Irish folk group Ye Vagabonds will release new album 'Nine Waves' on May 13th.
The new album follows the acclaim lavished on their deeply powerful debut, and will be released via River Lea Records.
Out on May 13th, 'Nine Waves' was recorded in the Dublin Mountains at Hellfire Studios, with John ‘Spud’ Murphy handling production.
The record features 11 tracks, matching fresh interpretations of traditional material to original songwriting.
New song 'Blue Is The Eye' leads the way, with Brían explaining: “This song started as a poem I wrote for an old friend on Arranmore who passed away in late 2020. He used to bring me out fishing as a kid, and later when I got into singing we bonded over songs even more. When he was younger he knew Róise Rua, a well-known singer from the island. He often told me of when he used to visit her, and how she would give him a coal from the fire to light his way home at night.”
“In his last few years he would sit and watch boats come and go across the bay all day. We’d always be happily aware of his eyes on us when we’d be out on the sea. The week he died, his son Jerry took myself and Diarmuid out fishing, and we half-wondered if he was watching still. A minke whale breeched next to our boat that afternoon.”
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Rich Gilligan
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