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Brendan Voyage

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THE BRENDAN VOYAGE TELLS THE STORY OF HOW ST BRENDAN DISCOVERED AMERICA,SAILING FROM IRELAND ACROSS THE ROUGH SEAS.LIAM O FLYNN PLAYS THIS SCORE OF SHAUN DAVEYS, AND WHILE LISTENING ITS AS IF YOU WERE IN THE BOAT,EXPERIENCE THE STORMS,EXPERIENCE THE QUIETNESS, EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF DISCOVERY,DISCOVER THE GENTLEMAN OF IRISH PIPING,HOLD ON TIGHT FOR A JOURNEY FROM THE MASTER OF UILLEANN PIPES.IF YOU ENJOYED LAMENT FROM RIVERDANCE PLAYED BY DAVY SPILLANE,THEN GET YOUR MONEY DOWN ON THIS CD IT WILL MAKE THE HAIR STAND ON YOUR NECK,YOUR HEAD AND FOR THOSE WHO GET EMOTIONAL,IT WILL BRING A TEAR TO A GLASS EYE,SO DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR BUY THIS YOU'LL NEVER LOOK BACK.

I first heard this album about 1983 and loved it the first time I heard it. The music is about the Tim Severin voyage from Southwestern Ireland to Newfoundland in a leather boat called a curragh via the Faeroes and Iceland to demonstrate that St Brendan could have done it 1300 years ago. The music is very emotive and original and matches the wild scenery of the voyage. It's a brilliant album and Liam O Flynn's uillean (elbow) pipe playing is an expert performance, although many other instruments also feature - it's a bit like classical music mixed with folk. Well worth a listen.

This is an absolutely gorgeous recording. I had originally purchased the 33 1/3 record album many years ago, shortly after Tim Severin's The Brendan Voyage was issued in paperback. It is quite lush in places, and always showcases the very best the uilleann pipes have to offer. You will fall in love with it!