Cúnnla, the man, the legend of the night.  Practice session at the Irish Roots Cafe with Mike O'Laughlin

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Cúnnla Conla

Sean Nós and traditional Irish song, learned over the past 5  years, in Irish (gaeilge)

My 20 songs in Irish (Gaeilge) from the past 5 years, sampled

Written by the songwriter who composed Tim Finnegan's Wake. Performed in the 1860's by Tony Pastor in Manhatten, to great acclaim for years. Given to be the most popular song for the Irish in that decade.

No Irish Need Apply

The National Anthem of Ireland, sung here first in Irish, and then in English. Rehearsal for my upcoming trad album 'Irish '.

Irish National Anthem, Amhrán Na BhFiann (Gaeilge & English)

Oh Death 3

Far Away In Australia

A song of loss of home, and land, crops and cattle, eviction and farewell to a way of life.
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe. Available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

An Droimeann Donn Dilis (mastered)

A traditional and classic song in Irish, hailing from all corners of Ireland, with many variations.  Loss of love, loss of life, loss of country all given here...
This track is from the album 'Irish Old Style' At the Irish Roots Cafe. Available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Roisin Dubh (My Little Dark Rose) mastered

Set to a carefree melody, it seems this girl wants to be Paddys Girl, but Paddy is already taken.  She tells of following him to the ends of the earth, even into Galway, wearing out her shoes, and well, if something should happen to the other girl, well, she is ready to take her place...
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Bean Pháidin (I Wanna Be Pattys Girl)

The grandaddy of Irish famine songs, written shortly after the famine itself.  Loss of land and love, rebellion, immigration, and dreaming of the day of return to Ireland.  A father tells his son, why they left the land he talks so longingly of. 
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Skibbereen, A Tale of the Famine and Troubles (mastered)

A story of courtship. The good life will be hers, no toiling in the fields nor rowing of boats, the land of milk and honey it will be, if only she comes with him....
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

The Accursed Kerryman (An Ciarraíoch Mallaithe)

Hard times approaching in Kerry, he takes down his scythe and heads to Tipperary for some seasonal work, and the story begins between him and her......
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

The Rambling Kerryman (A Kerrymans Rambles)

Master of his own boat, he tries to coax the lovely Sadhbh into a relationship.  She however says the first fair wind would blow him away.  He say her mother says to go and elope with him! A light hearted tale, from the west of Ireland. This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Sadhbh Ni Bhruineallaigh (mastered)

Our version of this song is done here in Irish and English.  Coonla is the Irish spirit of the night, now a legend, but surely once a real man.  Listen in as he finally approaches the house of his intended...
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Cünla, Coonla (Macaronic)

A sean nós styled song from centuries past, it hearkens back to a time of persecution in Ireland.  People would meet in secret, at the 'Mass Rock'.  Code language was often used to communicate.  The version I sing here is the first 'mastered' rendition I have done, and the first with instrumentation.
This track is from the album Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Were You At the Rock? (An Raibh Tu Ar Ang Carraig)

My first mastered version of The Three Marys. This track is from the album "Irish Old Style At the Irish Roots Cafe" and is available on iTunes and for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin3

Keening of Three Marys, Lcaoineadh Na Dtrí Muire (mastered)

Rosin The Bow (Beau)

Low Backed Car

An old tune dating back centuries and popular in many ports of call, including Ireland!.

Rosin the Bow (Roisin the Beau)

Oh Death

National Anthem of Ireland (Amhrán Na Bhfiann)

Far Away in Australia

This track is from the album Ireland By Land and Sea and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mikeolaughlin1

No Irish Need Apply (Irish Need Not Apply)

Raggle Taggle Gypsy

It is said these two songs spring from the same tune - but with different lyrics applied in the American west...  Separated by hundreds of years and the Atlantic Ocean, I alternate the verses of the two songs here, showing the similarity..

Streets of Laredo - Bard of Armagh- Irish same tune alternating verses

Silent Night in the Irish (Gaeilge).  Sung here by Mike O'Laughlin at the Irish Roots Cafe, in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

silent night oiche chiuin

silent night- Gaeilge- in the Irish- oiche chun 2 - 12:25:16, 9.13 PM

From the old Irish sean nós song 'Spailpin Fanaugh' in Irish, to my translation in English; and then the American western version with new lyrics as "The Girl I Left Behind Me:"
From the 2017 show program at the Irish Roots cafe, with Mike O'Laughlin.

Spailpin Fanaugh- Girl I Left Behind Me. Gaeilge and English song lyrics

This track is from the album Irish Song: Traditional & Sean Nos and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin 
This is a lament for both a lost love, and a lost country, dating back centuries in Ireland.

Róisin Dubh (My Little Black Rose)

Irish Sean Nós & traditional singer.  Vocalist with the Irish Roots Cafe house band, Mike performed the first all Irish language stage show in the midwest, and Ranked #1 in the U.S. as a celtic artist on Reverbnation (for nine months). He has had the honor of singing Sean Nós at the annual Gaelic Mass in Kansas City; at the Dublin Irish Festival Sean Nós tent and with the Irish Roots Cafe house band in 2014; and via live, streaming audio shows on the web. Many of his songs are found on YouTube, Vimeo, and iTunes today. Early influences include Joe Heaney of Galway, Cathy Jordon of Dervish, and Niamh Parsons from whom he has taken instruction. 
A featured artist on 'Tradconnect' out of Dublin, the editors 'Spotify' playlist ranked 'Over the Mountain' in the top 15. Mikes album, 'Irish Song: Traditional and Sean Nós' was placed in the Irish Traditional Music Archives in September, 2013. 
The most published author in his field. Since 1978 he has authored: 60 books; 40 CD's and Videos; 300 podcasts; and over 1,000 articles.  Having written books on every county in Ireland, he also publishes rare works in both Irish and English, including 'The Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters'.
 
Michael O'Laughlins 6 fields of Irish study include: Genealogy; History; Irish-America; Language (gaeilge); and Song.  
His first album "Irish Song..." is also available at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelcolaughlin

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