Learning an 800 year old style of singing

[@Malinda]

Thank you to HelloFresh for sponsoring! Your deal awaits you above. GIANT THANK YOU to Madelyn for her wisdom, knowledge and incredible talent! Do y'all like the occasional educational video on here? I want to explore more styles of folk music! Shall I take you along?

[@ritwikgossain]

Hi

[@moose99moose]

Absolutely 😊

[@loonylovegood2.073]

Yes please, definitely! 😍

[@Raecat2aid]

My dad is in the hospital and having surgery today.. please pray for him and all of my family please!

[@MrGlennJohnsen]

This is my favorite example of Old Irish singing style: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKnNp4GLg72bobc It's so frikking pretty!

[@kathilisi3019]

I was once lucky enough to be invited to a music session at a small Irish pub in a rural part of county Laois. An elderly man sang a sad ballad, and we noticed that the pub immediately quietened down, but mostly the area around the singer. Two of my friends were also musicians, so the locals asked us to sing them an Austrian song. We chose to sing a traditional song with three voices, which they'd never heard before. As we started singing, someone in the far corner shushed the last people who were still talking. I've never heard a pub crowd go absolutely quiet so fast!

[@comradewindowsill4253]

What song was it that you sang?

[@kathilisi3019]

@@comradewindowsill4253 the "Andachtsjodler".

[@tuderich]

I'm Austrian too but honestly, if someone asked me to sing a traditional Austrian song, I'd be terribly helpless 😂

[@fiedelmina]

@@kathilisi3019 das hätt ich sehr gern gehört!

[@kathilisi3019]

@@fiedelmina Wenn's dich interessiert - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3Wyh4KDfM6LqNE

[@beastshawnee]

I am Native American Quapaw/Shawnee from Mo/AR/OK/KS 4 state area of the Ozarks-and gonna tell you a heritage thing that this reminded me of. When I was a kid about 1972 we hosted some traveling natives and also some friends who lived locally but were from all over. My dad was not a great singer but a drum was brought out and some of the males sat around it. There was an Iroquois from NY, an Alaskan man (I forget which tribe tho), Dad, and a big Apache guy who was always the life of any party. Plus a few other guys. Women sit behind the drum as “chorus girls” and sing only the chorus usually. Anyway Dad sang a song well known around our area, Then the Iroquois man said “well-you almost got that right. Here is how you sing this song.” Now many of you know a lot (no not all) of Native songs are syllabic with few or no words-people think that’s odd forgetting their own fa-la-las and tweedle de dees are syllabic. And syllabic songs meant we could sing with other tribes who didn’t speak our language. Then there was the genocides and the disruptions of residential schools where kids were sent to be alienated from their culture and families. It’s a miracle anything cultural survived but much did not. (along with those schools being full of dead children’s burials.) Anyway my Dad’s Native family had been disrupted and removed from culture and he was interested in the old ways and reintroduced himself to the tribe and so I just grew up in Native culture where he did not. I could tell he was a bit embarrassed by this man’s gentle “correcting” . So the man sang the song differently but more different than I had ever heard it even. Dad had done an ok job. But then the Alaskan man said “Oh yes-We sing that song as well-but this is how we sing it and started singing. Dad felt better as he realized it was just slight variations. The Iroquois man was just learning this as well. Then The apache John loudly laughs and boldly says “NO! You’re ALL wrong!” But as a joke. We laugh. And he says “This is the way that song goes! And he sang a 4th variation…And I sat there seeing that some if these songs were across the entire continent before recording them and wondered just how old this song was…I have heard Canadian singers singing it as well, and wonder how far south it went…chills go thru me when I hear some of our songs. I’m part Irish as well, but also German, Swiss, French, Scottish, English. But I am Native fully in my culture and aspect and everything. Hints of Irish/Scottish culture definitely come thru as well.

[@deborahsacco186]

keep singing and never give up as the newer generations need this as an access to their Spirit for all things necessary in Life.

[@stc5238]

There is a spiritual connection/ awakening in this style for I feel it also. Being of Irish descent I have always had an attraction to Gaellic songs and Native American chanting. These styles should not be lost as they please OUR GOD I FEEL. GOD loves the most THOSE who worship him with spirituality of TRIBE. Amen❤️ ✨️ SHINE BRIGHT

[@johnanthonygonzales8714]

Nice 👍 Please expand on this. Very interesting. NMUSA

[@RedRiverMan]

@@deborahsacco186 Amen! from your African American brother. We too believe this and realise it is our survival as humans to keep our holy Ancestors traditions even as we develop new forms to pass on, the fruit of the same ancient trees!

[@deborahsacco186]

@@stc5238 absolutely necessary as the ARTISTS bring heaven on Earth!

[@tinarobertsstudios]

Appalachian music has its roots in this Irish music. So beautiful.

[@blkbks13]

Genetically if I recall Appalachians have Irish heritage

[@nicokelly6453]

It also has roots in Scottish music, which makes a lovely combination.

[@katieharville6863]

I’m from TN and NC, I’ve heard this singing all my life

[@sage9836]

I was just thinking I felt something like Appalachian.

[@joybranham8250]

@@nicokelly6453 Scots-Irish. The immigrants who came from Lowland Scotland in the 1600's lived in northern Ireland for a hundred years before being driven out again and landing in America. Not wanted there, particularly, but ended up in the Appalachians as well as other places, mostly in the South. Strong, self-determining people. You're right about the music.

[@NiallMor]

Sean nos is one of the most gorgeous musical forms I've ever heard. I'm in awe of Irish singers who can do it, and I'm really impressed by any American who can do it.

[@cianan7497]

My sisters always done it and it’s beautiful to hear🇮🇪thanks for the love

[@padraicdebhaldraithe2331]

Beautiful singing, highly talented singers, but let’s not get carried away. Sean-nós never involved two singers in harmony. It is a solo unaccompanied form of singing. These two young singers are wonderful, and are well capable of singing sean-nós to a high standard when they wish.

