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M'aisling féin
Sean-nós singing is one of those (like calligraphy or infusing vodka) that I've always wanted to get into but have never quite managed to. I have some appreciation for how it's supposed to work, but the aesthetic is so very different from the mainstream Western tradition that I know best that I've struggled to find a point of entry. There's a superficial resemblance to Baroque opera (which I also came to relatively late) in the weight laid on ornamentation, but the composition style is completely different.
That said, looks like I may have found my gateway:
Lyrics and translation here: http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/compilations/aisling.htm. As luck would have it, he is a native speaker of precisely the variety of Irish that I've studied. Man, if I could only have one tenth the blas he does, do gheobhainn mo bhas mar fhear atá sona sásta!
That said, looks like I may have found my gateway:
Lyrics and translation here: http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/compilations/aisling.htm. As luck would have it, he is a native speaker of precisely the variety of Irish that I've studied. Man, if I could only have one tenth the blas he does, do gheobhainn mo bhas mar fhear atá sona sásta!