Paul Brady - The Green Crow Caws '2024

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In 1978, Shivaun O'Casey, daughter of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, began a
project to record an album featuring songs from her father's plays. She enlisted
Seán Murphy as producer and director, and approached a musical director to
arrange and compose music for songs lacking existing scores. O'Casey’s
plays included early 20th-century songs from Music Hall and Irish folk
traditions, with some familiar tunes adapted and new music composed for
soliloquies and poems. Irish actor and singer John Kavanagh performed on the
album, and composer Shaun Davey assisted with the musical arrangements.

The album, The Green Crow Caws, was released in 1979, but it struggled to gain
attention due to confusion over its genre. A brief CD release in the 1990s also
failed to succeed. After the recent passing of producer Seán Murphy, the
album was re-released, remastered, and repackaged in hopes of reaching a new
audience.

Tracklist:
1 Down Where The Bees Are Humming
2 My Bodice Neat And Modest
3 As I Wait In The Boreen For Maggy
4 White Legg'd Mary
5 Eros, Pt. 1
6 Since Maggy Went Away
7 Eros, Pt. 2
8 Niall
9 A Sour Soul'd Cleric
10 I Tuck'd Up My Sleeves
11 Lament For Thomas Ashe
12 A Rare Time For Death In Ireland
13 Nora
14 All Round Me Hat

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