[@soccerchamp0511]

There is also a tradition of sean nos in the western highlands of Scotland, and especially the Hebrides. If you look up Julie Fowlis that is a lot of what she sings.

[@startrails8929]

Julie is fantastic, and I got to see her live at hebceltfest! Her focus is more the waulking songs of the islands which were done as a group of women whilst working wool. Sean Nòs is different and personal. Both beautiful traditions though. 🥰

[@Malinda]

I loooooove Julie Fowlis

[@sandramorey2529]

@@Malinda Me,too

[@matthewmorrisdon6906]

I noticed that too, but I think Irish Sean nos has to be in Gaelic but Scots will sing both in English and Gaelic like with " Flower of Scotland. "

[@darklordoftheuniverse7803]

These seems interesting I'll definitely be looking it up.

[@MJ-cv5ye]

Not really a thing anymore in Ireland for everyone to have a party piece but everyone shutting up when someone breaks out the Sean nOs song or the trad music starts up in a corner is still basically an unwritten cultural rule still.

[@eldricgrubbidge6465]

I dunno, my uncles and aunts would still do it. And at least some of my cousins. (Sing at parties I mean. With a definite "it's your turn now" vibe.)

[@therabbithat]

definitely still a thing, it just depends on what part of the country you are in

[@allstairs8726]

Still a thing down my way (Co. Limerick), but I suppose you're not pressured into it as much, but it's more fun if you do have a party piece especially if you're on a session ;-)

[@bonniegale6516]

Ive a party piece and i made my kids learn a song each should ever they need to sing. My friends kids all have a song too. And they have used them. House parties andfamily get togethers. Not in pubs (until they,re older) So i think the part piece is still a thing. Go learn one!,

[@amyhatch3761]

I’m Irish heritage, grew up in Manchester and Liverpool but I now live in Australia. I took some of my friends to a Ceilidh at the local Irish club and, in the intermission, one of the ceilidh band started doing her party piece (Grace by Jim McCann) and my friends carried on talking!! I couldn’t believe it! I assumed that everyone knew to stop talking and be quiet while someone is singing but apparently not

[@charliebannon5489]

It warms my heart to witness the respect you both show for my culture, to see you keeping it so authenticity alive. Generations of Irish left these shores for America and other places as a result of incredibly difficult times. The locals used to treat the emigration as a wake, because they knew they would never see their beloveds again. Listening to you two shows me that the connection was never lost. Let us know if you're ever coming to Ireland. I'll buy a ticket to hear you perform. I like your other singing styles too. Happy Wednesday 😊

[@charliebannon5489]

@@user-bv1ss5nj9b Cool JW, I have relatives in Connecticut and Boston. Actually I was nearly born in Boston but fate prevented my parents from going there. It's so good to know that the connection is alive and well 🙂

[@greeneapple81]

What a sad, but lovely thing to say. It's possible that the ancestors of those that had to leave will always have that longing to return home.

[@BunsBooks]

I’m an O’Deághaidh, my fathers ancestors were sold to an English family here in the U.S. to work as house slaves. Those of us whose ancestors emigrated during the famine or were sold into slavery are extremely connected to our heritage, cause we’ve fought so hard against erasure and were largely socially segregated from Anglos until the late 1930s when the government conveniently needed to draft more men for WWII. Suddenly the Irish (and Italians) became equal with Anglos I’m learning Gaeilge right now and I would like to buy property in my ancestral County Clare in the future, I just know I will have to deal with never being accepted as “really Irish”. But that’s what all diasporas have to deal with. Natively born Irish can’t be expected to fully understand our unique experiences, but they should surely be educated on it, because many of us are coming home 💚

[@charliebannon5489]

@@BunsBooks Hi Lavendel. Your comment really touches my heart. Not many people outside Ireland know that the Irish were also sold as slaves, by the English. Having said that, I'm all for healing the traumatic past between Ireland and Britain. If its in your heart to return to Ireland, please let me encourage you to do so. There's a lot of people here who would welcome you. Never mind those who wouldn't. Don't live your life according to those who would put you down. I really think people here would love to hear your family's story, the fact that you are learning the Irish language, do you play Irish music? They love it in Co Clare. My brother has an American friend living here who plays Irish music and he is well liked. Many of us living in Ireland live in places other than where we grew up. Even if we are seen by the locals as outsiders, its not a nasty thing. Once people are respectful, I don't care where they are from. People here are mostly easy going and just want to have fun. So come on back to your ancestoral home if you feel called to do so. Beidh fáilte mór romhait. ❤🙂

[@charliebannon5489]

@@greeneapple81 Please feel welcome to come back to Ireland if it's in your heart to do so green apple. Since I was a child, I've met so many Americans looking for their Irish roots. Often as a child and teenager, long lost American relatives would randomly turn up at our doorstep and I was always fascinated to hear about the common relatives who left our shores decades earlier. Each side in the conversation would know part of that common relative's story, and they would fill each other in on the parts that the other person didn't know. 🙂. We are all connected

[@rschris]

I’m a Black American and this Irish form of singing reminds me of hearing how we would sing a-cappella just either one person or as a group and each word had so much soul to it , that it would blend so well into what ever the story we were singing or talking about from that person point of view , it’s really special to find how other cultures are different but in the end the same. How you can make a word feel heavy or soft it lets you have your audience feel what is happening and why it is going the way it’s being presented. I’m a new fan of yours and I love that you took the time to make this video. So I just would like to hello and keep the videos coming. This is so fun. Thank You

[@mickeyswitz]

Some black people say that white people have no culture. This is proof.

[@lucareviews9760]

We aren’t so different we were both uprooted from our homes and our launguages destroyed and yet our cultures are so similar

[@rschris]

@@lucareviews9760 so very true.

[@lucareviews9760]

@@rschris may you have good times in your projects my friend

[@caringdevotionals2952]

This is the same singing style used in Bluegrass

[@fezenclop]

“The great Gauls of Ireland Are the men that God made mad. For all their wars are merry And all their songs are sad.” C. K. Chesterson, I think.

