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Cl​ì​odhna

from Tairm by WHɎTE

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    The hotly-anticipated second album from award-winning band WHɎTE, following the release of their “absorbing” debut album ‘Fairich’ in 2016 (fRoots).

    WHɎTE infuse Gaelic song – original and traditional – with the newest techniques in electronica.

    With an interpretation and direction described as being “important for Scottish music in general and Gaelic in particular” (Alun Woodward, Chemikal Underground Records), WHɎTE’s unique sound has been described as “achingly beautiful” (fRoots), “moody and alluring” (Songlines) and “wonderfully evocative” (Scots Whay Hae!).

    The duo comprises electronic composer, musician and Scottish Album of the Year-longlisted Ross Whyte (Aberdeenshire) and Gaelic singer, songwriter and twice-nominated Hands Up for Trad Gaelic Singer of the Year Alasdair C. Whyte (Isle of Mull).

    The album’s title, ‘Tairm’, is a Gaelic word which can be translated as ‘echo’ or ‘gathering summons’. ‘Tairm’ features a collection of original Gaelic songs, new arrangements of traditional Gaelic songs and instrumental works.

    The band represented Alba/Scotland with the first single from this second album, ‘Tairm’, at the Liet International 2018 XXL international new song competition in Friesland.

    ‘Cionran’, an original Gaelic song from the band’s debut album ‘Fairich’, received the 2017 Hands Up for Trad/Creative Scotland Nòs Ùr Songwriting Award.

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lyrics

Clìodhna (personal name)

càir
air fàire
gam thàladh

càir
air fàire
gam thàladh
le àraidheachd
gu tràigh

a sruthladh
nach diùltar
gam luasgadh, gam luasgadh

a sruthladh
nach diùltar
gam luasgadh, gam luasgadh
gam sguabadh, gam sguabadh
gu cuan, gu cuan

an rìbhinn
as ciataich’
as rìomhaiche brac
as brosgalaiche gàir
an tìr
tha ìseal
tha sgiamhach
tha Clìodhnach
tha breugach

tràighte
nam thàchdar
le sùigheag a shrùb
a dh’fhàg mi air tiùrr
rùid
mo rùid

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phosphorescence
on the horizon
enticing me

phosphorescence
on the horizon
enticing me
with peculiarity and singularity
to strand

her pull
irrefusable
rocking me, tossing me

her pull
irrefusable
rocking me, tossing me
sweeping me, sweeping me
to sea, to sea

the girl
most attractive
with the finest curve
most flattering and most fickle
the land
low-lying
elegant
belonging to Clìodhna
false

beached
as seaspoil
sucked in
then cast up
by a freak wave
my wave

credits

from Tairm, released May 19, 2019

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WHYTE Glasgow, UK

WHɎTE’s unique blend of electronica and Gaelic song has been winning them plaudits at home and abroad since the band’s inception in 2016.

The duo comprises electronic composer, musician and Scottish Album of the Year-longlisted Ross Whyte (Aberdeenshire) and Gaelic singer, songwriter and twice-nominated Hands Up for Trad Gaelic Singer of the Year Alasdair C. Whyte (Isle of Mull).
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