The Dublin musician Úna Keane has a live album of collaborations coming out which was recorded at Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church literally a week before live music ceased to exist this year.
The gig took place on March 5th 2020, a week before the country went into lockdown due to COVID-19 for the first time.
What timing.
The album Collaborations, as the title suggests features Keane and other musicians playing the music of the artist’s last two albums – In the Deep (2019) and As I Wake, Still I Dream (2017) with some new and improvised work including Stephen Shannon, Liam Ó’Maonlaí, Lōwli, Gareth Quinn Redmond and Ronán Conroy.
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The album is released on November 27th and available for pre-order on Bandcamp.
Hear below, ‘Hollow’ the track featuring Stephen Shannon crossing piano and electronic textures across the song’s 9-minute evocative running time.
The concert was recorded, mixed and mastered by engineer / producer Adam KJ, and Keane & Adam co-produced.
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