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VT141CD They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay

 

The explosion of Irish music in 1950s London included two influential players. One, from Tyrone, a trend-setter amongst banjo players who was renowned for his partnership with the late accordeon player Raymond Roland in the thriving Irish music scene at the White Hart and the Hibernian dance hall in Fulham Broadway. The other from Offaly with an original and animated style on the Paolo Soprani accordeon was meanwhile leading the resident ceili band at the Galtymore in Cricklewood.Liam Farrell and Joe Whelan became very much part of the current mainstream of Irish music in London, having played together for approaching two decades, on occasion with the London-born Roscommon flute player James Carty and with Reg Hall, who first vamped the piano with them back in the 1960s.

 

1. Jigs: The Blooming Meadows / The Lark in the Morning (2.39)

2. Reels: George White's Favourite / The Galway Rambler (3.09)

3. Waltzes: The Trip over the Mountain / Continental Waltz (3.48)

4. Reels: Paul Brock’s / Mary McNamara’s (5.15)

5. Jigs: Paddy O’Brien’s / The Flying Wheelchair (3.45)

6. March & Reel: The Battle of Aughrim / Raymond Roland's (3.20)

7. Reels: Travers' / The Chicago (3.25)

8. Single Jigs: Kathleen Hehir's / Moyglass Fair (4.36 )

9. Reels: Sean Ryan’s / Martin Wynne’s / Ormond Sound (3.29)

10. Hornpipes: The Good Natured Man / The Fairy's Hornpipe (2.45)

11. Jigs: Charlie Lennon's / Dusty Window Sills (3.59)

12. Reels: The Maid of Mount Cisco / The Abbey (3.36)

13. Polkas: Taylor’s Cross / All the Way to Galway / Barna Polka (3.01)

14. Jigs: Paddy Fahy's / The Rakes of Clonmel (3.59)

15. Waltzes: They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay  / The Pretty Girl Milking her Cow (3.35)

16. Reels: The Holly Bush / The Congress (3.22)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CICD 155  The Kitchen Recordings

 

The title of the album says it all this recording of Irish music on banjo or bouzouki and button accordion was recorded in the O'Driscoll kitchen on a Sony four-track recorder. That is not, I hasten to add, a comment on the technical quality of the production, rather, it reflects what we have: the old tunes, admirably played out by two great players who know their way up and down and over the back of their instruments.

 

1. Reels: The Trip to Birmingham / Down the Broom / The Ivy Leaf
2. Hornpipes: Sliabh na mBan / The City of Savannah
3. Reels: Eddie Kelly's / The Culfadda / Eddie Kelly's
4. Slow Reels: Johnny Henry's / The Lilies in the Field
5. Jigs: Tom Billy Murphy's / The Cooraclare / The Cuil Aodha
6. Reels: The Palm Tree / Kilty Town
7. Flings: The Cuil Aodha / Nettles in the Soup
8. Reels: The Ballydesmond / Cnoc na gClaracht
9. Air & Jigs: An Goban aor / The Muskerry Tram / Garrett Barry's
10. Reels: Bill Maley's / The Berehaven / The Stone in the Field
11. Jigs & Slip Jig: The Nightingale / The Return to Burton Road / Na Ceannabhain Bhana
12. Reels: Father Kelly's / The Whistling Postman / The West Clare
13. Reels: The Blackthorn Stick / The Sailor on the Rock
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CEFCD192 Pure Banjo

 

Brian has played with groups such as De Danann, Four Men and A Dog Dervish and At the Racket, and has toured extensively, playing with the biggest names in Irish traditional music; this is his debut album. Brian McGrath: banjo, guitar, tenor guitar, keyboards, Aidan Flanagan: flute, Alec Finn: bouzouki, guitar, tenor guitar, Arty McGlynn: guitar, Johnny McDonagh: bodhran


1. Jemmy Duffy's Barndances
2. Hornpipe & Reels: Blackthorn Hornpipe / The Blackthorn Reel / The Killarney Boys of Pleasure
3. Planxty Davis
4. Reels: The Liffey Banks / The Shaskeen
5. Jigs: The Mist Covered Mountain / Scatter the Mud
6. Reel: The Morning Thrush
7. Jigs: Maids on the Green / Fasten the Legging
8. Reels: The Pigeon on the Gate / The Stony Steps
9. Reels: Mick O'Connor's Reels
10. Reels: The Maid of Mount Cisco / Come West Along the Road
11. Jigs: The Boys of Tandragee / The Wandering Minstrel
12. Reels: The Broken Pledge / Bill Hoare's Reel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CICD133 Dreaming Up The Tunes

 

The son of the famous Connemara melodeon and accordion player Johnny Connolly, Johnny Jr. is an accomplished box player himself who won his first All-Ireland title at age 12. Brian McGrath was a co-founder of Four Men and a Dog and now performs with De Dannan and Frankie Gavin. On this 1998 release, Connolly and McGrath play some mighty music, with a combination of traditional tunes and recent compositions, including two jigs by the great Charlie Lennon. Johnny Og Connolly: accordion, Brian McGrath: banjo, Eugene Kelly: guitar, Peter O'Hanlon: guitar, rhythm banjo, James Blennerhasset: cello, double bass.

1. Jigs: Gan Ainm / Doberman's Wallet
2. Reels: Paddy Ryan's Dream / Jimmy Batty's
3. Reels: Mick O'Connor's
4. Hornpipes: The Happy Hornpipe / The Souvenir
5. Jigs: The Inis Bearachain
6. Reels: Ril Johnny Phadraig Pheter / Ril Joe Mhaire Mhicilin
7. Jigs: Christmas in Spiddal / Tweve to the Bar
8. Jig & Reel: The Carraroe Jig / Homage to Rooney
9. Reels: Mountain Dew / Loughrea Reel
10. Reels: Dillon's / Marion Egan's
11. Jigs: Bean Phaidin / Seanamhach Tube Station
12. Barndances: Michael Coleman's / Flanagan Meets O'Hanlon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 CICD 175 Up and Coming - Ó Ghlúin go Glúin
 

Brothers Oisín and Conal Hernon are two young musicians from the Aran Islands who, although just sixteen and thirteen years of age respectively, display the musical ability and skills of musicians twice their age. They began playing music when they were very young, both starting out on tin whistle, with Oisín moving to button-accordion at the tender age of six and Conal taking up banjo at the age of nine. It wasn't long before they began playing in competitions and they have amassed a long list of prizes over the years, including All-Ireland titles on button-accordion and banjo.


1. Reels: Richard Dwyer's / The Flax in Bloom
2. Jigs: Mick Quinn's / The Stormy Night
3. Hornpipe and Reel: The Kildare Fancy / Trim the Velvet
4. Reels: Lucy Campbell's / Sheila Coyle's / McFadden's Favourite
5. Jigs: The Luck-Penny / Dinny O'Brien's
6. Sean-Phádraic
7. Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle / The Friendly Visit
8. Reels: O'Dowds No. 9 / The Collier's Reel
9. Slow Air: An Goirtín Eornan
10. Jigs: The Queen of the Fair / The Rambling Pitchfork
11. Reels: The Drunken Tinker / The Donegal Traveller icon
12. Jigs: The Renmore Jig / Philomena's Fancy icon
13. Hornpipes: The North Shore / Paddy Fahy's
14. Slow Air: Úrchnoc Chéin Mhic Cáinte
15. Reels: The Moving Cloud / The Mason's Apron icon
16. Bonus Tune: The Way I Are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 LUNCD051 Time to Time

 

Gerry O'Connor has brought the banjo to places no other player had tread before. He has travelled the world - physically and musically - experimenting with everything from Irish to bluegrass to African and Asian, and back to Irish. Both as a soloist and as a member of the highly acclaimed Four Men and a Dog, Gerry has truly traced the banjo's journey through the world of music.


1. Reels: The Wind that Shakes the Barley - The Sailor on the Rock.

2. Reels: The Bucks of Oranmore - Bag of Potatoes.

3. Time To Time.

4. Jigs: Tatter Jack Walsh - The Connaughtman's Rambles.

5. Fisher's Hornpipe - Cronin's Hornpipe.

6. Funk The Cajun Blues.

7. Reels: Niamh's Capers - Fiach's Fancy.

8. Charlie Hunter's Jig - Kings Fancy.

9. Leaving the West.

10. Sally Goodin - The Blackberry Blossom.

11. Lumela Lesotho - Kilfenora Jig.

12. Devaney's Goat - Dr. Gilbert - Richard Dwyer's Reel.

13. Moving Cloud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
BCCD 1 Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo

The title of Hanrahan's CD is appropriate, for this album almost sounds like an instructional recording. Most of the tunes are very well known, everything is played at a relaxed tempo, almost on the slow side, as if to demonstrate all proper techniques of Irish banjo playing. But this is not meant as a criticism, Hanrahan (of Stockton's Wing and Templehouse Ceili Band fame) is a masterful player, his settings and performance are flawless and virtuosic, yet tastefully restrained throughout. Still, this could well become for plectrum users the one CD they'll play over and over, much like Matt Molloy's first solo LP was for flute players or Paddy Glackin's for fiddlers. With Sonny Murray: concertina, Mike Hanrahan: guitar, Tommy Hayes: bodhran, percussion, Peter Keenan: keyboards


 1. Reels: Kitty Gone a Milking / Music in the Glen
2. Reels: Maids of Castlebar / Tommy Coen's / Wise Maid
3. Jigs: The Humours of Ennistymon / Joe Cooley's
4. Reels: The Coalminer / The Galway Rambler
5. Hornpipes: The Galway Hornpipe / The Golden Eagle
6. Reels: The Mason's Apron
7. Waltz: Tommy Bhetty's Waltz
8. Reels: Crowley's Reels
9. Jigs: The Queen of the Fair / The Tongs by the Fire
10. Reels: The Girl That Broke my Heart
11. Reels: The Cup of Tea / Cregg's Pipes / The Congress
12. Hornpipes: Cross the Fence / The Tailor's Twist
13. Reels: Colonel Frazier / The Salamanca
14. Reels: The Glen of Aherlow / Sonny's Return / Jenny's Wedding
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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