Damanta

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The Hazel Wood 03:36 Tools
A Darkly Splendid World 03:44 Tools
By the River 03:34 Tools
Hermes' Walk 04:07 Tools
A Faerie Love Song 05:40 Tools
Phantom Lovers 03:19 Tools
Playing in Purgatory 03:19 Tools
Rambles At Night 03:33 Tools
*The Drunk Priest (Waldman remix) 04:12 Tools
Song for My Mother 04:33 Tools
Weeping for You 04:52 Tools
*Hermes' Walk (Tá sé go hAillin) 04:54 Tools
*Faerie Childe (live) 03:35 Tools
*The Drunken Priests of Donegal 04:09 Tools
*By the Sionnain 03:46 Tools
*The Land of Shadows (Underworld version) 03:46 Tools
*The Fall Song 03:42 Tools
*Críoch’ an Oileáin Úir 03:20 Tools
*Pórt na bPúcaí (Song of the Faeries) 03:20 Tools
The Drunken Priests of Donegal 04:12 Tools
The Fall Song 03:45 Tools
*Rambles At Night 03:32 Tools
*The Drunken Priests of Donegal mp3 04:10 Tools
Ar Mo Ghabháil 'Na Chuan Domh 01:21 Tools
The Land of Shadows 04:41 Tools
Land of Shadows (Bootleg @ The Bunker) 04:33 Tools
By the Sionnain 03:49 Tools
Rambles At Night (Live in Chicago 2008) 03:30 Tools
The Hazel Wood (live) 03:49 Tools
Playin' in Purgatory (Live in Chicago 2008) 02:13 Tools
Hermes' Walk (Live in Chicago 2008) 05:01 Tools
Pórt Na Bpúcaí (Song of the Faeries) 03:35 Tools
An Unseelie Love Song 05:41 Tools
The Drunk Priest (Waldman Remix) 04:15 Tools
By the Sionnain (Live in Chicago 2008) 03:37 Tools
The Drunk Priest (Bootleg @ The Bunker) 04:16 Tools
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Damanta was formed in 2005. In 2003 I learned how to play the bodhran from Michael Viens at the Wolf & Hound in Vancouver. Then went to Ireland and began playing the uilleann pipes (and dabbling in whistles) and, in 2005, bought my first lute (of the Irish bouzouki type) from The Four Corners in Galway. My uilleann pipe teachers have been few: Tim Fanning (Vancouver), lessons in Milltown, then John McSherry in Belfast (Lunasa, Sharon Shannon, At First Light). Damanta was taken as a name from a poem I'd translated into song, "We Are Damned" -- despite the fact that 'damned' is not the most common use of the word "damanta" in Ireland (certainly not in some dialects like Connacht or especially Arainn, and Inis Mór.) Articles on Damanta.com are the best way to hear more of the story. Many musicians have come and gone from this project, but the idea to continue producing some of the 200+ Damanta songs I've written and tell the stories in them lives on. Unfortunately, recording and producing and hiring musicians is very expensive. But, I know some of you like Damanta and I love it. So, get ready for more music. sincerely, Elegwen Ó Maoileoin elegwen.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.