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TSCD525D The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. A Musical Biography of Michael Gorman (1895-1970) by Reg Hall. Michael Gorman, a close associate of Michael Coleman before the latter emigrated to America, was a key figure in the great music tradition of southern Sligo. His music, together with that of his nephew Michael (flute), his brother Martin (voice) and neighbours Tom Gannon (fiddle) and Gerry Whimsy (tin whistle), typifies that tradition's classic period of creativity and definition. His later major contribution to Irish music-making in London is reflected in recordings with Mick Flynn (flute), Margaret Barry (voice & banjo), Jimmy Power (fiddle), Paddy Breen (flageolet), Tommy Maguire (accordeon) and Patsy Goulding (piano). This release is a 2-CD set together with an extensive 56 page booklet, containing an in depth essay by Reg Hall which describes the music and its social context and significance in detail. Recordings include solos, duets, small groups, bands, songs and on-location recordings, and serves as a definitive illustration of the great creative Sligo tradition.
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See also TSCD474 Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman: Her Mantle So Green |
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An outstanding and remarkable collection of Irish traditional music edited by Reg Hall. It could almost be described as "The other side of Irish traditional music" in that much of the recording of the music over the last eighty years or so has concentrated on a repertoire largely dominated by reels and jigs. On this record we have brought together a programme of polkas, slides, flings, hornpipes, the mazurka, waltzes and barndances - music of the country-house dances of rural Ireland and the dance halls of Irish-America. About one third of the recordings are taken from superbly re-mastered 78s, made between 1925 and the 1950s while the balance comes from studio and live recordings from the 60s and 70s - and every one is a classic. An unusual and exiting repertoire played by some of the masters and mistresses of Irish Traditional Music including Michael Coleman, Johnny Doherty, Johnny O'Leary, Jimmy Power, Julia Clifford, The Flanagan Brothers, Hugh Gillespie, Paddy Killoran, Frank Quinn and many others. The CD contains extensive notes and archive photographs and the recodings have been remastered to the highest standards.
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ERIN'S
PRIDE ORCHESTRA |
Come
To The Fair : Sixpenny Bit : The Barren Rocks Of Aden |
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| 2 |
JOHNNY
O'LEARY accordeon |
Mike
Sullivan's: Tom Billy's: Fling & Hornpipe For The Set |
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| 3 |
JOHNNY
DOCHERTY fiddle |
The
Twenty-One Highland: Fling For The Highland |
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| 4 |
GENE
KELLY accordeon |
Sean
Hayes' : If There Weren't Any Women In The World : Tunes For The Barndance
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| 5 |
JIMMY
POWER fiddle Reg Hall piano |
The
Little Fair Child : Song Air For The Old Time Waltz |
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| 6 |
THE
FOUR PROVINCES ORCHESTRA |
Untitled
: Limerick Races : Flings For The Highland |
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| 7 |
ROSE
MURPHY fiddle |
The
First Of May : The Last Of June : Polkas For The Set |
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| 8 |
TOMMY
HEALEY flute & JOHNNY DUFFY fiddle |
Untitled
: Tune For The First Part Of The Lancers |
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| 9 |
GARY
OWEN IRISH RECORDING ORCHESTRA |
Casey's
Favourites : Flings For The Highlands |
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| 10 |
JULIA
CLIFFORD fiddle |
Padraig
O'Keefe's : March For The Set : Untitled : Slide For The Set |
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| 11 |
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FLANAGAN
BROTHERS accordeon & tenor banjo |
Untitled
: Untitled : :Lord Moira |
| 12 |
MICHAEL
COLEMAN & J.P.DOLAN fiddles |
The
Stack Of Barley : Bantry Bay : Hornpipes For The Stack Of Barley |
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| 13 |
ROSE
MURPHY melodeon |
The
Road To Ballasadare : Hornpipe For Sean Nos Stepdancing |
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| 14 |
HUGH
GILLESPIE fiddle |
Untitled
: Tune For The Mazurka |
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| 15 |
GENE
