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UK Indie & Alternative

The Raw Cadence of Modern Discontent: How Madra Salach are Redefining Irish Trad for a New Era

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Executive Overview In the subterranean heat of Chalk, a premier music venue in Brighton, a seismic shift in the landscape of contemporary folk took place during this year’s edition of The Great Escape. Amidst a festival designed to showcase the highly polished future of pop, indie, and electronic music, the weekend’s most arresting performance belonged … Read more

UK Indie & Alternative

The Drone and the Fury: How Dublin’s Madra Salach is Reclaiming Irish Folk for a New Era of Discontent

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Executive Overview At this year’s edition of the tastemaker new music festival The Great Escape, the most potent and politically charged performance of the weekend did not come from a hyped indie-pop outfit or a polished electronic act. Instead, it belonged to a band whose sonic and thematic roots stretch back more than a century. … Read more

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