Logo handprinted by Enda. The lines on the N spell Enda in Ogham an ancient alphabet used to write Gaelic text as notches on standing stones in Ireland
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Logo handprinted by Enda. The lines on the N spell Enda in Ogham an ancient alphabet used to write Gaelic text as notches on standing stones in Ireland
Physical Albums
I wanted Whisperings to be a simple album of undeniably great songs, sung and recorded with guitar or acapella. Many of these are Irish and Scottish favourites and are important connections for us all across the Atlantic. The album title was inspired by the line "Whispering over the sea..." in the song Come back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff. Thanks for your purchase!
The Poetry of WB Yeats in Song
This is the first collection on CD and features some remixes of tracks from digital-only Whorls. Also features new solo versions of The Lake Isle of Innisfree and September 1913 which have been long requested by fans.
1 Where The Sweetest Waters Flow A song inspired by stories I heard of particular fields around where my granparents lived in Aghamore, Mayo, Ireland.
2 In My Garden A co-write with Mark McGuigan. Recorded a few years back but I always liked this version so wanted to release it. Mark's solo guitar is deadly.
3 A Wounded Bird Another co-write, this time with my wife Anne Marie, who came up with the concept and wrote a poem to the melody which we then turned into a song.
4 Henry This was on my first album as a live version from Bewley's Cafe Theatre in Dublin but I was never fully happy with it so here's a new version.
5 Samurai Sword I've kept this one simple. After recording drums and overdubs and doing rewrites I opted to go back to the way it was at the start and let it be what it wants to be.
Cover art and photography by Peter McGuire. www.mcguireglass.ie Check out Peter's wonderful creations on his website!
A folk album of newly written songs in the Irish language, with intricate acoustic guitar, percussion and colourful melodic arrangements of fiddles, double bass, whistle all accompanying Enda's rich vocals.
Digital Albums - Listen and Download
I wanted Whisperings to be a simple album of undeniably great songs, sung and recorded with guitar or acapella. Many of these are Irish and Scottish favourites and are important connections for us all across the Atlantic. The album title was inspired by the line "Whispering over the sea..." in the song Come back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff.
I wanted Whisperings to be a simple album of undeniably great songs, sung and recorded with guitar or acapella. Many of these are Irish and Scottish favourites and are important connections for us all across the Atlantic. The album title was inspired by the line "Whispering over the sea..." in the song Come back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff. Here’s a few notes about each song on the album. The album was recorded and produced by Enda. Thanks for listening. All Along The Wild Atlantic Way … The song I cowrote with Aoife Scott that made it's way to the USA before me is somewhat of a calling card and I've enjoyed making my own version of it. Come Back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff Wonderful song who's melody and honesty drew me in. I've been listening to Paddy Reilly vinyl records (no relation) and that inspired the simple production of the album, to let the songs speak for themselves. The Lakes Of Pontchartrain I've been singing this for years and have lots of great feedback from folks on my Youtube videos of it so with it's American origins I felt it was time for it to be on a disc, Go Lassie Go This version is unique to this album for me as i wanted it to Whisper in it's own way using my lower register. Buachaill Ón Éirne One of those songs I learned in school and is wonderful. I taught some songs as gaeilge via zoom during lockdown and this was one of them. Danny Boy One of those songs I was hesitant to sing, but reeled me in and won me over. Hopefully I've brought some freshness to it for those who know it well. Máirseáil Saighdúra The Soldiers March is a tune I came up with to contrast with Johnnys confident optimism of going off to war with his woman's sadness at his leaving in siúil a rún. Siúil A Rún (Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier) I feel this song had two parrallel journeys, one in Ireland and one in the US and this version kinda reunites them for me. The Foggy Dew The Foggy Dew was requested many times at gigs and I gave it a go, but it took on a life of it's own for me once I brought the guitar for it into a different tuning called DADGAD. I go into a bit of a trance in this one. O My Luve's like a Red, Red Rose I had never heard the song version of this when I was younger and so I wrote my own melody to Robert Burn's classic poem. The drones are from Uileann pipes and Scottish smallpipes. Caledonia The most called-for song at my shows. I really enjoy playing this Dougie MacLean classic. Red Is The Rose This one got requested many times during my Live Streamsonline and it's since found it's way into my set. The Parting Glass Many of the songs on the album have a last song quality but this one won top spot for the last song.
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To The Waters And The Wild
Enda Reilly
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The Poetry of WB Yeats in Song This features 12 of Irelands most celebrated poet, WB Yeats' poems set to music and sung by Enda Reilly. Photography by Dave Keegan. Performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Enda Reilly
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A folk album of newly written songs in the Irish language, with intricate acoustic guitar, percussion and colourful melodic arrangements of fiddles, double bass, whistle all accompanying Enda's rich vocals. Rama Block: Bass on tracks 1,2,4,6,9,12 Gary Raymond Percussion on 1, 6, 11 Eimear Lynch Fiddle on 1,4 Cathy McEvoy Fiddle on 1, 4, 5
A folk album of newly written songs in the Irish language, with intricate acoustic guitar, percussion and colourful melodic arrangements of fiddles, double bass, whistle all accompanying Enda's rich vocals. Rama Block: Bass on tracks 1,2,4,6,9,12 Gary Raymond Percussion on 1, 6, 11 Eimear Lynch Fiddle on 1,4 Cathy McEvoy Fiddle on 1, 4, 5 Christophe Capewell fiddles on tacks 2, 6 and Accordion on track 6. Tim Hart, Whistles on track 1. Aoife Scott Vocals on track 8, 9, 12 Pearse McGloughlin Vocal and Guitar on track 11 Mossy Nolan, Mandolin on track 6 Additional instruments including Acoustic Guitar, lap steel, harmonica, fiddle and bass by Enda Reilly.
All Songs written by Enda Reilly except track 8 Aisling Kavanagh and Enda Reilly track 11 Pearse McGloughlin and Enda Reilly and track 14 Gabriel Rosenstock and Enda Reilly
Cover Art Design and Photography Mark Flynn
Sleeve Design. Dan Costello
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Enda Reilly Mastered at MSB Mastering www.msbmastering.ie