Music to take your breath away on a winter’s evening ‘The Gloaming’

Click below to curl up with some stunning music…The Gloaming is a quintet of musicians who all individually have a reputation for creating extraordinary music. The roots of their sound are the wellspring of the Irish tradition, but those origins have been moulded into an entirely new sound, with elements of modernism and neo-classical minimalism, without compromising the essential soul of the music. This is part of the anticipation that The Gloaming has created and Martin Hayes has previously made the point that, “Tradition in music is not frozen at a point in time, but is a process in motion that is undergoing constant change and refinement. It is a reflection of people’s lives.” He takes it even further saying, “In Irish music today there is much debate and division on the issues of continuity versus change and tradition versus innovation. I think it is a mistake to divide these issues as the music is capable of containing all of these parts at once. The real battle is between artistic integrity and the forces that impede creative expression.” Amen to that… (Read more from folk radio uk)

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Here’s some video from a live performance. Beautiful!