[@harleydyck5809]

Yes; G.K. Chesterton, from his "Ballad of the White Horse." One of the last great English epics, really. Probably my favourite poem.

[@markcoleman9892]

"...the Irish are really good at dying." My father-in-law was half-Irish (with a baritone that could penetrate multiple layers concrete wall). When he passed, many years ago, my wife discovered a quote in an old copy of Bartlett's Quotations. We've never been able to find it back, but (paraphrased) - When I'm happy, I'm happier than anybody; when I'm sick, I'm sicker than anybody; and when I die, I'll be deader than anybody.

[@one0eight479]

That's a very touching rhyme.

[@fleaniswerkhardt4647]

The great GAELS of Ireland. The Gauls were a Celtic tribe - but lived in what is now France.

[@capoeirastronaut]

@@fleaniswerkhardt4647 "The Gaels are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in northwestern Europe. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic." Whereas, the Gauls, were also Celtic, and were spread not just across much of what is now France, also Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

[@Proud2BaPaddy]

Wonderful demonstration of Sean Nós. I, myself come from the SW region of Ireland, Co. Kerry. I grew up in a deeply traditional region, where I learned to play musical instruments as soon as I hold on to one. Oró mo bháidín is just one of the many songs I loved to sing as a child in school. As regards being seen as the American in Ireland, I may be able to shed some light upon thar. Ireland was occupied and ruled over for 800 years. We struggled thoughout to maintain our identity as a nation. Now that we have regained a republic, we are very protective and possessive of our national identity. It is extremely important to us, because our identity, language and culture had been all but denied to us for so long. So many of our ancestors endured a horrific life under foreign rule and Irish people feel a huge obligation to honour our ancestors and protect our identity. We are a very welcoming people to anyone who wishes to experience our beautiful country, culture and language.

[@cynthiakeller5954]

2002 Dolly Parton made an impromptu appearance at Páidí Ó Sé's pub in Dún Chaoin, Co. Kerry and takes to the stage to entertain the locals. They were mesmerized also. She sang her "Coat Of Many Colors". She also set up a home reading library for children under 5 to get free books for Irish children as well as US, UK, AU, CA children. Imagination Library, includes shipping.

[@NoMady688]

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[@NoMady688]

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[@rowan_like_the_tree]

to this point - I'm from wicklow which has unfortunately little connection to any form of trad, be that sean nós, trad music, lilting, or any form of béalscéal passing on, and i had the distinct thought when watching this video "wow, i wish i was learning this from someone with an irish accent". i find it heartbreaking that my local community can't really teach me about my heritage in this way, but maybe I just need to reframe it in my mind to "other people can pass this on"

[@nullusanxietas2379]

I'm wheeling out the Irish grandmother cliche. Gran was born in Kerry. Mum's (her daughter in law) is of diaspora stock, and was always into trad music. I'm sad that I never knew my grandmother that well. Her young life in Kerry was never discussed, but I will never forget her accent. I want to learn Gaeilge, sing the songs and hold the memories and traditions of my ancestors. I'm happy her town is in a Gaeltachtaí, and that people who spoke like her still do (a thick Kerry accent is hard to lose!) I think she was ashamed of being rural Irish. One day, I will sing for her in our language, even though she's gone.

[@cauldronofcreations6138]

I'm Mexican and have basically NO celtic heritage and can't sing worth a dime but I'm trying to teach myself Scottish Gaelic and love listening to the music and mostly sing for myself so this video is very lovely and interesting to watch!!!

[@Velandonie]

Hey! Glad to know I"m not the only Mexican in love with these languages and music.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

If I knew you I would bring my guitar to your place and we could sit down and write a song together. So many melodies have brought me to tears over the yrs and writing and taking part in cultural music is breath-taking and fills me with joy. We could write a song in just an hour or two. music is for everybody and and everybody can do it:)

[@cauldronofcreations6138]

@@MICKEYISLOWD that'd be pretty dang awesome! funny how this reply came up and a year since I posted the comment, I've been saving up for a drum set and sort of wrote a murder ballad some while ago 😂😅

[@FabG81]

Who knows ? Maybe your ancestors come from Spain, Galicia, an area that has an history with the celts 😉

[@sunshinecasey]

Past life!

[@arianrana]

I was thinking of this song during the whole video. My great-grandmother was not allowed to speak her mother's language, and she went to her grave knowing only a couple of phrases. She did, though, have a cassette tape of Irish music that a cousin had sent to her here in the US, and we used to listen to it together on Sunday afternoons when I came to visit. When the internet became more accessible, I tracked down the song, translated the lyrics, and studied Mary O'Hara's version of it until I knew it by heart. I sang it to remember her. I sang it to reclaim something that the occupation had denied her. I sang it to my children. I sing it now to remember my son and how it delighted him so. I, too, close my eyes to sing it. The emotions are just too great otherwise. As it is, I can hardly bear them. Your rendition made me weep for sorrow and for joy. Thank you. Please don't forget this song.

[@noelryan6341]

The English oppressors forbade the speaking of native languages in schools in Ireland, Scotland & Wales. Teachers would mark a notch on a 'tally stick' suspended from the misfortunate student's neck called a 'Bata Scoir' in Gaelic or the 'Welsh Knot' in Wales. A stroke of a stick or strap for every notch at the end of the day!!!

[@solveigw]

This was beautiful and really interesting. I am Norwegian, and we have an old tradition here called steving (st-eh-v-ii-ng). A "stev" can also be very ornamental and usually tells a story as well. There are still competitions held to establish who is the better "stever" Sadly it's not commonly taught, and there is no tradition for it as public singing anymore.

[@fleaniswerkhardt4647]

The Norwegian Vikings had a lot of input into Ireland - maybe they left their mark on their music as well.

[@tanjaschroder2676]

If you know anybody who can sing this, could you encourage them to go public on a channel so we could learn? It would be a pleasure.

