The Guardian reviews Trá Pháidín's new album 'Cloch's Claí'
The UK paper's music critic praises the Galway-based collective's second album for blending traditional Irish folk with other genres.
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The Guardian has published a review of "Cloch's Claí," the second album from the Galway-based musical collective Trá Pháidín, describing it as a project that blends traditional Irish folk with other musical styles.
According to the review, the six-member group mixes Irish-language lyrics and traditional instrumentation with influences spanning mariachi and motorik rhythms across the album's roughly 45-minute run time.
The reviewer highlighted tracks drawing on improvisation and texture, and noted the album's title — meaning "Stone and Dry Stone Wall" — as a reference to how each track contributes to a larger, interconnected whole.
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- Trá Pháidín: Cloch’s Claí review – giddy Galway gang burst the boundaries of folk music — The Guardian — Culture
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