Rowsome was one of the great style-makers 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
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