A modern retelling of the Irish epic with Iarla Ó Lionáird of Irish suprgroup The Gloaming, Princeton-based composer-fiddler Dan Trueman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon. Elements of traditional music of Ireland, Norway and North America with the raw urgency and sonorities of contemporary music. Text in English and Irish.
Eighth Blackbird joins forces with composer collective Sleeping Giant for an album of world premiere works inspired by stunning pieces of contemporary art