PETER & NOEL CARBERRY: THE PIPES ARE CALLING
Peter Carberry: uilleann pipes
Noel Carberry: uilleann pipes
Johnnie Duffy: guitars
Paul Gurney: keyboards
Like for Jerry O'Sullivan, who wrote the introduction for the liner notes, the 1960s LP recorded by Co. Longford piper Peter Carberry with Tipperary fiddle master Sean Ryan has been a favorite of mine since I discovered a copy at a garage sale years ago. In a way, Peter Carberry, playing now almost note for note with his son Noel, on uilleann pipes as well, picks up where he left off. The 19 tracks they recorded feature nicely paced performances and well crafted settings, with some discreet accompaniments on piano and guitar. Listening to father and son playing so well together, one cannot escape the sense of witnessing the emergence of another piping dynasty--in fact, two of Peter's grandsons play pipes as well.
Rating: *** 1/2
Price: $19.99
Contents:
1. Reels: Boil the Breakfast Early / The Crooked Road / The Ladies' Pantalettes
2. Jigs: The Mouse in the Cupboard / Strop the Razor
3. Reels: O'Connor Donn's / Paddy Fahy's
4. Air: Cath Ceim an Fhia
5. Reels: The Chicago / The Honeymoon
6. Set Dance: The Piper Through the Meadow Straying
7. Reels: Jenny Picking Cockles / Jenny's Wedding
8. Jigs: The Pipe on the Hob / The Hag with the Money
9. Reels: Johnny Doherty's / Reavy's
10. Jigs: The King of the Pipers / The Humours of Ballyloughlin
11. Reels: The Rathcroghan / Gilbert Clancy's
12. Air: My Own Native Land
13. Slip Jigs: A Kiss for a Young Lad / Hardiman the Fiddler
14. Reels: The Roslea Whistler / The Shoemaker's Daughter
15. Reel: The Morning Thrush
16. Hornpipes: Frank O'Higgins' / The Leitrim Thrush
17. Reels: Corney is Coming / The Boys of Twenty-Five
18. Air: My Lagan Love
19. Reels: Within a Mile of Dublin / The Strokestown
