PAULINE SCANLON

Then in 2009 and 2013 it was with her colleague Éilís Kennedy that Pauline Scanlon recorded two albums under the name of Lumiere. Since then, she had made herself rarer, while continuing in various musical projects, notably with the concertina player Padraig Rynne or with the Maori band Trinity Roots, which had led her to New Zealand. In recent years, Pauline has presented various music programmes on the BBC and TG4. She finally returns with a third solo album, Gossamer, a subtle mix of traditional (5) and contemporary (6) songs carried by an instrumentation more electric than acoustic.

The album begins with The Poorest Company by Scotsmen John McCusker, Kris Drever and Roddy Woomble and continues with False False, a traditional Scottish song and The Old Churchyard another traditional song. The tracks are set in a gentle languor supported by the delicate and airy voice of P. Scanlon. Leonard Cohen's Joan Of Arc can be identified in a refined version. Pauline has once again surrounded herself with excellent musicians including John Reynolds, already there on her first album, Dónal O'Connor on fiddle and keyboards as well as Donogh Hennessy and Tim Edey on guitar. And she receives the support of the singer Damien Dempsey, present on his previous albums on The Pretty Bird Tree. The powerful voice of this one undoubtedly makes it one of the strongest tracks on the album. Let's hope that the Kerry singer won't wait so many years before offering us a new opus.

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