Passages, by Sassenach

Passages

by Sassenach

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Double panel CD with original artwork by Pascale-Mukti Beaudry, includes 8-page booklet with song and tune descriptions and photography by Brad Hurley.

CD double face avec illustration originale de Pasca checkoutle-Mukti Beaudry, livret de 8 pages comprenant la description des chansons et des pièces et des photographies de Brad Hurley.

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1.	Siúbhán Ní Dhuibhir 03:16	info	buy track
2.	Spancil Hill 04:22	info	buy track
3.	My Lagan Love 04:03	info	buy track
4.	Vent sud-ouest 01:52	info	buy track
5.	A Chuachag Nam Beann/The Cuckoo of the Mountain 03:22	info	buy track
6.	Mairi Bhan Og 04:23	info	buy track
7.	MacPherson's Rant/Reel du pendu 05:07	info	buy track
8.	Au bois Marguerite/Valse d'automne 03:29	info	buy track
9.	The Loon 03:59	info	buy track
10.	Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel 04:25	info	buy track

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Sassenach is a Gaelic word meaning "stranger" or "intruder". The stranger is often on the move, passing through somewhere, possibly in transition to another country or a better life. Most of the songs on our debut album, "Passages", relate to these existential shifts and periods of transition, often unstable and high in emotion, including the passage to the afterlife and encounters with the supernatural world.

Sassenach est un mot gaélique qui veut dire "étranger" ou "intrus'. L'étranger est souvent en mouvement, de passage quelque part, possiblement en transition vers un autre pays ou une vie meilleure. La plupart de nos oeuvres sur notre premier album intitulé Passages se rapportent à ces mouvances existentielles et périodes de transitions, souvent instables et hautes en émotions, incluant le passage vers l'au-delà et la rencontre avec le monde surnaturel.

Sassenach:
Jane Critchlow: lead and harmony vocals, bodhrán, percussion
Susan Palmer: harp, harmony vocals, lead vocal on A Chuachag Nam Beann, composition
Laurence Beaudry: violin, viola, harmony vocals, lead vocal on Au bois Marguerite, composition
Marie-Claude Simard: cello, harmony vocals

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released December 29, 2023

Recorded and mixed by John McColgan at JMC Studios Montreal, QC, CA
Mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket Mastering
Cover art/aquarelle par Pascale-Mukti Beaudry
Photos by Brad Hurley
CD Graphic design/graphisme by Saje Yayasinghe

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A big thank you to/Merci à:

John McColgan, Geneviève Beaudry et Daniel Falaise, Pascale Beaudry, Brad Hurley, Linda Morrison, Gemma Brooks, Patrick Hutchinson, Martin Dufresne, Jane Edwards, Tim Buron, Fred Graham, and to our families and friends for their unwavering support.

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Sassenach Montreal, Québec

Sassenach creates innovative arrangements of traditional Irish, Scottish, and Quebecois music and writes original compositions in the traditional style.

Sassenach crée des arrangements novateurs de musique traditionnelle irlandaise, écossaise et québécoise et écrit des compositions originales dans le style traditionnel. ... more

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