KELLY accordeon |
She
Hasn't The Thing She Thought She Had : Single Jig For The Set : The
Cat In The Corner : Polka For The Set |
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| 16 |
PADDY
KILLORAN & PADDY SWEENEY fiddles |
McDermott's
: Memories Of Sligo : Tunes For The Barndance |
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| 17 |
JOHNNY
O'LEARY & MAURICE O'KEEFE accordeon & fiddle |
The
Worn Torn Petticoat : Denis O'Keefe's Favourite : Slides For The Set
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| 18 |
FRANK
QUINN fiddle & voice |
Katy
Jones Reel : Fling For The Highland |
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| 19 |
JOHNNY
DUFFY fiddle Reg Hall piano |
Mrs
Kenney : Tune For The Old-Time Waltz |
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| 20 |
JOHN
McKENNA flute & MICHAEL GAFFNEY mandolin-banjo |
Up
And Away : The Merry Girl : Polkas For The Set |
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| 21 |
JULIA
CLIFFORD fiddle |
Julia
Clifford's : Bill The Weaver's : Polkas For the Set |
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FOUR
PROVINCES ORCHESTRA |
Marquis
Of Huntley : Skin-A-Ma-Rink : Flings For The Highland |
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| 23 |
BERNARD
O'SULLIVAN concertina |
Stack
Ryan's : Polka For The Set |
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| 24 |
PADDY
KILLORAN & PADDY SWEENEY fiddles |
Batt
Henry's Favourite : Untitled : Tunes For The Barndance |
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| 25 |
TERRY
TEAHAN melodeon |
Reagan's
: Slide For The Set |
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MICHAEL
GORMAN fiddle Margaret Barry banjo |
The
Versavienna : Untitled : Untitled |
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JAMES
MORRISON fiddle |
The
Return Of Spring : The Mountain Pathway : Polkas For The Set |
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BILLY
CLIFFORD flute |
The
Flowing Tide : Hornpipe For The Cashel Set |
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MURPHY,
KILLORAN & RYAN Paddy Killoran & Paul Ryan, fiddles; Denis
Murphy, accordeon; Edward Tucker, piano |
Ballina
Lass / Sligo Maid ~ Reels |
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2 |
PADDY
KILLORAN & PADDY SWEENEY fiddles; Edward Tucker, piano |
Mullingar
Races / Boys On The Hilltop |
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BALLINAKILL
(Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS Jerry Whyte & Tommy Whyte,
fiddles; Stephen Moloney & Tommy Whelan, flutes; Anna Rafferty,
piano |
Shaskeen
and Green Blanket |
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BALLINAKILL
(Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS details as track 3 |
Rick's
/ Byrne's ~ Hornpipes |
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FRANK
O'HIGGINS fiddle; Julia Gray, piano |
Reels
~ Farewell To Erin / Irish Molly / The Flogging |
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| 6 |
FRANK
O'HIGGINS fiddle; Julia Gray, piano |
Jigs
~ The Maid At The Spinning Wheel / Do You Want Any More |
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FRANK
O'HIGGINS fiddle; Julia Gray, piano |
Reels
~ Kitty's Gone A-Milking, / The Dogs Among The Bushes / The Merry
Sisters |
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NEIL
O'BOYLE fiddle |
Reels
~ The Pigeon On The Gate / Jenny Picking Cockles |
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9 |
AUGHRIM SLOPES CEILIDHE BAND Paddy Kelly & Jack
Mulkere, fiddles; there is almost certainly a third fiddle, Jimmy
Drury; Joe Mills, accordeon; Josie O'Halloran, piano |
Killaghbeg House / First House In Connaught ~ Reels |
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10 |
MICHAEL C. HANAFIN & DANIEL P. MORONEY Mike Hanafin,
fiddle; Daniel Moroney, tin whistle; Dan Sulliva, piano |
Groves Hornpipe |
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11 |
MICHAEL COLEMAN fiddle; John Muller, piano |
Trim The Velvet ~ Irish Reel |
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12 |
MICHAEL COLEMAN fiddle; John Muller, piano |
Wellington Reels |
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13 |
MOATE CEILIDHE BAND Pepper Adamson, fiddle & leader;
Willie Jordan & Mick Kincaid, fiddles; John Joe Gannon, accordeon;
Billy Donnelly, piano |
Jerry Beaver's Hat / Maid In The Meadow ~ Jigs |
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14 |
MOATE CEILIDHE BAND Pepper Adamson, fiddle & leader;
Paddy Gavin, fiddle; Billy Whelan, mandolin-banjo; John Joe Gannon,
accordeon; Billy Donnelly, piano |
Reels ~ Sheehan's / The Travellers |
