'An Cailín Rua' - Skara Brae | Skara Brae | TG4

Skara Brae, Grúpa Ceoil TG4 2022, ag canadh 'An Cailín Rua' ag Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy (2005).

Skara Brae are the first band to be awarded Grúpa Ceoil TG4, celebrating 50 years since the release of their debut album. Here they sing 'An Cailín Rua' at Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy (2005).

Their only record Skara Brae, released in 1971 on Gael Linn Records, is considered a hugely significant album in the Irish music tradition. At the time of recording, Maighread was 15 years old, Tríona was 16 and Micheál and Dáithí were 19 and 20. Their style is rooted in Irish traditional music, but also included influences from rock and pop musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez. The group blended these influences into seán-nós songs of Donegal – such as ‘An Cailín Rua’ and ‘An Saighdiúir Tréigthe’ – with unique harmonies and counter melodies on guitar and clavinet.

The group disbanded in 1972 and each of the musicians went on to perform with groups such as The Bothy Band, Altan, Relativity, and Nightnoise among others. In December 2021, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta marked fifty years since the album’s release with a special programme including members of the group in the studio.

Is ar Skara Brae a bhronnfar den chéad uair an gradam nua Grúpa Ceoil TG4 i mbliana. Mhúscail teacht chun cinn an ghrúpa ceoil Skara Brae sna 1970idí spéis arís san fhonnadóireacht thraidisiúnta, tráth a raibh an stíl fonnadóireachta sin i mbaol. Bhí stíl ar leith, stíl cheannródaíoch, ag an ngrúpa, a thug aghaidh ar an tuiscint a bhí ag daoine ar amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós, ach is stíl í sin atá fós nua agus nuálach sa lá atá inniu ann. Is iad na deirfiúracha Tríona agus Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, a ndeartháir Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (1951-2006) agus Dáithí Sproule an grúpa ceoil Skara Brae.

TG4 are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Gradam Ceoil TG4 in 2022!
Watch Gradam Ceoil TG4 :

#Gradam25 | Domhnach Cásca/ Easter Sunday @ 21.30
📅17/04/2022 | TG4 National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland

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You can access all of the Gradam Ceoil TG4 awards shows in full since 1998 by following the link below. Is de thoradh comhthionscadail idir TG4 agus an Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann (ITMA) an chartlann seo. 🎶 ➡️ https://www.tg4.ie/ga/brandai-eile/gradam-ceoil/cartlann/

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