Mother's Blood, Sister Songs: Presenter Linda Buckley

Mother's Blood, Sister Songs is a documentary project by Athena Media exploring how the genetic roots of Iceland reveal its gaelic heritage. The documentary is presented by the Irish composer Linda Buckley and in this short audio feature Linda takes us to her own family home, a farm at the Old Head of Kinsale and shares how it has shapes her sonic and visual aesthetic and how this dramatic and isolated landscape connects to Iceland where she has written and composed work. In the piece you hear Buckley's orchestral and choral work - Fall Approaches - Haustid Nalgast, which she wrote long before visiting Iceland in 2014, and it uses an Icelandic rimur, or chanted poem, as its inspiration. Here's the piece performed by Ruthless Jabiru from 2013 Ruthlessjabiru – Linda-buckley-fall-approaches To hear our project playlist of music and stories that inspire us go to soundcloud.com/athena-media/sets/mothers-blood-sister-songs To find out more about the project go to our website www.mothersbloodsistersongs.com The project producer is Helen Shaw, the assistant producer is John Howard.