Blackbird - by David Harrower

Multiple Grammy-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird, Musical America's 2017 ensemble of the year, joins forces with Iarla Lion ird, vocalist with the Irish music supergroup The Gloaming, for the world premiere recording of Olag n: A Cantata in Doublespeak, a contemporary updating of an ancient Irish legend, with music by Princeton University's Dan Trueman, who also plays fiddle on the album, and text by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon.