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Mo nighean donn, ho gù is a traditional Gaelic waulking song. The track leans into the rhythmic aspects of the tradition and plays around with the accompaniment, with the backing vocals also imitating and exaggerating the beat-driven feel of a waulking song, which would have been sung during the tweed or tartan-making process. Bringing the […]
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