IRISH MAKEOVER

Skully puts a twist on some old Irish favorites!

Musician and producer Skully, has released a new album with a twist! It is a compilation of old favorite Irish songs, performed by various artists such as Kate Murphy, Myles O'Reilly and Juno Falls. Skully adds his electro/keyboard skills to make this one of the best yet! Click the link below to listen to a sample of the album. Blackbird is phenominal!!!!

SKULLY SAYS:
I cannot take credit for the concept here, that accolade must go to Charlie Pinder Sony/V2/Burlywood. One rainy winters night in Cork, he came up with the idea of doing Old Irish folk songs, a la Skully! And so two years ago I set to work creating Skully versions of these beautiful old Irish songs. Although very electronic (after all that is what I do!) I strove to maintain the powerful emotion that these timeless master pieces possess. The album was recorded at the beautiful Rushbrook Hotel in Cobh, where I was spoilt rotten! and at my little cottage (Seen in the photos) I would like to sincerely thank all the artists who gave me their time and talent, each adding his or her own color and style to the songs. We had great fun making it! I hope everyone supporting it here, has the same fun listening! Skully.

IRISH MAKEOVER songs.

1/ Molly Malone
2/ The Lark in the clear air
3/ The Lakes of Pontchartrain
4/ Mardyke
5/ She moved through the fair
6/ Blackbird
7/ King of the Fairies
8/ Scarborough fair
9/ Red is the Rose
10/ All around my hat
11/ Shirin

Available on iTunes!!

BLACKBIRD.

Kate Murphy and I recorded this into the small hours of the night at this little cottage. At one end of the room, Skully's racks of hi tech recording equipment, samplers and computers, the other Kate's beautiful black dog Jake, asleep in front of the open fire, with an oil lamp burning and just one microphone.

And that sums up what this version of the Song is about, BLACKBIRD is an old folk song with old world feelings and beauty, and here it meets the 21st century. Beautifully sung by Kate, Its a wonderful example of how timeless these old IRISH songs can be.

Skully.

MARDYKE.

I wrote Mardyke for another prominent place in my life!

It is a beautiful leafy area in Cork, lines of colored doors, beautiful old bridges, close to the river Lee.

Blindfaith had their second recording studio there, ELM TREE, it is where my career started, and is the place where I became addicted to Coffee, and where music became my mistress....

We would finish at 5 am and I would walk home alone, thankful of the cold crisp air after the heat of the studio, and the silence, just the birds singing.

Karl and I recorded this at my own recording studio at the beautiful Rushbrook hotel, just a little way down the same river from the MARDYKE.

Skully.

OVER 11,000 HITS ON THE IRISH MAKEOVER PLAYER IN JUST 2 MONTHS!!! WOW!!! CLICK BELOW AND SEE WHY!!!