[@lottaraatikainen3942]

@@tanjaschroder2676 if you search KZbin with the name Aslak Brekke you can find some examples, like Mælefjøll-Visa. The examples are rather old, but he was a skilled kvedare (singer of stev) so you can get a good idea about what a stev sounds like.

[@tanjaschroder2676]

@@lottaraatikainen3942 dear Lotta, thank you very much!! Best greetings to you!

[@BeveC21E]

That's unfortunate. However, because you've posted such, who knows what could come about?

[@paulafitzpatrick6519]

From one Irish American to another, thank you for keeping this beautiful tradition alive.

[@philiplewis8213]

Some years ago, I was at the Sandy Bells in Edinburgh and a Glasgow man stood and started a Dirge. Everyone stopped and listened with respect. I understood not one word and did not need to. It was wonderful and the packed bar erupted in applause when he was done. It had similarities to this style.

[@pampooty1]

Sandy Bells!

[@gloriastanley3369]

I am Mexican-American and Native (Yokut) singer as far as from Ireland and Scotland as you can imagine, yet the Irish and Scottish music always brings pleasant chills when I hear it! I love the drone behind these songs and the embellishments of the voices. Such skill and beauty. Thank you for sharing this beautiful style of story-telling and song.

[@gypsydonovan]

I'm ethnically Irish but grew up in the pacific northwest in the United States. I was raised with a great deal of exposure to the Snohomish & Duwamish (also Puyallup, Makah, S'Klallam, Tulalip, Stillaguamish, Quileute, Snoqualmie, Lummi, Squaxin, Quinault). I've dances at powwows & felt drums as my heartbeat. It's a powerful thing that has great meaning to me. Music is truly universal and while it's meaning varies to individuals or tribes, or cultures, anyone can feel it. Distinctive meaning can be private among members of a group but the emotional component has no boundaries.

[@Gudule3000]

I don't know how to say that, bc eng is not my first language, and I don't have the technic vocabulary, but I ear kind of similarity between the galway song type and chineese song. And I think it's kind of cool that even if the civilisation where miles away form each other they shares similaritys (I'm very sorry for the super bad english, I hope it's understandable)

[@Waldlaeufer70]

It is perfectly understandable. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

[@its_mi.]

I understand perfectly what you are saying! I thought the same things during some points of the video :) And, coming from a fellow non-native speaker (as most people are), you really don't need to apologize! You made an effort to learn a language so you can understand and make yourself understood more, that's an awesome skill. And if you slip up every once in a while or don't know some words, don't sweat it! Those are exactly the situations you learn most from :D

[@k.whatever9046]

thats honestly so cool. even though these two countries are oceans apart its like, inherently, all human beings are connected

[@wintermetalhd]

I've been into Celtic, and Chinese, folk music for 20 years now... not really any similarities other than they're both folk music.

[@Gudule3000]

@@wintermetalhd Personaly it's not really in the melodies I found similarity, but in how they use the voice, in the modulation (? not sure I'm using the right word)

[@tigertiger1699]

Man!!! I heard this at a wake…, this huge guy sang.. just like she is.. it was nothing short of incredible… blow my mind… left me beyond humbled… I never knew until now… Was incredibly beautiful 👍🌹🙏

[@bradleysquires6789]

I think Irish music is beautiful and pulls on the heart strings either it makes you happy what makes you sad but either way it's a beautiful way to sing and two beautiful women sitting there singing been learning and learning move up to history it's actually really good

[@seeleausstahl3595]

True Irish music does happy and sad both very well lol. Love the way it makes me feel the story.

[@angelashort1331]

Word painting at it's best ,💖💛💙💚❤💜

[@sandyfreyman3501]

Well it sounds nice but has no impact on me here in America as it can't be understood : but it sounds like Appalachian music where it obviously turned into English here as sung by the Irish of long ago. So Appalachian folk music is doable or listener friendly here.

[@COM70]

Their is lots of Sean nós in English too. Look up Delores Keane and her two aunts. Also Sean nós is all over the country. The main difference between English and Gaeilge is the age of the song as at one stage the English made speaking Gaeilge (Irish) illegal and forced the country to speak the English language only, but the tradition continued.

[@jackx4311]

The oral method of teaching these songs, and the emphasis on taking the full depth and meaning of each one into your being, mirrors the system used by Welsh bards in training their apprentices.

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

Irish folk music - Probably the greatest style of folk music ever performed.

[@blkbks13]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@k.c7655]

It easily competes with Bulgarian folk music.

[@sandramorey2529]

While Irish music is truly beautiful, so is all the traditional music of indigenous people everywhere. I, too love Balkan and Hawaiian chant especially

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

Well everyone says that about their own folk culture. I prefer Korean and Georgian songs.

[@blessing291]

yess!!

[@cathybrown4102]

Their duet was beautiful. They harmonize so well

[@ceilinh6004]

"The Irish are really good at dying." I died.

[@victoriaduchesne4363]

But did you die good? That is the question💀??

[@Johnhasa1]

@@victoriaduchesne4363 lol

[@jonathanvincent7891]

You must be Irish

[@thecelticprince4949]

Dying is not all its cracked up to be. Lasts forever and that place you get sent to is just a tad too hot.

[@ceilinh6004]

@@thecelticprince4949 IDK. The place I went to had a beach and umbrella drinks. Sunny and warm, yes, but not overly hot. Also, they keep sending me home after a short stay. Some nonsense about, "It's not your time," just as I'm diving into my second strawberry daquiri. Not sure what's up with that.

[@amazinggrace5692]

I’m getting through the third year after my daughter’s death using music. For the entirety of her life, my Laura and I were bound by music. This is my song of the day for November 2, 2021. Much love from Laura’s Mom. 💕🐝🇺🇸

[@robinr5669]

Blessings to you momma

[@jppiehl]

I had to reach out to you. My name is Jennifer. I love all Irish singing and love lots of different types of music. Music keeps me going daily. My birthdate is November 2.

