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CELTIC SOUL
Noirini Ni Riain
Deep down in my own soul now, I feel a huge humility on the one hand, and pride on the other, in just being the vehicle or medium to convey a tiny glimpse of this Celtic 'Pur Drop' to you. Yet no tradition with any present-day life of its own stands still, so that every perfomance is encapsulated in elements which are true to the performer and her contemporary experience at the time. Listening to these timeless, eternal songs in this context is something like visiting a state-of-the-art museum, ,where, under the most sophisticated technology, ageless artifacts can be viewed and reviewed over and over again.
The Greek go Janus had one head and two faces, one looking forward, the other behind (and gave his name to January, the month of possibility and transition). This mythological figure also appears in Celtic tradition, as in this two-faced tricephalic stone head from Corleck in County Cavan.
Singing, for me, and indeed ...
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