1. Reels: Cooley's -
The Wise Maid.
2. Reels: Over the Moor to
Maggie - Dowd's Number Nine.
3. Hornpipes: The
Stack of Wheat - Miss Galvin's.
4. Reels: Mike
Flanagan's - The Milliner's Daughter.
5. Jigs: Clancy's -
The Scotsman Over the Border.
6. Reels: Lafferty's
- My Love is in America.
7. Reels: The Sailor
on the Rock - Temple House - The Lilies in the Field.
8. Reels: The Fermoy
Lassies - Hand Me Down the Tackle.
9. Jigs: My Darling's
Asleep - The Queen of the Fair.
10. Reels: The Mullingar
Races - The Humours of Westport.
11. Hornpipes: The
Derry - The Fisher.
12. Reels: The Sally
Gardens - The Ships are Sailing - The Wild Irishman - The Coalminer -
The Skylark.
CEFCD146 The Missing Reel
The inspiration for this delightful recording comes from John's collection of
music from the Aughavas and Cloone
areas of his native South Leitrim. Superb fiddle and flute playing give a new
breath of life to this neglected music and ensure its survival. Seamus McGuire - Fiddle & Viola; John Lee - Flute; Arty
McGlynn - Guitar; Fiona McGuire -
Piano.
1. Leitrim Clog Dance.
2. Miss Ramsey - John Blessing’s - Tinker Hil..
3. Lord Haddo’s Favourite.
4. Peter Lee’s Jig - Bernie Cunnion’s Favourite.
5.The Road to Ballymac - Corriga Grove - The Cloone Reel.
6. Tomorrow Morning - O’Donnell’s Hornpipe.
7. McGovern’s Favourite - The Banks of Inverness - Me and My Love in the Garden.
8. The Drummond Lassies - The Missing Reel.
9. A Swedish Wedding Dance.
10. Old Mickey McKiernan’s - The Camber Lassies - The Old Schoolmaster - Over
the Bridge to Peggy.
11. Rechnoc Mna Duibhe.
12. Our Own Little Isle - Miss Bruce.
13. Little Jimmy McKiernan’s - Dessie ’Connor’s - The Galway Rambler.
14. The Aughavas Reel - The Humours of Tooma - Maggie on the Shore - The
Drumerkane Reel.
CICD 155
The Kitchen Recordings
The title of the album says it all
this recording of Irish music on banjo or bouzouki and button accordion was
recorded in the O'Driscoll kitchen on a Sony four-track recorder. That is not, I
hasten to add, a comment on the technical quality of the production, rather, it
reflects what we have: the old tunes, admirably played out by two great players
who know their way up and down and over the back of their instruments.
1. Reels: The Trip to Birmingham / Down the Broom / The Ivy Leaf
2. Hornpipes: Sliabh na mBan / The City of Savannah
3. Reels: Eddie Kelly's / The Culfadda / Eddie Kelly's
4. Slow Reels: Johnny Henry's / The Lilies in the Field
5. Jigs: Tom Billy Murphy's / The Cooraclare / The Cuil Aodha
6. Reels: The Palm Tree / Kilty Town
7. Flings: The Cuil Aodha / Nettles in the Soup
8. Reels: The Ballydesmond / Cnoc na gClaracht
9. Air & Jigs: An Goban aor / The Muskerry Tram / Garrett Barry's
10. Reels: Bill Maley's / The Berehaven / The Stone in the Field
11. Jigs & Slip Jig: The Nightingale / The Return to Burton Road / Na
Ceannabhain Bhana
12. Reels: Father Kelly's / The Whistling Postman / The West Clare
13. Reels: The Blackthorn Stick / The Sailor on the Rock
CICD 158
Fortune Favours the Merry
Peter Horan is from Killavil, Co. Sligo, and is a veteran of Irish traditional
music. Growing up in 'fiddle country' meant that his flute style was largely
free of the influence of other players, and he is now the last exponent of a
unique style of flute playing which is not unlike the local fiddle style. Gerry
Harrington is from Kenmare, Co. Kerry, and is now living in Lismore, Co.