[@amazinggrace5692]

@@jppiehl Much love,Jen

[@naoedouard4422]

JESUS loves you! Come to HIM to experience indescribable peace, and the infinite love HE has for you! HE can heal all illnesses and disorders, and with HIM you can overcome any and every crisis the world may put in your way. Repent of your sins and start a relationship with HIM today. Call out HIS name and HE will answer you!

[@deborahchasteen3206]

Every blessing to you and your daughter.

[@robertbuckey6517]

You can definitely hear this in the music of Appalachia.

[@abigailjackson2843]

My grandmother and aunts sing like this all the time, and I even arranged my great great grandmother's favorite song - Wayfaring Stranger - into an a capella performance piece in this style; but I had NO IDEA it's a traditional part of my Scots-Irish heritage or that it even had a name!!!! THANK YOU MALINDA for bringing this to us ❤️

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Additional fun fact: "My Wee Boat" recently surpassed "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as the most popular boat-y song.

[@Robbnlinzi]

You forgot “my heart will go on”

[@EatinPaste]

That's flippin' heresy.

[@cmdraftbrn]

but captain, life is not a dream.

[@travis95320]

Obviously you forgot about the classic song “Boats N Hos”

[@AbigailPoirier]

What?? Not the Wellerman? Smh

[@papalong682]

I'm Irish American, that is to say I'm American with Irish ancestry. Maybe it's my imagination, but it feels like this music pulls on my soul. I really love the notion of a whole pub listening to someone sing and everyone taking turns. It's such a break from American bars where there's loud music drowning everything out. It seems like this practice would bring a sense of community and togetherness for everyone there.

[@MadelynMonaghan]

Thank you so much, Malinda! It was such a joy to chat and sing with you♥️

[@ivaneli1089]

Can you link the sampled Videos?

[@MadelynMonaghan]

@Christian Lewis The song is called Amhrán Mhuínse! Aw it’s a very special piece🥲♥️

[@MadelynMonaghan]

@Christian Lewis You are too kind! I will actually be uploading a full rendition soon. Thanks for your support😌🙏🏻✨

[@neverquit5822]

Her voice is phenomenal

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

This doesn't sound human! Surely this is a singing style the Faye came and taught humans aeons ago. It sounds so magical and otherworldly! I cannot wrap my head around the pattern of this (and I usually learn songs by ear) but at the very least, I can just enjoy listening to it. ❤

[@char8059]

I agree. I'm sure the Fey taught humans to sing this way a very long time ago. The sound is haunting and from the other side of the Veil. No mere human could have ever learned these sounds without direction from the Fey. 🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🐉🐲👸

[@margaretkinnaman8585]

I so agree.

[@Foxglove_fairy]

Everyone can make their own pattern by adding ornamentation. Sean nós was passed down aurally through generations so it became normal for each singer to have their own interpretations for tunes :) Sing however it feels right!

[@randwickbelle]

and i know this music in my soul g grandparents irish

[@fiedelmina]

it was actually taught ot the Irish by Byzantine monks in the early middle ages.

[@linkparrish8277]

As someone with an Irish family that has not retained their heritage it's really great to see something like this and feel just a little bit closer to where most of my family comes from.

[@GodfreyGuitar]

I've always loved this type of Irish singing and didn't know it had a name…until today!

[@chaliceguard4575]

When Malinda began singing, I instantly thought of the movie "Songcatcher", which tells the story of a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina in 1907. The main character "discovers a treasure trove of traditional English and Scots-Irish ballads, which have been preserved by the secluded mountain people since the colonial period of the 1600s and 1700s." In particular, the songs sung by a young girl, Deladis, in the movie sound like the same style of singing (sean nos). It's a wonderful movie and "is loosely based on the work of Olive Dame Campbell, founder of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, and that of the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp, portrayed at the end of the film as professor Cyrus Whittle."

[@maggiegarber246]

I just watched this movie, about a year after your posting. I liked it a lot, but then in the ‘60’s when my classmates were embracing the Beatles, I was into folk music. I liked the history of it, and how the landscapes influenced the melodies.

[@callumswords1524]

Traditional Irish Music is a big part of the secondary music syllabus in Ireland so the SECOND I heard Malinda say sean-nós I got flashbacks to online learning

[@TheShamuraja]

You guys are blessed!

[@jrdlabs]

Reminds me of Gregorian Chant. Beautiful.

[@jeanproctor3663]

So beautiful to hear! I'm not Irish nor of Irish descent as far as I know, but this doesn't mean I can't appreciate beautiful voices when I hear them. I'd love to learn this style of singing.

[@picklecat4819]

From an Irish person, feel free to go for it. I wish you lots of luck! ☘️

[@susanmoran2154]

There are people with your surname in Northern Ireland.

[@sarahk5412]

The Irish are usually quite happy to share their culture. We nearly lost all of it to the English occupation, so of course we'll keep it alive by sharing. :-)

[@sarahk5412]

There's a saying in the Gaeltacht (which should really be spoken in Gaelic but I've forgotten it) "Better broken Irish than fluent English".

[@dulciemidwinter1925]

My great grandmother was Irish. I am always drawn to Irish music and this is beautiful. Ancient music in Scotland is also hauntingly beautiful. I think its the Celtic thread that runs through our bones.

[@zc5905]

My grandmother was Irish.... And I don't feel like this. Isn't it funny what we feel connected to and what we don't.

[@phantaphil]

Heaven on earth Can be found In music Listening to melodies Touching our hearts Breaking the walls Around our souls Riding on tears Feelings break free To witness such beauty Created by other souls Let the hope live Mankind has earned a chance To prove its worth Again

[@kage3069]

This is beautiful! Did you write it?

[@phantaphil]

@@kage3069 Yes, thank you so much :)

[@louisegogel7973]

@@phantaphil Very beautiful indeed, thank you for sharing your creativity with us! 🎶✨💛🧡🌺💜💙🍀🎶🤎🤍🎵

[@phantaphil]

@@louisegogel7973 My pleasure. Thank you so much!

