A' Ghrian (The Sun)
Channel: Fae By Nature
Date: 20/06/2021

A Bardic gift for Summer Solstice!! 

••• Dedicated to Áine ~ Goddess of the Sun and Queen of Munster Fair Folk. •••

A'Ghrian (The Sun) – The first official music video from Neptune's Keep's new (work in progress) album, Gentraige, Goltraige, Súantraige, Vol. 1: The Child.

The album is a treasure trove of faerie folklore set to music. The songs on this album are dramatic, otherworldly, and hauntingly beautiful. You'll meet The Fae of far off realms in forms both beguiling and precarious – Queens of the Sidhe, The Seelie and Unseelie Courts, Brownies, Shadowy Púca Horses, Forest Spirits and much more! 

We expect to release the full Gentraige, Goltraige, Súantraige album Summer 2022. Between now and then, we'll be sharing several more music videos from the album.

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A' GHRIAN (THE SUN)

Composition by Shaun Davey.
Vocals, piano, & Celesta by Diane Laura Rains.
Hammered dulcimer by Stu Janis.

We dedicate this song to Áine (aka Ghrian), radiant Sidhe Queen/Solar Goddess who brings the glorious sun to our greening land.

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The text of A’Ghrian [The Sun] was gathered by Ian Carmichael from residents on the Isle of Barra in Scotland at the turn of the 19th century. It was then published by his grandson in 1940 in Carmina Gadelica, vol iii. Shaun Davey, a well known modern Irish composer, set the text to music.