Brigit Music on Bandcamp

 

There are some lovely Brigit inspired or Brigit directed pieces of music on Bandcamp, an app where you get to listen to and support artists directly. This is what I found. Let me know if you find something else! Or upload something else!

Some of these link to the songs, some to the albums. And SOME of these songs don’t really fall into the “lovely” category...

Brigid’s Birds by Margaret McLarty

Gabhaim Molta Bride (Prayer for St. Brigid) by Gabdaw and Krimmel 

Ode to Bridget (Gabhaim Molta Bríghde, with Nóirín Ní Riain on vocals) by Paul Winter 

Songs to Brigid by memoriata 

Welcome Brigid by Katy Taylor 

Celia Farran - Brigid Songs

Brigid by Mists of Serenity

St. Bridget’s Mantle by Magical Strings 

Prayer for St. Bridget/Gabriel’s Message by Winter Harp 

Kusnacht/St. Brigid’s Day by Seasons 

The Well of St. Brigid by Trish Flanagan 

St Brigid’s Coracle by Margot Krimmel 

St Brigid by the Armagh Rhymers 

Brigid by Madeleine Smyth 

St. Bridget’s Cross by The Sparklers 

St. Brigid’s Day by Eamonn Flynn 

Brigid’s Cradle by redbrd

Invocation to St Bridget by Culture Vannin 

St Brigid Cross by Aaron J. Burke 

St. Brigid’s Day by Desert Golfer 

St. Bridget’s Bathwater by Chucky Arla & the Petrol Bombers 

Air for St. Brigid by Nessa Music 

Hymn to St. Brigid by Darren Brereton ALSO Acoustic version

Brigid - of the night by Wykan

St Brigid’s Feast Day by Jordan Klassen

Song of Brigid (St. Brigid) by Laura Ash

Tears of St. Brigid by Joesf Glaude 

Tears of St. Brigid by Joesf Glaude and James Ruggles

Brigid’s Air by Loren Connors 

The Vision of St Bridget by Meschplan 

Brigid the Dark, Brigid the Light (St Brigid of Kildare) by Awen (Communion of Saints by Various Artists) 

S/T by St. Brigid (Er, this one is just really a band named for her that doesn’t seem to have anything about her.)

Enjoy!

Image:  Cover of Brigid - of the night by Wykan: a cartoon of a scantily clad woman holding two torches as if they were smoking guns. There is wild dancing around a bonfire behind her.

 

 

 

 

Twenty Day Brigid Devotion with Clann Dord Fiann (Starts Today!)

I am very keen to participate in this shared-yet-solitary daily offering to Brigit as we move toward Imbolc. What a wonderful idea! We begin in less than an hour--8 PM Irish time, noon British Columbia time--but the devotion may be done any time during each twenty-four hour period. Whatever works best for you. I'll let Clann Dord Fiann explain.

FLAMEKEEPING/ BRIGIDMAS/ IMBOLG 2019

For 2019 Clann Dord Fiann are working each evening from the 12th of January to the 31st with a 20 day devotional work with and to Brigid. As part of the extension of our work to have a public face, we invite others to join this activity if they wish. It is solitary and requires no other involvement.

Each day at 8pm (Irish time) we light a candle to Brigid and speak or sing the text of Gabhaim molta Bríghde/ I Give Praise to Brigid, a traditional Irish song and poem. This time is ideal, but need not be followed if not fitting with your life. This may be done at any time each day. We will post daily reminders at 7 daily for the 20 days. For those who would like to work with the text as gaeilge, but who do not speak the language, Gaol Naofa has a phonetic version. http://www.gaolnaofa.org/library/music/gabhaim-molta-bride/ . For the first 19 days we light and extinguish the candle after speaking Gabhaim molta Bríghde and a period of reflection. On the 20th day, Brigids eve, reeds are gathered for crosses, and an effigy of Brigid is brought to the place of the candle, be it an image or a Brideóg. An accompanying verse may be desired of this arrival of Brigid. A historical example is:

Oiche Bhríde brichíneach
Bain an ceann den croiceanach,
Gabhaigí ar na glúnaí,
Déanaigí umhlú
Is ligigí isteach Bríd Bheannaithe.
‘Sé beatha, ‘sé beatha, sé beatha.

"On St Brigid’s night
Take the head off the rushes,
Go on your knees,
Make obeisance
And let St Brigid in.
You’re welcome, you’re welcome, your welcome."

The candle is lit in a safe container and allowed to burn out in the company of Brigid, for on the 20th day Brigid keeps the flame.
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Gabhaim molta Bríghde Text (Gaeilge/ English)

Gabhaim molta Bríghde, iníon í le hÉireann
Iníon le gach tír í, molaimís go léir í.
Lóchrann geal na Laighneach, soils’ ar feadh na tíre
Ceann ar óigheacht Éireann, ceann na mban

Tig an Geimhreadh dian dubh, gearra lena géire
Ach ar lá le Bríghde, gar dúinn Earrach Éireann.
Iníon le gach tír í, molaimís go léir í.
Gabhaim molta Bríghde, iníon í le hÉireann

I give praise to Brigid, daughter of Ireland
Daughter of all lands, let us praise her.
The bright torch of Leinster, shining across the country
The leader of Ireland’s youth, leader of women.

The house of Winter is dark, cutting with its sharpness
But on Brigid’s Day, Spring in Ireland draws near to us.
I give praise to Brigid, daughter of Ireland
Daughter of all lands, let us praise her.

Amy Interviews Mael Brigde: Brigit Music, Daughters of the Flame, & More!

Well, that was lovely.

I just had a long conversation with Amy Panetta, who found me through this blog a few years ago (although I wasn't really aware of it until she approached me recently on Facebook). Amy is an energetic and very curious young woman—curious about things, that is, not curious in herself—and has combined her musical skills and love of Brigit in a number of projects.

Her main focus is Brigidine music, especially that composed in the last decades, and we got together today to talk about it, and about my love of writing songs to and about Brigit. Somewhere between the time we made the plan to talk and the talk itself, Amy asked me if we could do it as an interview, thinking she might use it in her podcast-to-be. I agreed and off we went.

I have been interviewed on paper, or asked to write some reflections on my connection to Brigit, but I have never been interviewed aloud on these matters and some of things she asked about I had never spoken discussed with another. So it was an interesting and fun experience for me, where I got to let my thoughts stretch and my chin wag. (I'm usually more the listener—believe it or not, those who know me.)

Amy is an excellent interviewer, with clear questions, a relaxed style, and adding enough of her own thoughts to make it a conversation instead of a monologue. I didn't feel like I was alone and honking, but at ease and chatting with a friend.

Who knows if this will ever be used as a podcast, but it was a good experience, helping me to think in new ways about a subject that is dear to my heart.

I look forward to meeting Amy in the flesh when she comes to Vancouver in a couple of weeks for the CSANA 2017 Conference, (27–30 April 2017, the Celtic Studies Association of North America), where she will be presenting her topic "The Feminine Face of God: Vocal Music Dedicated to Bridget, the Pre-Christian Celtic Goddess and Saint".

This is not an expensive conference, and it runs for several days, so there will be much to bend your minds with if you are able to get to Vancouver, Canada for it.




Image: Croghan Hill (Bog of Allen County Offaly Ireland) by Sarah777. This is the image I looked at throughout our conversation, since we were talking on the computer without video, and it was weird staring at my desktop and all those annoying reminders of things to do.