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One Morning in May

from Since You and I Have Been by Sandra Joyce

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    Love and loss are recurrent themes in many traditional songs - hence the title of this recording. The album represents a long engagement with Irish traditional song and singers, as well as related traditions, and is a snapshot of the repertoire and styles of song I particularly resonate with. It also reflects my connection to both solo and accompanied practice. I am particularly anxious to acknowledge the influence of iconic singers such as Delores Keane, Sarah Makem and Tom Lenihan here. Allowing the melodies and words of these important cultural artefacts to shine through was my ultimate goal, and I'm really grateful to the musicians for facilitating this.

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Eithne Ni Uallachain (1957-1999) was a beautiful singer and musician from Co. Louth and ti was from her album with Gerry O'Connor entitled 'Lá Lugh' that I got this haunting song. The album notes state that Eithne learned it from the great Antrim singer Len Graham, and that it was a song in the northern 'hedge school' tradition. The notes continue: "Such songs are typified by their high-flown language, their allusions to classical literature and an internal rhyming scheme derived from 17th- and 18th-century Gaelic poetry". Here, we find references to Venus and Diana in a tale that is a too familiar- a woman who is seduced and then abandoned by a young man. The narration switches between the man, an anonymous storyteller and the woman,which gives the story a curious and interesting trajectory. The melody features some wide and unusual leaps, and I love the quality this gives the song.

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from Since You and I Have Been, released February 2, 2023
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Sandra Joyce Limerick, Ireland

Sandra Joyce is a traditional singer, bodhran player and academic from Tuam Co. Galway, now resident in Limerick and a faculty member of the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick. In February 2023 she is releasing her first solo song album Since You & I Have Been, a CD of traditional Irish songs from the English language song tradition in Ireland, expertly crafted by Donal Lunny. ... more

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