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Hands Up for Trad Project > FolkWaves > News > Releases > concertina > Firebird by Ímar

Firebird by Ímar

artwork1New Glasgow-based five-piece Ímar stand out from the crowd – by taking things back to basics.

With a line-up featuring members of Mànran, RURA, Talisk and Barrule, and a heavyweight collective haul of top prizes – including a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, nine All-Ireland and eight All-Britain titles – the group’s formation embodies a personal reconnection with its members’ formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow’s justly celebrated session scene.

Adam Brown (bodhrán), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Mohsen Amini (concertina), Ryan Murphy (uilleann pipes) and Tomás Callister (fiddle) share a strong background in Irish music – although only Murphy actually hails from Ireland; Rhodes and Callister are from the Isle of Man, whilst Amini is a Glasgow native, and Brown originally from Suffolk – and it is these foundations which underpin many of Ímar’s distinctive qualities, in both instrumentation and material.

The band’s unmistakable synergy centers on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. All three places once shared the same Gaelic language and a similar kinship endures between their musical traditions.

While Ímar’s output so far comprises just two newly-released singles, they are heading for the studio in the spring of 2016 to record their debut album, which will be launched in early 2017, promoted by extensive touring.

“Definitely an act to watch” – Songlines

Tunes:
Kevin McHugh’s
The Knotted Chord
Firebird – Tomás Callister

Artist website: http://www.imarband.com

Single title: Firebird
Album title:
Release Date: 13/01/2016
Single artist: Ímar
Single duration: 4:02
Record Label: Big Mann Records
Catalogue No: BMANN005
Writers: Trad, Tomás Callister
Publishers: Ímar
Explicit?: No

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