HYDRA is an album of traditional song that may become one of the favourites in your collection due to the brilliant pairing of long time musical collaborators traditional Irish singer and flautist Nuala Kennedy and Dublin’s singer/songwriter/guitarist Eamon O’Leary. Following the hand of fate together Nuala and Eamon created a unique and atmospheric new album of songs on the Greek island of Hydra. Described as ‘compatibility personified’ (KLOF 2024) Hydra was ‘folk album of the month’ in The Guardian and RTE Radio 1.
Kennedy and O’ Leary share a life-long interest in collecting lesser-known ancient ballads and breathing new life into them – re-working and re-imagining them for audiences today. Their melodies are hypnotic and wandering… much as the musicians themselves. Kennedy and O’Leary have honed their craft in tandem over decades of touring every conceivable type of venue; from Carnegie Hall and huge folk festivals, to a hand hewn village hall north of the Arctic Circle.
©Charlie Chipman
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