Waterford. His fiddle style is predominantly that of Sliabh Luachra.
Ollie Ross brings a lovely touch to the album
with lively, intuitive accompaniment on piano.
1. Jigs: The Gold Ring /The Rambling Pitchfork (3.41)
2. Reels: The Pigeon on the Gate / Trim the Velvet (3.01)
3. Hornpipes: John J. Kimmell's / 0' Callaghan's (4.41)
4. Reels: The Skylark / Roaring Mary (4.20)
5. Jigs: Tell Her I Am / Brennan's Favourite (3.57)
6. Reels: The Foxhunter / Captain Rock (2.37)
7. Hornpipes: McDermott's / The Flowers of Antrim (4.08)
8. Reel: Lord Gordon (3.11)
9. Polkas: The Corkin Cross Polka / The Lakes of Sligo / Memories of Ballymote
(3.10)
10. Reels: Jackson's 1 & 2 (1.50)
11. Jigs: The Geese in the Bog / Up Sligo / The Castlebar Races (4.37)
12. Reels: The Four Courts / The Bunch of Keys (2.56)
13. Hornpipes: Lad O'Beirne's / Sault's Hornpipe (2.51)
14. Jigs: O'Connell's Farewell to Dublin/Anthony Frawley's/ The Trip to
Killarney (6.05)
15. Reels: Dowd's No.9 / The Hunter's House (3.38)
16. Air: She Sailed from Dublin (2.39)
17. Reels: The Flogging Reel / The Mountain Top (2.41)
CICD 165 Pride of the West
The combination of flute and fiddle has pride of
place in traditional Irish music and Pride of the West draws on the immense
flute and fiddle tradition of north Connacht and on the musicians' strong
Roscommon connections, and communicates the excitement, tension and tranquillity
inherent in the combination of these two great instruments. The tunes on the
album are mainly from the Sligo - Roscommon repertoire and include unusual local
versions of tunes as well as some new compositions. Accompaniment is ably and
subtly provided by Paddy McEvoy, John
McEvoy's son, on piano and Arty McGlynn on
guitar.
1. Jigs: Pride of the West / Kilglass Lakes icon
2. March and reels: Auchdon House /The Red-haired Lass / The Green Fields of
America icon
3. Set dance and hornpipe: An Súisín Bán / The Humours of Castlebernard
4. Reels: The Cedars of Lebanon / John Egan's / Doonagore
5. Jigs: The Wandering Minstrel / Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part / I will if I can
6. Reels: The Crib of Perches / The Tinker's Stick / Come Up to the Room, I Want
Ye
7. Polkas: My Love is But a Lassie / The Lakes of Sligo
8. Reels: The Mountain Top / Ciaran's reel
9. Air and jigs: Edward on Lough Erne's Shore / The Tooth Fairy / Fraher's Jig
10. Reels: The Piper's Despair / The Mullingar Lea
11. March, highland and reel: The Balmoral Highlander / Thistle and Shamrock /
Thistle and Shamrock
12. Jig: The Strayaway Child
13. Reels: The Maid of Mount Cisco
14. Reels: The Fairy Reel / Larry MacDonagh's Reel
CICD 175 Up and Coming -
Ó Ghlúin go Glúin
Brothers Oisín and Conal Hernon are two young musicians from the Aran Islands
who, although just sixteen and thirteen years of age respectively, display the
musical ability and skills of musicians twice their age. They began playing
music when they were very young, both starting out on tin whistle, with Oisín
moving to button-accordion at the tender age of six and Conal taking up banjo at
the age of nine. It wasn't long before they began playing in competitions and
they have amassed a long list of prizes over the years, including All-Ireland
titles on button-accordion and banjo.
