PADRAIG O'KEEFFE, DENIS MURPHY, JULIA CLIFFORD: KERRY FIDDLES
Padraig O'Keeffe: fiddle
Denis Murphy: fiddle
Julia Clifford: fiddle
A classic collection, originally released in 1977, of 1950s field recordings of Sliabh Luachra (Kerry-Cork) fiddle music by the three players whose names are synonymous with that tradition.
Rating: ****
Contents:
1. Polkas: The Top of Maol / The Humours of Ballydesmond
2. Hornpipes: The Fisherman's / Byrne's
3. Reels: Muckross Abbey / Mulvihill's
4. Hornpipes: Cronin's / The Stack of Barley
5. Air: O'Donnell's Lament
6. Slides: Danny Ab's
7. Jigs: The Frieze Breeches / Paudeen O'Rafferty
8. Slides: Chase Me Charlie / Tom Billy's Favourite
9. Reels: Kennedy's Favourite / The Woman of the House
10. Jigs: Apples in Winter / The Maid on the Green / The Thrush in the Straw
11. Air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle
12. Reels: The Humours of Galtymore / Callaghan's (The New Mown Meadows)
13. Hornpipes: Callaghan's / The Rights of Man
14. Reels: Johnny When You Die / The Swallow's Tail / Miss MacLeod's