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ENNIS, MORRISON & MULLER Jim Morrison, fiddle;
Tom Ennis, uilleann pipes; John Muller, piano |
Irish Jig Medley ~ Paddy In London / Buther's March
/ Sligo Bay |
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16 |
JAMES MORRISON Jim Morrison, fiddle; Claire Reardon,
piano |
Flax In Bloom / The Millstone / The Dairy Maid's Reel
~ Irish Airs |
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17 |
MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle & MICK FLYNN flute |
Reel ~ The Jolly Tinker |
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MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle & MICK FLYNN flute |
Reels ~ Down The Broom / The Pigeon At The Gate |
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19 |
BALLINAKILL
(Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS details as track 3 |
Queen
Of The Fair ~ Double Jig |
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20 |
BALLINAKILL
(Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS details as track 3 |
Flogging
Wheel and Whelan's Reel |
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21 |
HALPIN TRIO Treasa Ni Ailpin, fiddle & unidentified,
fiddle & piano |
Rogha-An-Fhile (Poets Choice) ~ New Irish Traditional
Dance |
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HUGH GILLESPIE fiddle & Jack McKenna,guitar |
Dowd'd Number Nine / Jackson's ~ Medley Of Reels |
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23 |
HUGH GILLESPIE fiddle & Mark Callaghan, guitar |
Master Crowley's Reels |
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24 |
MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle & MICK FLYNN flute |
Reels ~ The Sligo Maid / Molloy's |
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MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle |
Reel ~ Bonny Kate |
This album serves as a complementary release to TSCD602 (Irish Dance Music.) It is a collection of early recordings (1923-49) of some of the greatest Irish traditional musicians ever to set foot in the recording studio. As well as solos from pipes and accordion there are duets, small groups and ceilidh bands. The album is accompanied by detailed historical notes and biographies, and has been re-mastered from rare original recordings to the highest standards.
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| 1 Belhavel Trio :
reels - Sporting Paddy / Murphy's Favourite The Haymaker 2 Joe Maguire's Pride of Erne Orchestra : medley of jigs - The Rose in the Heather / The Frost is All Over 3 Tom Ennis, James Morrison & John Muller : medley of Irish reels - Lime Stone Rock 4 The Four Provinces Orchestra : polka - Leather Away with the Wattle O' 5 Myles (Tin Whistle) O'Malley & his Orchestra : medley of hornpipes - The Kildare Fancy / The Boys of Blue Hill 6 Moate Ceilidh Band : reels - Salamanca / Roaring Mary 7 Patrick Killoran & his Pride of Erin Orchestra : Highland flings - Donegal Lasses / Stirling Castle 8 Peter Conlon : reels - The Flax in Bloom / The Bag of Potatoes 9 John McGettigan's Three-leaf Shamrock Orchestra : Highland Schottische Medley 10 Michael Grogan : medley of reels - The Mountain Lark / The Traveller 11 Ballinakil (Co. Galway) Traditional Dance Players : hornpipes - Honeysuckle / Pound Hill 12 Stephen Maloney & Tommy Whelan : jig - The Pipe on the Job 13 Ballinakil (Co. Galway) Traditional Dance Players : reels - Knocknagow / Fowling Piece 14 Frank Fallon's Orchestra : Liverpool Hornpipe / Red Haired Lad 15 Siasma Gaedheal Ceilidhe Band : Irish jig medley - King of the Jigs / An t'Athair Jack Walsh / MacDonagh's Jig 16 Flanagan Brothers : reels - The Auld Blackthorn 17 Flanagan Brothers : Irish jigs - Rakes of Clonmel introducing Sarsfield's Jig 18 Pat Roche's Harp & Shamrock Orchestra : reel medley - Green Mountain / Longford Lass 19 Rosaleen Quartet : reel - The Maid Behind the Bar 20 Seamus Ennis : jigs - The Cavan Brigade / When the Cock Crow It is Day / Sixpenny Money 21 Ballinamore Ceilidhe Band : reels - Bag of Spuds / Rakish Paddy 22 Aughrim Slopes Ceilidhe Band : jigs - The Monaghan Jig / Henchy's Delight 23 Aughrim Slopes Ceilidhe Band : reels - Geoghan's Favourite / Galway Rambler / London Lassies |
Irish Dance Music From A London Pub These highly atmospheric recordings were made during Sunday morning sessions at one of London's most celebrated Irish pubs, The Favourite in Holloway, and feature highly regarded members of the London Irish community such as Martin Byrnes, Bobby Casey, Julia Clifford and Jimmy Power, in fiddle solos, duets and trios.
