I followed the tip and one night my daughter and I began watching The Song of the Sea. The music was so beautiful and familiar, and after checking out the credits I saw the group Kila listed for many of the songs.
I first heard this group playing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The museum had a cool program called Art After 5 in which they'd have phenomenal international musicians play on Friday evenings in the Great Stair Hall. I don't recall if on this particular night I was there for the art and heading out when I heard the music, or there for the free cheese (I was a student so that is likely) when I heard the music. I remember hearing sound, moving toward the music, and then just standing mesmerized. The musicians seemed entirely unaware of their surroundings and entirely in the music. It was a tribal sound, powerful and enveloping. The acoustics in the Great Stair Hall are unreal, and Kila filled it.
After hearing Kila again in The Song of the Sea, I fished out the CD that was purchased long ago, and much like that time, have been wearing it out.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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