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“Regardless of context or language barriers, Madra Salach are a mighty presence on stage, led by Banks’ booming voice.”
“Created by Irish artist Oscar Torrans, it depicts a face that is gleaming but also in clear distress.”
“To Banks, folk songs are “this living, breathing thing with different characteristics.”
“It feels like it has a soul or something.” This ethos relates back to the binding concept at the heart of Gorta .”
“Through the framework of hunger, Banks’ lyrics explore not only the clearest and most obvious interpretation of the theme, relating to the Irish famine and the long tail of its impact, but a more opaque type of yearning.”
““We’re playing these traditional instruments in the way that we know how to play them.”
“Instead, their faces protrude from their torsos, with the generally assumed metaphor being that, while we think our heads know best, the real truth comes from the stomach.”
“It’s not necessarily the ‘correct’ way, [but] that’s created a unique sound.” The cover image for Gorta , made by artist Oscar Torrans.”
“Often found adorning the entrances to churches and castles in Ireland and across Europe, the carvings of women with exaggerated and exposed vulvas were supposedly meant to ward off evil spirits.”
“Brought to the band by Banks, bassist Jack Lawlor then proposed “a really fast, charged version” of the song, the singer remembers.”
“Only one non-original appears on Gorta , but Madra Salach’s version of Ewan MacColl’s 1966 song “Tunnel Tigers” is a hugely impactful one.”
“and the country-tinged pop of CMAT now fill arenas, while traditional folk is back in the zeitgeist thanks in large part to Dublin’s Lankum and Dundalk’s the Mary Wallopers.”
“Gig View all posts by Will Richards October 8, 2026 Add us as a Google Preferred Source Emily Lipson* The artwork for Madra Salach ’s debut album, Gorta , is equal parts gorgeous and troubling.”
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“On “Haunted Isle of Green,” he describes himself as “the son of the hungry one,” closing an album that signals the true arrival of a special band, both of then and of now.”
“The song fitting so seamlessly into the modern lens of Gorta serves to reduce the perceived gap between traditional folk music of old and that being made today.”
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“It’s a compliment, Banks says, for many listeners to have assumed that the Madra Salach song “The Man Who Seeks Pleasure” was written decades ago and passed down.”
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“Torrans also looked to the mythology of the Blemmyes, sometimes known as akephaloi or “headless ones,” figures who had no traditional head.”
“Comeback Concerts With All-Star Guests “As Irish people, we’re the result of everything that was inflicted on our country and everything that happened in the strange tapestry that is Irish history,” he adds.”