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About the event
Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series: Ishna
Ishna was founded in Dublin Ireland by husband-and-wife team Ciaran and Tara. After moving to Boston in 2012, they put this group of musicians together in 2015. Oddly enough, they met all of the players separately, and none of them through playing Irish music (jazz, musical theater, classical, and Italian folk music)! Over the past decade, the group has evolved, honing in specifically on the acoustic traditional music of Ireland, while finding ways to allow each band member to bring their unique musical vocabulary into the overall sound. “Slí Amach: Way Out” is the debut album of the group and on it Ishna explores traditional repertoire within the context of a global setting, bringing the band members’ diverse backgrounds into each of their carefully crafted arrangements. The album starts with a darkly humorous tale of a murderous wife, continuing on through exhilarating instrumentals, heart-tugging ballads, and rousing rebel songs, before finally leaving the listener in the familiar setting of an Irish pub.
www.ishnamusic.com
