YE VAGABONDS – The Hares Lament – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl.

The third release on Rough Trades River Lea imprint is the work of brothers Bran and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn who grew up in the rural town of Carlow on the southeast of Ireland. The Hares Lament is an album of traditional songs learned from some of the greats of Irish music; from precious archive recordings of a grandfather they never met; from the unique collection of singer Rise na nAmhrn from Arranmore Island in Donegal (their mothers birthplace) and from contemporaries in the singing communities around Dublin, of which Ye Vagabonds are a valued part.

In 2018 the group was nominated for a BBC Folk Award on the strength of their self-released and largely self-written debut album, and received several nods from the RT Radio 1 Folk Awards. They spent the year touring throughout Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe, and took part in the Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton before returning home to work on their second LP.

Tracklist:

A1. Bacach Shol Anda
A2. The Foggy Dew
A3. Seven Little Gypsies
A4. D Mbeinn I Mo Bhdir
A5. The Hares Lament / Ocogovska Oro

B1. I Courted A Wee Girl
B2. On Yonder Hill
B3. Tuirse Mo Chro
B4. Sin N Dhuibhir
B5. Willie O Winsbury