FRANKIE GAVIN, AIDAN COFFEY & ARTY McGLYNN: IRLANDE

Frankie Gavin: fiddle, flute

Aidan Coffey: accordion

Arty McGlynn: guitar

Recorded during a concert given in Paris in 1991 (first released in 1994), this is an outrageously good live album by De Dannan fiddle player Frankie Gavin, with band member Aidan Coffey on box and the masterful Arty McGlynn (ex Patrick Street) backing them up on guitar. The hilarious spoken introduction ( to a French-speaking audience) by Gavin is followed by blast after blast of jigs and reels played with seemingly wild abandon, yet perfect form, Gavin spinning out his trademark variations at every turn. Don't be surprised if your CD player starts smoking... By the way, the French screwed up the playlist on the booklet, but I corrected it for you.

Rating: **** 1/2

Price: $27.99           Recommended

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Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Reels: Stony Steps / Bloom of Youth

3. Hornpipes: The Showman's Fancy / Thomond Bridge

4. Jigs: Rose in the Heather / The Rambler / The Drimneen Jig

5. Reels: The Maid if Tullyknockbrine / Dinkey's Reel

6. O'Carolan's Draught

7. Polkas

8. Reels: Gan Ainm / The Templehouse / The Foxhunter's

9. Reels: The Mountain Road / Old Concertina Reel

10. Jigs: Cailleach an Airgead / Connaughtman's Rambles / Out on the Ocean

11. Air: The Cuckoo without her Nest

12. Reels: John Egan's Reel / Gorman's Reel

13. Waltzes: The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door / A Mother's Love is a Blessing

14. Jigs: The Monk's Jig / Old John's Jig / The Hag at the Churn

15. Reels: Banks of the Ilen / Tom Billy's / The Virginia

16. Reels: Martin Mulvihill's / The Dublin Porter

17. Hornpipe & Reel: The Derry Hornpipe / The Cill Abhail

See also:

       Frankie Gavin & Paul Brock: Tribute to Joe Cooley

         Joe Derrane & Frankie Gavin: Ireland's Harvest

         Frankie Gavin: Fierce Traditional

         Shannon, Gavin, McGoldrick, Murray: Tunes

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