SEAN POTTS
Sean Og Potts: uilleann pipes, tinwhistles
Gavin Ralston: guitar
Son of ex-Chieftain whistle player Sean Potts, piper Sean Og Potts has become a well-known musician in his own right, from the time of his participation in Bakerswell with his father and in the Donal Lunny Band. This is Potts' firt solo album, and it very much meets the expectations one might have based on his past recordings. His technique is impressive, particularly his staccato playing and handling of the regulators, as is his manipulating of traditional melodies to suit the piping idiom--listen for instance to his setting of "Frost is All Over" or of the old chestnust "The Merry Blacksmith." And it doesn't hurt that Potts' Andreas Rogge "flat" (B) and concert sets sound absolutely gorgeous.
Rating: ****
Price: $18.99
Contents:
1. Jigs: Dinny Delaney's / The Frost is All Over
2. Reels: The Bunch of Green Rushes / The Nine Pint Coggie
3. Hornpipes: Chief O'Neill's / The Cuckoo's Nest
4. Air & Reel: Valencia Harbour / Splendid Isolation
5. Reels: The Rainy Day / The Silver Spear / The Merry Blacksmith
6. Jigs: Munster Buttermilk / Na Ceannabhain Bana
7. Air: Leaving Lerwick Harbour
8. Reels: The Boys of the Lough / The Jolly Tinker
9. Air: An Droighnean Donn
10. March & Reel: Stella's Trip to Kamloops / The Flogging Reel
11. Jigs: Tenpenny Piece / Figs for a Kiss / Come Down From Limerick
12. Air: Cuimhne an Phiobaire
13. Reels: Farewell to Erin
