VARIOUS: LIVE RECORDINGS FROM THE WILLIAM KENNEDY PIPING FESTIVAL

A fascinating collection of recordings made between 1997 and 2001 at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh. Although the likes of Robbie Hannon, Cillian Vallely, Mick O'Brien, Michael McGoldrick, and Tommy Keane are featured and give great performances on the uilleann pipes, this is not all Irish music. In fact, one of the most sensational selections may well be the track featuring Sardinian musician Luigi Lai performing on the Launeddas, a mouth-blown triple pipes played with circular breathing. The album also features some great players of the Galician gaita, the Italian ciaramella and zampogna, and of course Northumbrian pipes (Kathryn Tickell) and Scottish Highland pipes. On the latter, Robert Watt's playing of "The Mason's Apron" is also a show-stopper.

Rating: ****

Price: $24.99

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Contents:

1. MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK (Flute) & JOSÉ MANUEL TEJEDOR (Gaita Asturiana): Barralin

2. ROBBIE HANNON (Uilleann Pipes): Speed the Plough / The Beare Island Reel

3. GORDON DUNCAN (Highland Pipes): Lorient Mornings / Grande Nuit in Port Du Peche / Davy Websters

4. KATHRYN TICKELL (Northumbrian Pipes): Bill Charlton’s Fancy

5. ALLAN MACDONALD (Scottish Small Pipes): Sandy MacNab’s / Willie Cameron / Fingal’s Weeping 6. ANXO LORENZO (Gaita Gallega)

7. LUIGI LAI (Launneddas): Ballu Seriu

8. TIARNÁN Ó DUINNCHINN & CILLIAN VALLELY (Uilleann Pipes): Excerpt from The Singing Stream Part III / The Dark Haired Lass / Dan Breen’s Reel

9. CERI RHYS MATTHEWS (Pipe Cwd): Difyrrwch Gwyr y Gogledd / Dydd Trwy’r Dellt

10. JOSE MANUEL TEJEDOR (Gaita Asturiana): Salton / Floteu De Remis

11. MICK O’BRIEN (Uilleann Pipes): The Green Fields of America

12. ANXO LORENZO (Gaita Gallega) & KATHRYN TICKELL (Northumbrian Pipes): Ledicias da Vila de Ortegán / A Camposa

13. MOEBIUS - JON SWAYNE, DONWARD, DAVID FAULKNER (Border Pipes in G & C): Harbinger / Bandoneon

14. MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK (Uilleann Pipes): Jenny Picking Cockles / The Earl’s Chair

15. FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY “MINI” PIPE BAND: Arty the Camperman / Bronnie’s Blue Brazzie / Rory Gallagher’s

16. GIANNI PERILLI & GUIDO IANNETTA (Ciaramella & Zampogna): Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle

17. TIARNÁN Ó DUINNCHINN (Uilleann Pipes): The Whinny Hills of Leitrim / McGoldrick’s No.2

18. ROBERT WATT (Highland Pipes): The Mason’s Apron

19. TOMMY KEANE (Uilleann Pipes): The Buck from the Mountain / Cal O’Callaghan’s

20. KATHRYN TICKELL (Northumbrian Pipes): Westoe

21, SPECIAL BONUS TRACK: CILLIAN VALLELY: THE SINGING STREAM I, A Piece for four Uilleann Pipes (COMPOSED BY NIALL VALLELY)