Teada - Teada

(February 2004) 11 tracks: Tom O'Connor's / The Joy of My Life / Handy with the Stick * Teresa Halpin's / Rathlin Island / Michael Hynes' * The Surround / Up in the Garret / Port na Deorai * Peigin's Peadar * Micho Russell's / Bill Harte's / The Green Gates * The Chaffpool Post / The Mayday Hornpipe * The Liffey Banks / Pat Molloy's * A bhean A' Tí * Tom Roddy's / The Old Firm Jig / The Maid at the Well * Rossinver Braes * The Crock of Gold / Johnny's Gone to France / The Tailor's Thimble.

Téada (tay-da) - meaning 'strings' in the Irish language - are a group creating a soulful, stately sound with a subtle approach to adornment.

Their debut CD features the uniquely sweet fiddle-playing and vocals of Sligo musician, Oisín Mac Diarmada, the flowing flute and harmonic guitar playing of London-born John Blake, rhythmic bouzouki and banjo-playing from Seán McElwain of Monaghan, and the thoughtfully-crafted tune settings are sensitively enhanced by Tristan Rosenstock on bodhrán. An expanded 5-member line-up features accordionist Paul Finn from Laois.

John Blake (flute, guitar, piano, whistle), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano, whistle, vocals), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki, backing vocals) and Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, backing vocals).

"Téada are a new and fresh face in Irish music... this is a band to watch out for." (The Irish Voice)