Idir Muir agus Sliabh – Traditional Irish Songs – Diane Ní Chanainn

Diane Ní Chanainn belongs to a family in which music and song have always been central. It was there on the hearth in both her parents' families. Diane learned song and instrumental music from an early age, learning the fiddle from the great Francie Mooney, an instrument she still plays. Like her mother, Diane's daughter Kelly also loves to sing the old Gaelic songs. Diane won first prize in traditional women's singing at the annual Irish language arts festival, an tOireachtas, in 2015. For some years now, she has been studying the songs of her own area and is very interested in them. Some songs are very popular and sare among the most often performed by local singers. Other songs are, however, more rarely heard. These are often local songs or unusual local versions of songs known elsewhere. 

Tógadh Diane Ní Chanainn i dteaghlach a raibh an ceol lárnach ann riamh. Bhí ceol ar an teallach agus ag a muintir ar fad ar a ndá thaobh. Chuir sí suim i ngach cineál ceoil idir cheol uirlíse agus amhránaíocht. D'fhoghlaim sí an fhideal ó Phroinsias Ó Maonaigh agus bíonn sí ag gabháil di i gcónaí. Is ceoltóir breá í a níon Kelly fosta agus tá suim aicise sa tseancheol Gaeilge chomh maith lena máthair. Thug Diane léi príomdhuais an Oireachtais i gcomórtas sinearach na mban don amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós sa bhliain 2015. 

Liosta Traiceanna / Track list:

1. Malaidh Chró Luí 
2. Cnoc na Naomh
3. Úna Bheag na hÁite & Na Seomróga Feoite
4. Lough Erne's Shore
5. A Mháithrín Dhílis 
6. Bainín Mhín an Leá
7. Níl sé 'na lá
8. Broom o' the Cowdenknowes 
9. An Draighneán Donn
10. Geaftaí Bhaile Buí
11. Mountains of Pomeroy 
12. Toraigh Álainn