GERALDINE BRADLEY: FROM THE RISING SPRING

Geraldine Bradley: vocals, bodhran

Paul Bradley: fiddle

Martin Quinn: accordion

Neil Martin: uilleann pipes, whistles, keyboards, cello

Donal O'Connor: guitar, bouzouki

Alan Bourke: guitar

Rod McVey: piano, accordion

Geraldine Bradley is a member of a musical family from Co. Armagh—her brother Paul is a well-known fiddle player and maker—and a wonderful singer who has just released her first album. Bradley sings in sean-nos style, mostly in Gaelic, and her album departs from the norm in that many of the songs are accompanied. However, the accompaniments, played expertly by a group of excellent musicians (Neil Martin, Paul Bradley, Martin Quinn, and Donal O’Connor among others), are beautifully arranged so as to keep the textures relatively light and to always enhance the mood of the songs. This is a jewel of an album.

Rating: ****

Price: $19.99

Our Catalogue 

Contents:

1. Tom Toosick

2. Fill, Fill, a Shagairt

3. Dá mBéinn 'm Bhádóir

4. A Beggar A Beggar

5. A Stór a Stór A Ghrá

6. Níl Sé 'na Lá

7. The Green Banks of Yarrow

8. Na Gamhna Geala

9. An Spealadóir

10. Casadh Cam na Feadarnaí

11. A Bhean Udaí Thall

12. Henry Lee

13. The Lisburn Lass