Natalia O'Shea

Natalia O'Shea
Background information
Also known as	Hellawes
Born	September 3, 1976 (1976-09-03) (age 35)
Genres	Folk-rock, folk
Occupations	Linguist, songwriter, singer, harpist
Instruments	Harp, guitar
Years active	1998-
Website	official O'Shea' (Hellawes's) website

Natalia "Hellawes" O'Shea (née Nikolayeva) (born 3 September 1976) is a linguist, songwriter, musician (Irish harp, guitar), vocalist and leader of the bands "Melnitsa" (folk-rock), "Clann Lir" (traditional Celtic folk) and "Romanesque" (folk). Earlier she took part in the "Till Eulenspiegel" project (folk), for which she was a vocalist and co-author of many songs.

Biography

O'Shea is a linguist, and expert in Indo-European languages especially Celtic languages. She is also a PhD of philological science and instructor in Lomonosov Moscow State University. Earlier she worked in Trinity College in Dublin (Ireland). Natalia has been living and working in Ireland (Dublin) and in Switzerland (Geneva) since 2004, but periodically she returns in Russia to take part in concerts of "Melnitsa", "Clann Lir" or in solo concerts.

O'Shea has been appearing on the stage since 1998. She is one of the most popular folk-rock singers on the Russian scene and cult author-performer in the youth (and especially in student) midst of Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and other cities. Also she is a very popular singer for the players of role-playing game movement.

The Hellawes's songs have spread through the Internet and have won recognition of listeners long ago in many cities of Russia and outside.

Personal life

Nikolayeva married James Cornelius O'Shea, an Irish citizen, who was a member of staff at the Irish Embassy in Moscow on the 21st of August 2004, and on 22 July 2008 Natalia O'Shea gave birth to a daughter, Nina Caitríona O'Shea, in Geneva (Switzerland). 15 April 2011 she gave birth to their second daughter, Úna Tamar.

Discography

Hellawes

• Running to Paradise (Melanar, 1996)

1. Beren’s Song (J.R.R.Tolkien)
2. The Song of Beren and Luthien (J.R.R.Tolkien)
3. Nimrodel (J.R.R.Tolkien)
4. Galadriel’s Song (J.R.R.Tolkien)
5. Legolas' Song (J.R.R.Tolkien)
6. The Lullaby (J.R.R.Tolkien)
7. Rolling Down the Hole (J.R.R.Tolkien)
8. The Hosting of the Sidhe (W.B.Yeats)
9. He mourns for the Change that has come upon him and his Beloved, and longs for the End of the World (W.B.Yeats)
10. The Song of Wandering Aengus (W.B.Yeats)
11. The Unappeasable Host (W.B.Yeats)
12. The Host of the Air (W.B.Yeats)
13. The Black Tower (W.B.Yeats)
14. September 1913 (W.B.Yeats)
15. «I am of Ireland» (W.B.Yeats)
16. Under the Moon (W.B.Yeats)
17. The Withering of the Boughs (W.B.Yeats)
18. Running to Paradise (W.B.Yeats)

• Дорога сна (The Road of Dream) 1996

1. Змей (Nikolay Gumilyov)
2. Дорога сна (The Road of Dream, Hellawes)
3. Воин вереска (Nathfroech, Hellawes)
4. Увядание листьев (The Withering of the Boughs, W.B.Yeats)
5. Чёрная башня (The Black Tower, W.B.Yeats)
6. Неукротимое племя (The Unappeasable Host, W.B.Yeats)
7. Блюз апельсиновых корок

• Лунный день (The Lunar Day) (Melanar, 1996)

1. Песня Гаэтана (Alexander Blok)
2. Кэр-Ис (Kêr-Is, Alexander Blok)
3. Песня Алискана (Alexander Blok)
4. Рапунцель (Rapunzel, Т.Лаврова)
5. Лорд Рэндал (Lord Randall)
6. Ирландская мелодия (Irish Melodies#1, T. Moore)
7. Горец (Highlander, R. Burns)
8. Лорд Грегори (Lorg Gregory, R.Burns)
9. Сонет XVII (Sonnet XVII, F.Petrarca)
10. Сонет IX (Sonnet IX, F.Petrarca)
11. Гретхен за прялкой (Gretchen am Spinnrade, J.W.Goethe)
12. Маргарита (Margaret, Nikolay Gumilyov)
13. Приворотное зелье (Т.Гузова)
14. Песня Галадриэль (Galadriel’s Song, J.R.R.Tolkien)
15. Баллада о Берене и Лютиен («The Song of Beren and Luthien», J.R.R.Tolkien)
16. Дайолен — Даэрону (Элхэ Ниэннах)
17. Гимн Деревьям («Oak, Ash and Thorn», J.R.Kipling)

• Сольные записи (The Solo Album) 1999

1. Мора (Mara)
2. Оборотень (Werewolf)
3. Зима (Winter)
4. На Север (To The North/O Thuaidh)
5. Неукротимое Племя (The Unappeasable Host)
6. Увядание Листьев (The Withering of the Boughs)
7. Дуб, Терновник и Ясень (Oak, Ash and Thorn)
8. Сонный Рыцарь
9. Дорога Сна (The Road of Dream)
10. Королевская Охота
11. Воин Вереска (Nathfroech)
12. Зов Крови (Call of Blood)
13. Княже (Prince)
14. Прялка (Wheel)
15. Королевна (Queen)

   * Леопард в городе (2009)

  1. Бродяга (Хелависа)
  2. Леопард в городе (3:37) (инструментал)
  3. Под луной (3:28) (Йейтс, вольный пер. Хелависа)
  4. Увядание листьев (4:13) (Йейтс, пер. Г. Кружкова)
  5. Листья под дождем (2:59) (инструментал)
  6. Гимн деревьям (3:56) (Дж. Р. Киплинг, пер. Г.Усовой)
  7. Королевна (5:25) (Хелависа)
  8. Королевская охота (4:20) (Хелависа)
  9. Дракула-рил (2:10) (инструментал)
 10. Маргарита (2:48) (Н. Гумилёв)
 11. Гретхен за прялкой (3:46) (И. В. Гёте, пер. Б. Пастернака)
 12. Сонет IX (E-moll) (3:10) (Ф.Петрарка, пер. Е. Солоновича)
 13. Сонет XVII (G-dur) (1:52) (Ф. Петрарка, пер. Е. Солоновича)

• Other songs

1. Бродяга
2. Контрабанда (Contrabando)
3. А если бы он вернулся опять (Maurice Maeterlinck, Quinze Chansons, II)
4. Тебя Ждала (tune of Tri Martolod, «Начало Века» feat Hellawes)

Melnitsa discography

• «Дорога сна» (2003)
• «Master of the Mill» (2004)
• «Перевал» (2005)
• «Зов крови» (2006)
• «The Best» (2007)
• «Дикие травы» (2009)

External links

• official Hellawes's site
• First and second albums
• Hellawes's blog on the LiveJournal

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Name	Oshea, Natalia
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