Talún (Taw’loon, an Irish word meaning earth or ground) is composer/guitarist Garry Jones’ performance ensemble. For the 2011/2012 tours, he is joined by renowned traditional musician Laura MacKenzie on an array of wind-powered instruments and voice. Together, they perform Garry’s compositions along with select traditional pieces, mingled with story and myth, in full concert and lyceum programs.
The music of Talún is wrapped around the Fire Eye Suite, five movements celebrating the earth as represented by the sovereign goddesses of Ireland. It was composed as the centerpiece of a renewal of a 4,500 year-old fire ritual honoring Ériú, the eponymous matron goddess of the island of Eire, or Ireland. This musical pilgrimage is presented as a modern day call to rediscover the spirit of the land that sustains us.