Four hundred years old, eight hundred years wise, and unable to come to terms with the structured nature of giant society. Andrew Hamilton speaks to Rónán Ó Snodaigh.
POET,
not prophet, Rónán Ó Snodaigh is a refugee in this modern world. A
wanderer of lands with an ancient mind, the Kila frontman has taken
from, and given to, the spectrum of art in equal measure.
A
dualist in every sense; poet and songwriter, percussionist and
musician, Gaelgoir and English speaker, the challenge can often be to
stop choosing and let the decisions make
themselves.
Ó Snodaigh’s latest solo album The Last Mile Home, has taken the
spiritual street preacher in a number of new and interesting directions.
“The
first song I had on the album I actually dropped. It was kind of a
bluesy song and I was practicing it with Eoin O’Boyle, the guitarist and
keyboard player. There was a particular sound in his guitar-playing
that I was trying to get at. I thought it was a bit of an outback sound.
“It’s
funny that you said bluesy, because I thought it was even further off
the beaten track than blues, kind of swampy or blues-grassy, a kind of a
‘hidden under the hills’ type of sound. I got really excited about it. I
said ‘this is a sound that we could stick in a shed anywhere in the
world...
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