MARY MacNAMARA: THE BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM
Mary MacNamara: concertina
Andrew MacNamara: accordion
Catherine McEvoy: flute
Geraldine Cotter: piano
If you liked Mary's concertina playing on her first album, you will enjoy it on this new one at least as much. With Geraldine Cotter on piano, as well as brother Andrew MacNamara (accordion) and Catherine McEvoy (flute) on a few tracks.
Rating: ****
Price: $21.99
Contents:
1. Jigs: Shandon Bells / Tom Friel's
2. Reels: The Stone in the Field / Finlay's Delight
3. Slow Jig: An Paistín Fionn
4. Jigs: Tatter Jack Walsh / House in the Glen
5. Reels: Tommy Coen's / John Naughton's
6. Hornpipe: The Golden Eagle
7. Jigs: The Hundred Pipers / The Mouse in the Cupboard
8. Reel: Paddy Kelly's; reel
9. Reels: The Cavan Reel / Sporting Nell / Rattigan's
10. Jigs: Scatter the Mud / McGreavy's
11. Barn Dance: Pearl O'Shaughnessy's
12. Reels: Woman of the House / The Green Groves of Erin
13. Barn Dances: Spailpín Fánach / The Little Beggarman
14. Reels: Blackberry Blossom / Sandy Carty's
15. Reels: Mick Hand's / The Maids of Mount Cisco