Iorram (2021), by Aidan O'Rourke

Iorram (2021)

by Aidan O'Rourke

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kiki356 So moved by the music and the voices and now I want to see the film too.

Brian Condra This came in the post the other day, and digital release yesterday!

What can I say, but that Aidan O'Rourke has crafted a masterpiece.
Beautiful from start to finish.

The music weaves itself around the voices and the language.
I would say Iorram is not only a work of art but also an incredible historical record.

The only question I have is how do I get a copy of the film?

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‘a feast for the ears’
The Guardian

‘a hypnotically understated score’
The Radio Times

Album of The Month (August 2021)
Folk Radio U.K.

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1.	The Kaylana (Introduction) 01:04	buy track
2.	Iorram 04:31	buy track
3.	The Herring Girls and the Barra Boys 03:28	buy track
4.	Am Bòchdan 02:22	buy track
5.	Óran nan Sgalpach 02:21	buy track
6.	The Kaylana (Introduction 2) 01:14	buy track
7.	Fuadaichean nan Gaidheal / O Hó Hoireann ó, Tha Mi ann am Èiginn 08:35	buy track
8.	The Sandbank and the Whale 01:58	buy track
9.	Fhir a' Bhata / Nuair Thàinig Àm an Iasgaich 03:39	buy track
10.	The Kaylana 03:40	buy track
11.	The Six Widows 03:30	buy track
12.	Iorram (Reprise 2) 06:55	buy track

about

The acclaimed original Iorram soundtrack by fiddler and composer Aidan O’Rourke.

Iorram (Boat Song) is the first cinematic documentary made entirely in the Gaelic language. Unflinching, unromanticised, the film is a portrait of modern fishing communities in the Outer Hebrides charting the toil and loss of an industry which used to thrive on islands once rich with Gaelic culture.

At the heart of soundtrack are archive Gaelic voices recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. The voices are gritty, witty, lyrical, innately musical; around them O’Rourke weaves his stripped-back, magnetic new music scored for an ensemble of international folk, jazz and contemporary classical luminaries.

‘a feast for the ears’ – The Guardian
‘a hypnotically understated score’ – The Radio Times

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released August 6, 2021

Iorram (Boat Song)

Aidan O'Rourke Fiddle
Brighde Chaimbeul Scottish Smallpipes
Graeme Stephen Guitar
Thomas Gibbs Harmonium, Piano
Adam Kinner Saxophone
Lucy Railton Cello
Lizabett Russo Vocals
Donald Alex MacDonald Vocals
Penny MacLennan Vocals
Peggy MacRae Vocals

Produced and written by Aidan O'Rourke (Reveal Publishing)
Óran nan Sgalpach written by
Donald Alex MacDonald (Arrangement by Aidan O'Rourke)
O Hó Hoireann ó, Tha Mi ann am Èiginn,Fhir a' Bhata / Nuair Thàinig Àm an Iasgaich (Trad. Arranged Aidan O'Rourke)

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Stuart Hamilton (Castlesound Studios)
Design Martin Elden
Images Alastair Cole & Lindsay Brown
P+C Reveal Records 2021
REVEAL156CDX

Special thanks to the family of Sorley MacLean for the use of the excerpt of "Reothairt" recorded by Ian Paterson in 1974

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Aidan O'Rourke Edinburgh, UK

Aidan O’Rourke: Fiddler, composer, producer, curator. One third of the trio Lau. Multiform solo projects and collaborations. Pioneering new sounds in Scottish traditional music.

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