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Skara Brae (with Daithi Sproule, Maighread and Triona Ni Domhnaill)

Skara Brae (with Daithi Sproule, Maighread and Triona Ni Domhnaill)

Four teenagers, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, his sisters Maighread and Tríona, and Dáithí Sproule, went off to learn Irish at summer school in Ranafast (Rann na Feirste), County Donegal, in the late 1960s. They learned some Irish, they learned some songs, and the rest is history. The first commercial recording to combine modern guitar and keyboard arrangements with the rare repertoire of songs in Irish Gaelic from Donegal in the north of Ireland was just the beginning for this quartet that did so much to develop the sound of Irish traditional music played by touring groups ever since. As members of such influential groups as the Bothy Band, Trian, Touchstone, Relativity, Nightnoise, and Altan, their voices and arrangements have touched audiences and inspired musicians around the world. The original band broke up in 1972, but the members reunited for two concerts, one in 1997 and again in 2005 to rapturous acclaim in Ireland and Europe, and were also the subject of a highly regarded documentary on the Irish language television network. Since Mícheál's tragic death in 2006, the group has continued to tour but rarely in the United States. This is their first visit to the U.S. and to Madison. See www.madfolk.org for more details.