Sung in Irish ‘Spéir Rua’ ('Red Sky') by Síomha is streaming ahead of the release of Infinite Space with dates this month in Ennis, Cork, Limerick and Dublin.
Síomha, who opened for the great Paul Brady on tour in 2017, says that the song is a paean to the landscape of the west of Ireland inspired ''by many late night drives after gigs when I lived right on the West Coast at the edge of The Burren. As I got closer to home, I was lucky to witness the beautiful red blaze of the morning sky. Nature was giving her best performance and in those moments it felt as though I was the only spectator. I would stop and sit alone and watch the night sky light up and become a new day.”
Joe Dart of Vulfpeck is among the track's personnel. Beyond genre the song generates a scintillating almost flamenco-style heat in its most open and heated passages beginning around the 02:49 mark beyond the bridge.
Síomha plays Glór, Ennis on the 13th, Cyprus Avenue, Cork on the 16th, Dolan's, Limerick on the 25th and Whelan's in Dublin on the 28th. Photo: Bríd O'Donovan
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