VARIOUS: MASTERS OF TRADITION
An amazing 2-CD collection (31 tracks) of live recordings made between 2003-2007 and featuring forty-two of the best known traditional instrumentalists and singers in Ireland today. The CD is named after the concert series which takes place at Bantry House, in West Cork. As Ellen Cranitch notes in her introduction, two of the performers represented, Frank Harte, Kitty Hayes, and Seamus Creagh, are no longer with us, making this collection all the more valuable. Besides the three named, the list of performers also includes (in no particular order) Catherine McEvoy. Mary MacNamara, Tony MacMahon, Oisin MacDiarmada, Martin Hayes, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, etc, etc.
Rating: ****
Price: $29.99
Contents:
CD 1
1. Catherine McEvoy - March, Hornpipe & Reel:The Deer’s March / Sports of Listowel / Trim the Velvet
2. Mary MacNamara - March & Reel: The Battle of Aughrim / Joe Bane's
3. Frank Harte & Donal Lunny - Song: The Lambeg Drummer
4. Tony MacMahon - Air: The Wounded Hussar
5. Oisin Mac Diarmada - Reels: The Bloom of Youth / Big Pat's
6. Eoghan O'Sullivan, Martin Hayes, Steve Cooney - Reel: The Blackbird
7. Anna & Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh - Song: Ceol An Phíobaire (The Piper's Song)
8. Ronan Browne - Air: Caoineadh Uí Néill (O’Neill’s Lament)
9. Nollaig Casey & Arty McGlynn - Jigs: Wallop the Spot / I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her
10. Mick Kinsella & Seamie O'Dowd - Slip Jigs: Kid on the Mountain / O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick
11. Cormac Breatnach & Martin Dunlea - Air & Hornpipe: The Wicklow Way / Sue's Hornpipe / The Last Train
12. Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill & Donal Lunny - Song: Shíl Me Fhein (I Felt Safe)
13. Gerry O'Connor - Reels: Niamh’s Capers / The Heather Breeze / The Moving Cloud
14. John Flanagan - Song: Róisín Dubh (Little Dark Rose)
CD 2
1. Kitty Hayes & Eoin O'Neill - Jigs: Boys of Tanderagee / Willie Coleman's / Maid in the Green
2. Mick O'Brien & Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh - Reels: Unknown No. 57 / Strop the Razor
3. Kevin Crawford & Steve Cooney - Hornpipes: Mrs.Casey's Hornpipe / John Egan's / Up to Her Knees in Sand
4. Andy Irvine - Song: My Heart’s Tonight in Ireland
5. Mairtin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Steve Cooney - Reels: The Reconciliation / The Plough and the Stars / The Green Mountain
6. Martin Hayes - Reels: Fair Haired Molly / The Green Gowned Lass
7. Iarla O Lionaird - Song:Táim Curtha ó Bheith Im’ Aonair Im' Lui (I'm Weary of Lying Alone)
8. Tony MacMahon & Steve Cooney - Jigs: Humours of Drinagh / Trip to Athlone
9. Seamie O'Dowd, Mick Kinsella, Josephine Marsh - Reels: Paddy Fahy's / The Yellow Tinker
10. Sean McKiernan - Air & Hornpipe: Noirín Mo Mhian (Nora of My Dreams) / Caislean An Oir (The Golden Castle)
11. Maire Ni Cheileachair - Song: A Bhríde Bheag Chróin (My Little Auburn-haired Bridget)
12. Matt Cranitch & Seamus Creagh - Slides: The Toormore / The Gneeveguilla / The Gleanntan Frolics
13. Brian McNamara - Jig: The Humours of Glynn
14. Sean Smyth - Jig & Reel: The Chapel Bell / Paddy Ryan’s Dream
15. Ronan Browne & Peadar O'Loughlin - Reels: Jenny's Wedding / The High Road to Galway
16. Jackie Daly - Polkas: The Newmarket / Tom Billy’s
17. Emer Mayock, Cormac Breatnach, Donal Siggins - Reels: Nearly Blue / Round Midday
