Iarla O' Lionaird (who is male, by the way) has a voice that is high and sweet. For the most part, though, what you have here is traditional Celtic folk music, but with a twist - the best way I can describe it is it sounds like genuine Irish folk, as opposed to the stuff they sometimes serve up to the tourists. Some of the songs mix in vague elements of jazz - for example, the last track, 'Fainleog' (which translates to 'Wanderer') is a little discordant in parts, although never so much that it becomes strident. and the fifth track, 'The Rolling Wave', which is similarly structured.

The songs are generally slow to mid-tempo, with the exception of the third track, 'The Sailor's Bonnet', which starts out with some leisurely piano and fiddling, then gradually builds to a fevered pitch. When there are vocals, they're mostly (but not all) sung in Gaelic. There is almost no percussion, and half of the tracks are instrumentals. All six of the songs recorded here were previously recorded on one or the other of the band's two studio albums. It's the band's third album, following upon two studio albums: Their self-titled debut (2014), and a follow-up LP, simply titled 2 (2016). This album was taped from live performances at the National Concert Hall (NCH) in Dublin. The Gloaming are an Irish classical folk band. Review Summary: Delicate and beautiful traditional Irish folk music

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