[@gaelle4328]

Striking, GRMA !

[@AsherWolfson]

6:40 One of the beautiful things about these songs is that Sean nos lyrics match the tune; the best songs have the music and the lyrics telling the same story.

[@Azremodehar]

Wow, this gave me flashbacks to primary school in Ireland... that song at the end? Literally the second song my class learned from Sister Rose... Thank you for the fond memory. :)

[@TinkerHell04]

As someone who is so proud to be half Irish, & hearing this style of music for the first time, has absolutely FILLED MY SOUL w/ a warmth & peace that I have never experienced before. My breath has been taken away, my eyes are filled w/ tears & I have the sense that I have been welcomed home. Thank you so much. This was truly a soul changing experience for me. You definitely have a new subscriber & a new fan. Many blessings to you.🙏👏❤🍀🎼🎶🎻🇮🇪

[@LQOTW]

Oh my, that is exactly how I felt about it, too!

[@scarlettwitman2028]

This music speaks to my soul, so beautiful!

[@thedefenestrator2994]

This Gaelic folk form of singing is my favorite folk music. I’m so in love with the style.

[@Foxglove_fairy]

Irish rather than Gaelic, as the Scots type is distinctly different!

[@mcfcfan1870]

@@Foxglove_fairy The irish invented gaelic culture before they spread it to Scotland (and the isle of man) so gaelic is basicaly just another word for irish

[@welshpete12]

As a Welshman I found this appsolutely wonderful . So very beautiful , so clear , something to treasure !

[@noelryan6341]

'Cymru am byth/Wales for ever'!

[@cewkietron6571]

I'm only distantly Irish, but I wish I were more directly! The Irish language and Celtic styles for *anything* are amazing, to me. People can keep their obsessions with anime and Japanese dollar stores- give me Ireland any day!

[@nataliejessop1736]

Me too!!!

[@ThePumpingiron27]

I'm half Celtic. 😜 (I say Celtic, because it's mixed with Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Breton...mainly Irish though). Very beautiful culture and the music is gorgeous.

[@victoriahoffman0925]

I feel the same way. My great grandparents were from Ireland. Sullivans. And though I've never been there myself, Gaeilga and the music draw me in and I feel that kinship. Hope that doesn't sound too weird.

[@lumpcrabbarnacle3382]

But EVERYONE’S Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! And if your heart is Irish you are Irish!

[@paulnelson5144]

I’m 96% Irish, according to my DNA. It’s a beautiful culture. But there is also far, far more to Japanese culture than Daiso stores and animé. You can still be 👍🏻 about Irish culture without discounting people’s interest in another. Why be a dick?

[@chrissiem3958]

The scene in 'Brooklyn' where one of the men stands and sings a sean nos to say thank you to the women always makes me cry. Always.

[@materdeimusicd.buckley2974]

Iarla O Lionard. From Cuil Aodha.

[@Zimke42]

There is something that moves the soul in these songs. It's like it touches a deeper meaning inside, even if your brain can't understand what is being said. Very beautiful!

[@MJ13ish]

Black and Irish and Native American. The ornamentation when combined with spirituals helps explain the riffs famously found in black gospel and R&B music, as well as blues, and country.

[@that1fiddleplayer814]

Yes I suppose it does!

[@spunstricken9065]

🙏🏽❤🙏🏽

[@stavgoldstein4209]

I absolutely love Irish music! In the choir I'm in, we sing a lot of irish songs, and it's so amazing and magical:)

[@royalemeraldbuilder5058]

Omg where's your choir??? 💚

[@stavgoldstein4209]

@@royalemeraldbuilder5058 It's my school's choir:D last year the choir conductor retired after 30 years of teaching. He was the best teacher i have ever had:) but the choir is still working (we have a new teacher) and we love those songs!

[@stinkygremlin267]

Believe me it's not that magical

[@stavgoldstein4209]

@@stinkygremlin267 for me it is:)

[@ajm9289]

This is actually really interesting how much I can relate to this style of singing as it’s so similar to Hawaiian chant and song.

[@RowanWiccae]

I always knew there was a particularly unique way irish cultural music was sung compared to other european cultural music, the 'ornamentation' of lyrics in irish particularly was striking. As an American and half irish myself it's something I've always been super curious about but could never put a finger on what it was that made it different. I could hear it, I could recognize it, but describing it to others and in a way where it's clear I have no musical background made it extremely difficult to connect with people. This is the first video I've ever seen that describes this form of singing and even gives it a name. I'm thrilled to see this, truly. :)

[@fiedelmina]

the scales and ornamentation style are actually derived from Byzantine music which came to Ireland during the dark/early middle ages with monks from southeast Europe to bring Christianity to the north. Check out Greek Orthodox church music or music from the Ottoman tradition in Greece or Turkey and you'll hear the connection.

[@TheShamuraja]

Also check out eastern European folk songs.

[@fiedelmina]

@Not Available apparently musicologists have found that out in their research. I was surprised when I learned it as well. Also, Byzantine church music obviously WAS present "in a lot of ancient cultures in Europe, the Middle East and Africa" - since in the first centuries A.D. Christiantiy spread from the middle east to Byzantion and from there all over Europe and Africa. So the Byzantine music is likely to have been rooted in even earlier Middle Eastern/Eastern Mediterranean music. It's all connected.

[@fiedelmina]

@Not Available ok so we agree then ;)

[@rnbham39]

WOW...that made me weep!!! You girls are amazing!!! What a gift!!!

[@AndyAnderson93]

There's something in sean nós that instanctly gives me chills and moves me to tears, it's absutely beautiful 🥺

[@margiemathieu-tankersley6937]

My mom was Irish and I guess this is why I guess I love this so much.

