Cáit Ní Riain

Cáit Ní Riain is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Co.Tipperary. She is deeply rooted in Irish traditional music and song, and influenced by folk musics the world over that have grown from the ground up, from the human’s relationship with land. She is particularly passionate about the traditional songs of Ireland, the keening tradition, the deep embodiment of voice, and voice as a potent healing tool. She also composes her own music and songs which are rooted in themes of wildness, love, and the need to decolonize our minds, hearts, and bodies.

She plays piano and sings in ‘The Weaving’, alongside accordionist and singer, Méabh Begley and Leeds’ fiddler, Owen Spafford. The Weaving are an exciting new group celebrating the deep taproots of both Irish and English traditional music and song. Cáit has also designed an immersive journey into the traditional songs of Ireland, entitled, Anam an Amhráin - The Soul of Song. In this journey, she blends embodiment, voice work, language, cultural history, and the exploration of place in a magical weave that invites individuals to journey into the wealth that our songs and our unbridled voice have to offer us, in mind, body, and spirit.

Cáit is looking forward to sharing a mix of traditional songs and her own compositions at Hidden Hearth.

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