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| 1 Martin Byrnes fiddle
: reels - Maudabawn Chappel / Lafferty's 2 Martin Byrnes fiddle : Paddy Fahey's Jig 3 Martin Byrnes fiddle : reels - Eileen Curran / The Bunch of Keys 4 Danny Meehan & Bobby Casey fiddles, John McLaughlin spoons : reel - Paddy Ryan's Dream 5 Tony McMahon accordeon, Martin Byrnes & Andy Boyle fiddles: reels - Lucy Campbell / Toss the Feathers 6 Bobby Casey fiddle : reel - The Ragged Hank of Yarn 7 Bobby Casey fiddle, John McLaughlin spoons : reels - The Bank of Ireland / The Woman of the House / The Morning Dew 8 Jimmy Power & Jimmy Dunleavy fiddles: reel - The Jolly Tinker 9 Sean O'Shea & Bobby Casey fiddles : Denis Murphy's Hornpipe 10 Sean O'Shea & Bobby Casey fiddles : reels - The Yellow Tinker / The Humours of Scarriff 11 Con Curtin, Denis McMahon & Julia Clifford fiddles : The Chorus Reel 12 Con Curtin & Denis McMahon fiddles : Callaghan's Reel 13 Jimmy Power fiddle : jigs - Kitty's Rambles / Dan the Cobbler 14 Jimmy Power fiddle : reels - Jenny Picking Cockles / Kitty in the Lane 15 Tommy Maguire accordeon, Father O'Keeffe mandolin : jigs - Condon's Frolics / James McMahon's Favourite 16 Bobby Casey & Lucy Farr fiddles : reels - The Graf Spee / Ballinasloe Fair 17 Bobby Casey & Lucy Farr fiddles : The Mother Reel 18 Jimmy Power, Lucy Farr & Andy Boyle fiddles : jigs - Farewell to Erin / The High Reel 19 Jimmy Power, Lucy Farr & Andy Boyle fiddles : jigs - Doctor O'Neill / The Battering Ram 20 Con Curtin & Edmond Murphy fiddles : reels - Mulvihill's / Tie the Bonnet / The Abbey |
Edited by Reg Hall Two dozen recordings "illustrate", according to the album's producer Reg Hall, "traditional dance-music repertoires, styles and contexts found in Ireland, Britain and America in the first half of this century." Some 50 tunes are played by soloists, duets, small groups and ceilidh bands, including many of the leading Irish fiddlers, accordionists and flute-players of their day. The recordings, spanning 1922-48, have been scrupulously remastered and are accompanied by Hall's detailed historical notes.
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| 1 FRANK QUINN
: The Westport Chorus 2 MICHAEL J. CASHIN @ jigs - Ginger's Favourite / Bogs of Allen 3 TOM MORRISON & JOHN REYNOLDS Sweet Flowers of Milltown / The Boys from Knock / Schottische 4 MICHAEL COLEMAN : O'Dowd's Favourite Reel Medley 5 BART HENRY'S TRADITIONAL QUARTET ORCHESTRA : jigs - Ah! Surely & The Maid On the Green 6 McKENNA & GAFFNEY: Irish reels - Maids of Galway / Over the Moor to Peggy 7 K. SCANLON : medley of old time fiddling reels - Bonnie Kate / Swallow's Tail / Molly Brannigan 8 MICHAEL J. GROGAN Off to California, Hornpipe / Dunphy's Hornpipe 9 MICHAEL J. GROGAN & JOHN NOWAND : reels - Drunken Tailor / Teetotaller 10 GEORGE HALPIN & M. STANFORD: reel -The Maid of Ballinatra 11 FLANAGAN BROTHERS: medley of Irish Jigs - Frieze Breetches /The Cook in the Kitchen / Lannigan's Ball 12 J. FLANAGAN : Irish reels - Scotch Mary Medley 13 McCONNELL'S FOUR LEAF SHAMROCKS medley of polkas - Babes in the Wood / Moore's Favourite 14 THE FOUR PROVINCES ORCHESTRA : The Pride of Ulster - Maggie Pickens / Cameron's Wife - folk dance 15 PAT ROCHE'S HARP & SHAMROCK ORCHESTRA. hornpipe medley - Boys of Blue Hill / Stack o'Wheat 16 ERIN'S PRIDE ORCHESTRA barn dances - Stack of Oats / Shannon Waves 17 FRANK LEE'S TARA CEILIDH BAND : Irish jigs - Kitty's Rambles / The Merry Old Woman / The Humours of Ballinafad 18 SIAMSA GAEDHEAL CEILIDHE BAND: Irish reel medley - The High Road to Galway / The Groves Reel / The Salamanca Reel 19 BALLINAKILL TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS : Carraroe and Lambert's Jigs 20 JERRY MOLONEY & TOMMY WHYTE: The Old Bush Reel 21 MOATE CEILIDHE BAND : reels - The First House in Connaught / The Green Gate 22 LOUGH GILL QUARTET: Jigs - Mill Pond / Mist On the Meadow 23 BELHAVEL TRIO : reels - Ash Plant / The Merry Harriers / The Hut in the Bog 24 KINCORA CEILIDHE BAND: reels - lasses of Carracastle / Maid of Mt Kisko / St Ruth's Bush |