[@brianblackburn5238]

Learning that I am partially Irish about 1-1/2 years ago after being told that we were German since my childhood, this video caused a lot of emotions to surface. I only learned that I wasn’t German after receiving a military assignment to move to Germany and with enthusiasm bursting out of me while telling my mother I would be living where our family came from, she informed me that she had recently learned we were in fact Irish on that side of the family. In a book that one of my mother’s cousins put together from all the research she had done, we learned that our family has a castle, Castlemagner, in County Cork, Ireland. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to take a trip to Ireland before moving back to the states to see the area from which my family hailed from.

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Irish culture is so underrated in this world, while it's one of the most fairytale-ish one there is.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Being part Scots-Irish I found this fascinating. I've heard this style of singing before from the likes of Enya, but I did not know the name of the style before, so this was quite educational to me.

[@theravyshow2570]

I thought it was called "keening" but maybe keening is actually crying?

[@krisztinab.4958]

Aw, this song & her voice brought tears to my eyes. So much gratitude for making this video. It's truly heart opening ♥

[@AO2437.]

Love the Irish language (Gaelic) and their music! Their songs are so emotional

[@AshArAis]

Gaelic is an umbrella term for Irish, Scots gaedhlig, Welsh etc. So you can just call it Irish in English. It's called gaeilge when you're speaking Irish :)

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@AshArAis Welsh is not Gaelic. The Gaelic languages are Irish, Scots Gaelic, and Manx. On the other side of the Celtic family, we have Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. Brittonic languages.

[@mcfcfan1870]

Ignore the comments here. Gaelic is perfectly fine to use when talking about the irish langauges. Gaeilge, gaelic, gaelean etc are all perfeclty acceptably and have been used for centuries by native irish speakers to describe their langauge

[@DharmaRakshatiRakshitaha]

The drone and complexities of melodic ornamentation along with the spirituality remind me of classical South Indian music. People have been sharing ideas and consciousness with each other for millennia. If we’d only look for our connections we’d see a deep spiritual commonality. I feel so spiritually drawn to this music. Thank you thank you thank you!

[@whitecrow1949]

My heritage is mixed: Portuguese, UK, other European and Native American. AKA Indigenous. That is the center of my spirituality. I see grounded, rooted indigenous spirituality all around the world. Going back into each culture's history we find this earthy purity. I felt a connection when she talked about using her drum to focus. In our circles we call the drum the heartbeat.

[@niamhybeagable]

I think she said 'drone' rather than 'drum'. If you listen to the samples where she sang a few phrases, that droning single note is what she was referring to. For more lively types of Irish music you'll see percussion instruments like the bodhrán, snare drums and spoons.

[@sonicspring6448]

But the drum is still the heartbeat in the music of those ancient ways. I loved the way you expressed this.

[@fiedelmina]

@@sonicspring6448 doesn't change the fact that she didn't say "drum" and a drum would not be used in Sean nos singing. It is used in dance music.

[@manwithblackdog254]

Reminds me of growing up. My grandad used to play the fiddle, or the organ, my granny would sing, and the rest would tune it. By the Gods, I miss them.

[@gerald4013]

Madelyn makes more efforts to pronounce Irish properly than 95% of the Irish people... Maith an cailín!

[@lemmdus2119]

I am amazed how much this reminds me of the Appalachian Mountains.

[@Soul_Watcher]

Well many an Irish lass and lad went to The Appalachian Mountains as we Irish came over to the U.S. there is several immigrants all over the place but definitely there were polish, German, Irish, etc., that went to the south. It makes all too much sense. Unfortunately many of the traditions faded or were lost by accident or on purpose. But a vein still runs through it. Cheers Edit: The main thing I guess I’m trying to say is we are all immigrants. And many of us have lost our heritage as we came into the states and Canada. But not all of it. Even those that do not know where some traditions come from, they still live on. Some changed into something new. So many ways and paths. But when we go back to the old country/ countries it is condensed and thick with culture.

[@Shazar789]

I heard somewhere that many Irish and Scots settled in the Appalachian mountains as the Appalachian were originally geologically the same mountains as in Ireland and Scotland. So when they arrived they looked the same and it reminded them of home so many settled there

[@lemmdus2119]

@@Shazar789 It’s also the land a available when they were released from their indentured service. Also, since many were Catholic at the time it was easier for French and Spanish priest could reach them.

[@donaldaadland]

Lots of Irish and Scots settled up and down the entirety of the Appalachian Mtns

[@lairdcummings9092]

This explains a number of things. Thank you! My nephew sings in the East Munster style; he's deeply embraced our Scots-Irish roots.

[@victoriabrown2587]

Beautiful duet. Irish has a beautiful sound to it when it is spoken. Even more beautiful when it is sung!

[@MontyDK1]

Your voices are absolutely perfect for these songs. Powerful, clean, yet fragile and emotional. I love it! 💖💖

[@museluvr]

Shoot, 2 words in and it brought tears. This type of singing is extremely beautiful, and heart felt.

[@HawaiiBoy50]

Aloha, Your presentation was VERY beautiful, I can't begin to describe the feelings and "chill" that I got ( it felt like a very cool breeze suddenly came through the room ) listening to this! It gave me ( as we would say in Hawaii)a very severe case of "Chicken Skin" elsewise known as "Goosebumps" Mahalo Nui for a wonderful lift to my soul.

[@drdirt505]

Aloha from Florida! Wouldn't it have been something to hear a collaboration between Iz Kamakawiweole and an Irish sean nos singer? Chicken skin, indeed. E malama pono!

[@dottoressawho2462]

Aloha from Berlin. I felt the same, the singing gave me a chill to the bones.😊

[@shhmaya]

I love this style of music/vocals. It is so utterly clean, it makes the ornamentation that much impactful. Beautiful ❤️

[@mikailamoffit6829]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Malinda

[@creightonstarbuck2000]

I constantly get even more proud of being Irish!

[@penwithoutasword9459]

This reminds me of good times on Inis Oirr. I noticed that often the singer was held by their hand indeed. It also happened to me that I was asked to sing. As I did not know the lyrics, I recited a poem about the island instead. It was truly magical to experience.

