To mark St Brigid's Day, West Cork singers Aine O’Gorman and Victoria Keating have released a song in honour of Brigid. We asked them the BIG questions . . .
Speaking about Brigid, Aine says, "We’re really excited about it and thrilled to be releasing it on the first year she will be officially acknowledged with a national holiday.
"We recorded the song in wavefield studios and had the incredible Aisling Irwin on harp and I arranged strings to create a lush, dreamy soundscape."
The duo has been playing together for 13 years and have released music together and as solo artists.
Victoria has toured and recorded extensively with Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott, while Aine has released five singles.
Speaking about their last collaboration, The Poor Ground, their song commemorating the Tuam Mother and Baby Home survivors, Christy Moore said, "Beautiful, terrible . . . the beauty holds me there as the horror unfolds. A tour de force."
Tell us three things about yourself . . .
I'm a musician living in Ballinadee in West Cork with my 12-year-old son and his five chickens. I release songs on my own and with my best friend Victoria Keating. We’re recording an EP together at the moment. I’m working on reducing my hours on social media to 26/day.
How would you describe your music?
Alternative folk or folk, alternative.
Who are your musical inspirations?
I love Sinéad O’Connor, Lucius, Paul Simon.
What was the first gig you ever went to?
It was Blur the summer before 3rd Year. I can still remember how it smelled. Salty, cidery and burgery.
What was the first record you bought?
Me and my sister got sucked into a dysfunctional CD buying scheme from a crowd called Brittania. They would send out random CDs and if you didn’t want them, you could post them back. We got lax about returning them and things got a bit heavy. The first one they sent us was Manic Street Preachers and we had to buy it in the end because we just never got it together to post it back.
What’s your favourite song right now?
I’m Not Really Here by Victoria Keating.
Favourite lyric of all time?
From Sinéad O’Connor’s Take Me to Church - "Take me to Church but not the ones that hurt." She’s incredible.
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I don’t know if I’d like to listen to one song for the rest of my life, I try not to over listen to songs that I love in case it ruins them but at the moment it would be Joni Mitchell’s A Case of You.
Where can people find your music/more information?
You can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter my handle is @aineogmusic. You can find Victoria Keating on Facebook (Victoria Keating and Little Rooms Big Music) and Instagram (Victoria Keating music) and also her weekly livestream every Friday at 8pm on her show called Little Rooms Big Music.
