SEAMUS CREAGH & AIDAN COFFEY
Seamus Creagh: fiddle
Aidan Coffey: accordion
Sean O'Loinsigh: bouzouki
Seamus Creagh, of Daly and Creagh (1977) fame, has found another worthy accomplice in Aidan Coffey, the Waterford accordion player previously with De Dannan. As the two musicians have adopted Cork as their new home, it is hardly surprising that their repertoire includes quite a few of the polkas and slides native to the southwest. But Creagh and Coffey are equally at ease with the more standard jigs and reels, including an epic set of the two versions of "The Gold Ring." Throughout, O'Loinsigh provides understated accompaniments on Greek bouzouki, in the manner of De Dannan's Alec Finn. Lovely stuff.
Rating: *** 1/2
Price: $26.99
Contents:
1. Reels: The Trip to Cullenstown / The Blacksmith
2. Jigs: Hughie Travers' / The Cat in the Corner
3. Polkas: Johnny O'Leary's 1 & 2
4. Waltzes: Muistoja Karpaateilta
5. Reels: The Providence / The Humours of Westport
6. Slides: The Ceanngulla / The Gleanntan Frolics
7. Hornpipe: The Derry Hornpipe
8. Jigs: The Gold Ring 1 & 2
9. Jigs: The Humours of Drinagh / Johnny O'Leary's / Seanduine Doite
10. Hornpipes: The Old Blackguard / The Glenbeigh
11. Reels: Johnny Allen's / The Cuil na nGabhar
12. Polkas: Matt Teehan's 1 & 2
13. Air: 'S e Fath mo Bhuartha
14. Jigs: Paddy Taylor's / John Mahinney's No. 1
15. Reels: Mulqueen's / The Moving Cloud