[@JRandallS]

That drift toward the end (9:01) of the duet at the end, that drift was exquisite. It reminded me of tuning a guitar and scooping the lower string up toward the higher note till the pitches are equal. Beautiful just glorious.

[@autumnatic]

The traditional Irish music influence in Bluegrass, I can hear it!

[@ElizabethBrightEyes]

My family immigrated from Connacht, and while it's been long enough that we only get to claim Irish heritage - we've had quite a lot of the traditions passed down. I'm sad to say that we missed out on any decent singers, and so we've missed out on that side of the legacy. This literally gave me goosebumps. Thank you to all of the wonderful singers keeping Sean Nos alive xx

[@Graham_M]

That dissonance at 9:01 holy crap that was beautiful- incredible job to both of you :)

[@VictorSinclair]

Both beautiful and educational. Indeed it captured the soul of music that words are inadequate to express. The duet was magical. More please! ❤ ~ The Positive Musicologist

[@kirinschlabitz4085]

I wonder if this is one of the origins for the phrase "twisting my arm" I loved learning about this, especially as I tend to enjoy songs with stories and meaningful lyrics as well as haunting vocals

[@lilwil-ns3uo]

That absolutely amazing! Not just the song, but the information as well!! More please!! ❤💯

[@qwertyTRiG]

Sean Nós singing is always astonishingly beautiful. Well done.

[@bobhingst65]

This sent shivers down my spine. The music so other- worldly and now understanding the stories and methods of “word painting” inside the song, I’m at a loss for words. Truly beautiful ladies!

[@rosebudgremlin]

I love learning about other cultures and their music. I find it so intriguing how even within the same culture, the tones and overall sound can very so much by region. Thank you both for blessing our ears and our hearts with this wonderful music and for sharing it with the world.❤️

[@landers3700]

The Duet was so spiritually soothing…🎶❤️

[@JennyMorash]

This was fascinating, and the duet was hauntingly beautiful.

[@mixedupmenopausaladhd3999]

My heart…that anyone sings with such devotion for their little boat is the stuff that makes me want to be alive. Thank you.

[@h.f.8432]

This sounds very similar to certain Appalachian ballads! I always wondered what the specific stylistic connection was between ancient Irish/Scottish music and bluegrass- I definitely hear it in this!

[@sjgee4309]

A lot of Scots-Irish immigrants settled in Appalachia 😎

[@dolamekart3747]

Sounds similar to Central Asian, even Japanese music

[@bradrowland7687]

Read some of the comments (not be sound like an ass because I am only a dumb ass - not a smart ass)..... First, the number 1 export from Ireland is immigrants. They came to America in droves and went everywhere. I grew up and played Bluegrass. The migration pattern (for my family) began on a Coffin ship(s) to Appalachia to Ozark to Oklahoma. Irish based music permeated my life. What an inheritance! Food, music, values, toughness and stuff that can only be attributed to redheaded miss fits. I was devastated (over emphasized for effect) growing up not redheaded or blond (actually, this did affect me). All my family - extended family - Coleman Oklahoma - and most others were redheaded. And then the horrible truth (based on 21-and-me from my brother who is blondish), he was much more Scottish. Being two shade darker than the rest of my family with darker hair (bald now) - I am petrified of a DNA test. For the record, I did have red highlights in my beard when I was in my 20s. Being Irish is more than DNA inheritance. It is a heritage born of values, ethics, and music. Irish is the only race that claims everybody. From a redheaded Pygmy in Africa to a mixed middle aged mut. Irish is big enough for us all.

[@mamb76]

I shouldn't watch these videos... I literally fall in love every time I see an Irish woman singing... it is enchanting.

[@kaybrown4010]

Thank you for presenting this humble and very human way of singing.

[@desertlillie9659]

The duet almost had me in tears. It was soul touchingly beautiful.

[@Proud2BaPaddy]

Thank you so much for bringing this beautiful old Irish music to the masses. Listening to Oró mo bháidín brought back wonderful memories as a boy learning these songs in school. I was particularly fond of this song. It's such a beautiful song with wonderful colour. I sang harmony in school choirs and loved singing this song. Then my voice broke and well.... I now live abroad and your channel enables me to maintain a strong bond with my native Ireland. That is such a gift. An rud a líonas an tsúil agus an chluas, líonann sé an croí. Go raibh míle maith agat as do phaisean agus do bhronntanas a roinnt.

[@deborahtruthseeker112]

Malinda sounds like a singer from Celtic Women. Their music is absolutely heavenly, and angelic, just like much of the music by Malinda, and other numerous great talents.

[@enkanelbulle7674]

Beautiful! As a swede, this reminds me alot of Swedish folk music!

[@louiselloyd1523]

I didn't really know much about this singing and only thought of it as traditional Irish singing. It is beautiful.

[@lamarhenderson8058]

Your duet at the end soothed and warmed my heart. Really beautiful.

[@Carol-Bell]

I have heard this kind of Irish singing many times, but never knew there was a name for the style. Thank you both for teaching us.

[@easy2bify]

I'm Italian but i LOVE sean-nós singing. I've been trying to learn by myself, mostly by listening and breaking down the ornaments, though I wish there were more resources on the internet.

[@Larkin4840]

A lot of families in Eastern Kentucky came from Ireland and Bluegrass music evolved out of the Irish folk music they brought with them when they moved here. My family are Carroll's from North Western Ireland and I grew up with similar folk music styles and fiddling. Some really old bluegrass songs, such as Wayfairing Stranger, are thought to originally be folk songs from Ireland

[@roisin33]

I’m Irish and I never knew that, how nice

[@elizabethcarroll8298]

Was it originally O'Carroll?

[@Larkin4840]

@@elizabethcarroll8298 yes. It means to hack someone to death 😬

[@elizabethcarroll8298]

@@Larkin4840 I wonder if we're related.

[@Larkin4840]

@@elizabethcarroll8298 possibly. My grandfather's name was Wayne Carroll. He was from Irvine, KY in Estill County