Jyoshna La Trobe and her Clare Band
Launching Jyoshna’s latest album
Unity Hours IV
Saturday 27 August - 6pm
St Caimin’s Church in Mountshannon
Jyoshna La Trobe
I am a New Zealand musician, songwriter and recording artist living near Mountshannon in County Clare. A concert to launch of my latest album called Unity Hours IV will take place at St Caimin’s Church in Mountshannon on 27 th August at 6pm till 8pm. The album was recorded at Malbay Studios, County Clare in July 2021 with mainly Clare based musicians and mixed by Martin O’Malley at the studio, in July 2022. This will be my fourth album in my Unity Hours collection and comprises songs inspired by my life in Mountshannon from 2018 to 2021. Unity Hours I (2006) was recorded in London, as was Unity Hours II (2010). However Unity Hours III (2019) was recorded in New Zealand and this new Unity Hours IV was recorded in County Clare, Ireland.
All the experiences here are written with the ink of the heart in the Unity Hours CD collection and represent for me a musical diary of my personal, emotional, spiritual and geographical journey over the past fifteen years.
I am very grateful to all the musicians who contributed to the recording of Unity Hours IV, namely Erik Azzopardi (Piano), Maja Elliott (Piano), Adam Fox (Electric Guitar), Sharon Howley (Cello), Tara Howley (Pipes and Low Whistle), Paul Mahony (Drums), Kavita Neumannova (Khol drum, Percussion), Pádhraic MacCionnaith (Banjo), Adam Rowatt (Bass), Philomela Amali Wybla (Harp) and Jantien Vandenberg (Sax, Flute, Harmonium). It was a real treat to play and weave together sounds from this acoustic tapestry embodying so many poignant and joyful moments.
Special thanks to Martin O’Malley at Malbay Studios for his kindness, expertise and professionalism in the recording process and to Brendan Treacy for his insights and support as co-producer.
“The spiritual import of these lyrics which exude a sublime joy about life, the natural world and especially the great unknowables which remain tantalisingly beyond reach but give her a spiritual compass. We have probably said this before, but it bears repeating: Jyoshna is unique”. https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/9073/jyoshna-unity-hours-iii-jyoshnamusiccom/
This combination makes for an exoticism which is rare in a New Zealand artist.. You could almost imagine a club in heaven would be playing this music as the fulfilled andelevated took to the floor in ecstatic rejoicing. Graham Reid, posted Mar 31, 2014