Aniar | Anach Cuan | Western AF

In Ireland, a song is never just a song.

Meet Abby, Jennifer and Sorcha. Three incredible voices, brought together by a shared love of song. Voices that seem to rise from somewhere deep within the land itself.
Together, they form Aniar, a three piece Irish vocal group blending the respected art of sean-nós singing with traditional Irish music.

For a time, the Irish language, Gaeilge, was considered to be in decline, with some predicting it could disappear within a century. Today, though, there’s a renewed interest in learning and speaking the language. And while it’s hard to say exactly what’s driving that revival, I can’t help but wonder if music has something to do with it. Especially artists and groups like Kneecap, bringing Irish into new spaces and introducing it to a whole new generation. But with a group like Aniar coming into the fold, I think they’re respectfully carving out their own place in helping renew that interest too.

We filmed this in Phoenix Park, Dublin, one of Europe’s largest enclosed urban parks.
For a while, it felt as though the park belonged to the voices. Or maybe the voices belonged to the park. Hard to say.

Sometimes you just stand there and let the song take you.

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Lyrics:
Má fhaighimse sláinte is fada a bheas trácht ar
an mhéid a báthadh as Anach Cuan.
Mo thrua amárach gach athair is máthair
bean is páiste atá ag sileadh súl.

A Rí na ngrásta, cheap neamh is Párthas,
nár bheag an tábhacht dúinn beirt ná triúr?
Ach lá chomh breá leis gan gaoth gan báisteach
is lán an bháid acu a scuabadh ar hiúil.
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Recorded by: Mike Vanata & Will Ross
Mixed & Mastered: Will Ross
Editor: Manuel Deakins
Cameras: Mike Vanata & Will Ross
Executive Producers: Irvin Maddox, Arron Tschida, and Frank Stelter
Producers: Brian Harrington, Will Ross, Travis Blankenship & Mike Vanata
Special Thanks: Zoe Basha
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