1. Reels: Richard Dwyer's / The Flax in Bloom
2. Jigs: Mick Quinn's / The Stormy Night
3. Hornpipe and Reel: The Kildare Fancy / Trim the Velvet
4. Reels: Lucy Campbell's / Sheila Coyle's / McFadden's Favourite
5. Jigs: The Luck-Penny / Dinny O'Brien's
6. Sean-Phádraic
7. Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle / The Friendly Visit
8. Reels: O'Dowds No. 9 / The Collier's Reel
9. Slow Air: An Goirtín Eornan
10. Jigs: The Queen of the Fair / The Rambling Pitchfork
11. Reels: The Drunken Tinker / The Donegal Traveller icon
12. Jigs: The Renmore Jig / Philomena's Fancy icon
13. Hornpipes: The North Shore / Paddy Fahy's
14. Slow Air: Úrchnoc Chéin Mhic Cáinte
15. Reels: The Moving Cloud / The Mason's Apron icon
16. Bonus Tune: The Way I Are
GLCD 1058
Contentment Is Wealth
To an aspiring Irish flute player, the experience of
hearing Matt Molloy is a thrilling one tinged with despair. How can
anyone play like that? But for lovers of Celtic music who don't feel the
need to compare themselves to the musician, the response is more
straightforward: pleasurable awe. On this album, Molloy teams up with
fiddler and fellow Chieftains member Sean Keane (and, on several tracks,
Arty McGlynn on guitar) for a bracing set of traditional tunes both
familiar and obscure. Keane is an outstanding fiddler, not as
immediately recognizable as Molloy, but no less skillful, and their
blend is remarkable. They almost sound like one instrument on "The
London Lasses," and on the midtempo reel "George White's Favorite."
Other highlights include Molloy's solo turn on "Kitty in the Lane"
(accompanied by a nice guitar pedal-point courtesy of McGlynn) and the
lovely "Seamus Ennis' Jig."
1. Gorman's/The Dawn/Mrs. Crehan's Reel
2. McGettrick's/Mcdonagh's/Tommy Gunn's
3. Gillan's Apples/Up and About in the Morning
4. Kitty in the Lane/Captain Kelly/The Green Mountain
5. Caislean on Oir/The New Century
6. Gooseberry Bush/The Limestone Rock
7. London Lasses/Farewell to Ireland/The Piper's Desp
8. Sword in the Hand/The Providence Reel/The Old Bush
9. George White's Favorite/The Virginia Reel
10. Vincent Campbell's/The Swaggerin' Jig/The Holly Bu
11. Dargi/Marquis of Huntley/Mathematician
12. Golden Keyboard/Mayor Harrison's Fedora
13. Seamus Ennis Jig/Connie O'Connell's
14. Dowd's Number Nine/First Month of Spring/Reconcili
TARACD 2007
Doublin
A classic recording, and one of
the best duet albums of Irish traditional music ever produced, as good now on CD
as when it was new on LP. The two Paddys performed some mighty exciting music
together and it's good to hear it again after 20 some years. Paddy Glackin:
fiddle, viola. Paddy Keenan:
uilleann pipes. Donal Lunny:
bouzouki, bodhran. Noel Kenny:
concertina.
1. Reels: The Mountain
Road / The Congress Reel
2. Hornpipes: The
Plains of Boyle / Cronin's Hornpipe
3. Reel: Castlekelly
4. Reel: The Bunch of
Keys
5. Jigs: Tripping Up
the Stairs / Fraher's Jig
6. Reel: Jenny's
Welcome to Charlie
7. Reels: The Boyne
Hunt / Toss the Feathers
8. Reels: The Dublin
Reel / The Woman of the House
9. Jigs: The Sporting
Pitchfork / The Rambling Pitchfork
10. Reels: Last
Night's Fun / The Salamanca
11. Jigs: My Darling
Asleep / Garrett Barry's Jig
12. Air: Roisin Dubh
13. Reels: The
Old Bush / The Bucks of Oranmore