The Friel Sisters

THE FRIEL SISTERS - An album named among themselves consisting of Anna Friel, Sheila Friel and Clare Friel, produced by themselves, engineered by Sean Keegan, and recorded at a home in Doire Na Mainsear, County Donegal. They were born and raised in Glasgow, and recorded their first album in their mother, Sheila Coyle's hometown, Donegal. All of the tracks were arranged by Anna, Sheila and Clare with the combination of songs sung by their granny as well as themselves and tunes collected and learned from several famous musicians and group such as De Dannan, and Tommy Keane. Guest musicians consisting of Gearoid Ó Maonaigh, Seamus Ó'Kane and Griogair Labhruidh that plays the bodhran and guitars as accompanists to enhance the quality of the tunes …show more content…
To sing in such perfection is a challenging achievement. The Friel Sisters has the uniqueness in their voice that projects soothing and calmness to the audience. To be able to sing in unison, is a gift. Moreover, they are sisters, which means they are spiritually connected to each other. They could possibly feel the musical sensuality together as one, easily. Sheila and Anna are twins, they both play flute. Younger sister Clare plays the fiddle, and Sheila also plays the uileann pipes. Most of the tunes were learned from their family heritage and …show more content…
In the hornpipe/ reels Queen of May/ Tom Dowd's Favourite/ Naughton's, the guitar started the tune with a small section of solo part. For the tune The Arra Mountains/ Hunting The Hare/ Petko, it is known as slip jigs/ horo. Kevin made the addition of overwhelming three part harmonies on the flute for the Petko set. It portrayed a different style of traditional music from Bulgaria. This set is taken from Breton piper Patrick Molard who learnt this tune from Petko Stefanov himself. Petko is a Gaïda