Behave The Bravest – Living Tradition

Nuala Kennedy has become something of a genre bender in the Celtic field of late. Since beginning her solo career in the early 2000s, she has mixed musical styles within a traditional base and produced music that challenges and compels as much as it delights. This latest collection follows the adage of what Nuala did next, after the progressive traditional styles explored on her last collection. That album was a road album, using her current band recorded on the road and on the fly as much as possible to capture the adrenalin associated with her sense of adventure and musical high wire walking. Thus the expectations were high and wondrous when Behave the Bravest landed in the review box…..

The result is a model in restraint in handling traditional songs as narratives while creating highly atmospheric soundscapes that, while lushly cinematic, avoid indulgence…. Behave the Bravest has epic performance delivered with a sweetly winning eloquence and dignity – lend it your ears.

John O Regan

Full review: https://www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/utacd003.htm