WFHB 2020 Lotus Artist Feature: The Friel Sisters

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The Friel Sisters (Anna, Sheila, and Clare Friel) are young traditional musicians born and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland – with their family roots firmly entrenched in the Donegal Gaeltacht in North West Ireland. They play a mixture of music interspersed with songs in English and Irish, many from their family repertoire.

Songs by The Friel Sisters heard in this segment: Young Tom Ennis/King Of The Pipers/Hunt The Cat, Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine/Battle of Aughrim, When My Love and I Parted, A Stór A Stór A Ghrá

Interview Gust: Clare Friel

Interview Host: Jamie Gans

Edited by Jim Manion

Coordinating Producer: Adriane Pontecorvo