Neil Spencer 

Gerry Diver: The Speech Project – review

An unusual mix of reminiscence and traditional music creates an poignant story of the modern Irish diaspora, writes Neil Spencer
  
  


Somewhere between oral history and playful celebration comes this unusual creation from London-Irish musician Gerry Diver, previously of Sin é and the Popes. Taking a selection of old and new interviews with Irish musicians, Diver gives each reminiscence a musical accompaniment, creating a soundscape that shape-shifts between wistful chamber folk and jaunty tin whistle and bodhrán. Christy Moore, Shane MacGowan and Margaret Barry are among the narrators. With the often spectral atmosphere livened up by tape loops, the album becomes a poignant story of the modern Irish diaspora, from County Clare to New York and London.

 

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