With her flamboyant delivery and idiosyncratic banjo-playing Margaret Barry brought the art of the street-singer into the pubs and clubs of Irish London in the 1950s and '60s, frequently accompanied by the fiddler Michael Gorman. 'To be confronted with a past so recent, so arrestingly singular and so irrecoverable catches alike the heart and the imagination.'- Mojo
2 The Flower of Sweet Strabane 3 reel: Dr Gilbert 4 The Turfman from Ardee 5 jigs: The Rambling Pitchfork / Fasten the Legging 6 The Galway Shawl 7 polkas: Maguire's Favourite / Tralee Gaol / Maggie in the Wood 8 The Wild Colonial Boy 9 Dwyer's Hornpipe 10 My Lagan Love 11hornpipe: The Boys of Bluehill 12 reels: The Yellow Tinker / The Corner House 13 The Factory Girl 14 Her Mantle So Green 15 reels: The Bunch of Keys / The Heather Breeze 16 Our Ship is Ready Margaret Barry voice, banjo Michael Gorman fiddle William Clancy uilleann pipes Paddy Breen flageolet Tommy Maguire button accordeon Patsy Goulding piano Martin Byrnes fiddle |
Rowsome was one of the great stylemakers of Irish pipe music. 'Everywhere he went,' writes his friend Sean Reid in the notes, 'he added glamour to a unique, expressive and truly native instrument, a living link with the historic Irish nation.' This collection, accurately remastered from recordings spanning 1926-48, exhibits his highly personal approach in a programme of tunes both familiar and rare.
1 reels: Boil the Breakfast Early / The Heather Breeze 2 air & march: Savourneen Deelish / Clare's Dragoons 3 The Blackbird 4 St Patrick's Day 5 airs of '98: Boolavogue / The Old Bog Road 6 marches: The Boys of Wexford / Kelly the Boy from Killane 7 hornpipes: Rights of Man / Wexford / Dunphy's 8 reels: The Broom / Star of Munster / The Milliner's Daughter 9 waltzes: Day Dreams / The Low Backed Car 10 jigs: Kitty's Rambles / Donnybrook Fair / The Butcher's March 11 hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle / Bantry Bay Hornpipe 12 reels: The Collier's Reel / The Sligo Maid 13 jigs: Gillan's Apples / The Maid of Tramore 14 hornpipes: The Independent Hornpipe / The Star Hornpipe 15 seven part jig: The Frieze Breeches 16 hornpipes: Tomorrow Morning / The Cloone Hornpipe 17 jigs: The Cook in the Kitchen / Rakes of Kildare 18 hornpipes: The Sweep's Hornpipe / The Friendly Visit 19 set dance: Jockey to the Fair 20 jigs: My Darling Asleep / Tongues of Fire 21 hornpipes: Higgin's Hornpipe / The Queen of May 22 marches:The Fairies' Revels / I Won't Be a Nun 23 jigs: Shandon Bells / Haste to the Wedding 24 slip jig: The Rocky Road to Dublin |
Three notable figures in the annals of Irish fiddling, Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, play fiddle solos, duets and trios in an exceptional collection of music chiefly from the Sliabh Luachra (Kerry/Cork) region of Ireland.
1 polkas: The Top of Maol / Humours of Ballydesmond (Trio) 2 hornpipes: The Fisherman's / Byrne's (Padraig) 3 reels: Muckross Abbey / Mulvihill's (Denis & Julia) 4 hornpipes: Cronin's / The Stack of Barley (Denis & Julia) 5 air: O'Donnell's Lament (Padraig) 6 slides: Danny Ab's (Denis & Julia) 7 jigs: The Frieze Breeches / Paudeen O'Rafferty (Julia) 8 slides: Chase Me Charlie / Tom Billy's Favourite (Trio) 9 reels: Kennedy's Favourite / The Woman of the House (Denis) 10 jigs: Apples in Winter / The Maid on the Green / The Thrush in the Straw (Trio) 11 air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle (Padraig) 12 reels: The Humours of Galtymore / Callaghan's (The New Mown Meadows) (Denis & Julia) 13 hornpipes: Callaghan's / The Rights of Man (Padraig) 14 reels: Johnny When You Die / The Swallow's Tail / Miss MacLeod's (Trio) |
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