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AWEN AWEN
Awen was the word bards employed to state their moments of trance, we chose it for the way and significance that tunes, facts, and people in and out of Bran gave birth to and made the whole project possible
La Dame Verte La Dame Verte
La Dame Verte (emp/trad.arr.) The belief in enchanted groves had always allured me very much. Even more when I read about certain faerie ‘Green Ladies’ hidden behind trees , expecting for wandering pedlars eager for elven dance. I felt tha
Open the Door Softly Open the Door Softly
Open the door softly (trad. arr. / emp) This was the first tune I heard on Gaelic harp fourteen years ago. It’s a lullaby collected in the 18th C. from the repertoire of the itinerant harper Arthur O’Neill. I recall I was very impressed by
Morrigan & Dagda Morrigan & Dagda
Morrigan & Dagda (emp) On this tune I tried to convey the mystic endowed on two characters of the mythical inhabitants of ancient Ireland: Morrigan, the Great War Goddess; and Dagda, the High King and Good God.
Blackbird Blackbird
Blackbird (trad arr/emp) A love song I first heard from the singing of Andy Stewart (Scottish musician related in the past with ‘Silly Wizard’) On this version I set aside the actual structure of the theme and reflect my own feeling of the
Dance By The Mill Dance By The Mill
Dance by the Mill / Maneo of Imende (emp/trad) I wrote the first set for the sake of my wife six years ago.The jig styled structure is based upon a kind of dance popular in Galicia and Asturias in Spain, called ‘muiñeira’. It was original
Loch Liath Loch Liath
Loch Liath (mauricio ceballos) This tune was inspired by our fiddler while staring at a large lake in Guatemala. The music recreates the calm and pleasant sensations of the sounds of ripples and the vibration of pebbles on the shore.
Añada/Rambling Boatman Añada/Rambling Boatman
Añada/ Rambling Boatman (trad.arr.) The 1st tune was collected from the repertoire of Xuacu Amieva, an Asturian piper whom I knew in the ‘90s. It’s a lullaby sang in Asturian language (bable). I first heard the second tune played by the Ma
Morag of Dunvegan/Brosna Slide/Geehan’s Reel Morag of Dunvegan/Brosna Slide/Geehan’s Reel
The first tune is a ‘slow air’ taken from the large extent of scottish pipe tunes. The second and third tunes are examples of a ‘slide’ and a ‘reel’, two popular Irish dances recopilated by Eamonn Jackson in the ‘70s.
The Chosen One The Chosen One
BONUS TRACK -10th Anniversary Re-Mastered Edition- THE CHOSEN ONE (2008 EDIT) This song was composed by Xandru and Me long after the Awen Album was issued. It is based on the welsh poem 'The Spoils of Annwn', written by Tomas ap Einion in the 1
Lion of Erin (Thomond /Briahin/ On the way/Clon Lion of Erin (Thomond /Briahin/ On the way/Clon
We dedicate this track to the memory of Brian Mc Cennedi, High King of Ireland born in 941 in Thomond and raised at Boruma, who often kept Eire unharmed from invaders. It includes an arrangement of the Irish march called ‘Brian Boru’ (‘Br
Amergin - Part 1 (The Legend/Bard/The call) Amergin - Part 1 (The Legend/Bard/The call)
Historical background proves that Gaelics or Milesians invaded Ireland from Northern Spain about the year 1800-1300 B.C. It is told on the Irish ‘Book of Conquests’ that Ith, son of Breoghan, was slained by order of the De Dannan ‘s three kings
Amergin Part 2 (Greenland/Invocation/Tale’s end) Amergin Part 2 (Greenland/Invocation/Tale’s end)
Historical background proves that Gaelics or Milesians invaded Ireland from Northern Spain about the year 1800-1300 B.C. It is told on the Irish ‘Book of Conquests’ that Ith, son of Breoghan, was slained by order of the De Dannan ‘s three kings
