowlis and samples

References

{{Authority control Julie Fowlis albums 2008 albums Celtic albums by Irish artists