Brian Finnegan - The Ravishing Genius Of Bones [Irlanda]

Brian Finnegan, el que fuera miembro fundador del ya desaparecido grupo Flook, acaba de sacar un disco en solitario, al que ha titulado The Ravishin Genius of Bones. En este disco colaboran también sus compañeros de Flook Ed Boyz y John Joe Kelly, el incansable Mike McGoldrick, el grupo Crooked Still o los componentes de su nueva banda KAN.
http://jarramplas.blogspot.com/2010/05/brian-finnegan-ravishing-genius-of.html



Por esperado, podíamos hablar sin equivocarnos, de uno de los trabajos del año, y es que muchos de los seguidores de la extinta Flook! estaban deseando saber por donde irían los derroteros de los miembros de la banda, y parece ser que uno de los más activos es Finnegan, con su proyecto Kan junto a Aidan O’Rourke y este The ravishing genius of bones, su entrega en solitario.
Para todos aquellos seguidores de los anteriores proyectos del de Armagh decirles que pueden estar tranquilos, el espíritu Flook! sigue vigente en todos y cada uno de los 9 temas que componen el disco, en el que vuelve a dar una lección única del dominio de toda clase de flautas. Especialmente interesante son temas como Belfast, compuesto por tres temas de Barry Kerr, Liz Carrol y Adam Sutherland, o la belleza de Marga’s, que incluye la melodía dedicada a la acordeonísta asturiana Marga Lorences.
La nómina de invitados que acompañan a Brian Finnegan es espectacular, encabazada por sus ex-compañeros de Flook! Ed Boyd y John Joe Kelly, la banda Crocked Still, Damien O’Kane o Aidan O’Rourke.
The ravishing genius of bones es un disco realizado con mucho mimo, y desde luego que por momentos (Starrs) parece realizado a capricho.
http://cachafeiro.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/brian-finnegan-the-ravishing-genius-of-bones/




Tracklist:
1. Steps
2. Fly
3. Marga's
4. Belfast
5. Starrs
6. Joy
7. Frida
8. Only
9. Nightride

T with the Maggies - T with the Maggies (2010) [Irlanda]

T with the Maggies are Tríona & Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & Moya Brennan

In May 2007, a remarkable gathering of traditional Irish musicians and singers came together at Vicar Street in Dublin to celebrate the life and music of Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, who, with Skara Brae and The Bothy Band, had been a pioneering force in Irish music.

Among the many artists and groups coming together that evening was an evocative performance by four of Ireland’s finest female singers. Tríona and Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill (Míchaél’s two sisters, concert organisers and co-members of Skara Brae and The Bothy Band) were joined by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan and Moya Brennan of Clannad.

And so was born one of the most inspirational and heartening collaborations in traditional Irish music.

Tríona, Maighread, Mairéad and Moya, T with the Maggies, all come from the same corner of County Donegal (with Gaelic as their first language) and all have illustrious career histories. Each individual brings a unique and varied interpretation of their musical heritage but the result is one of the finest ever amalgamations of Irish female voices. They are real Celtic women!

Their first show in January 2009, at the Temple Bar Tradfest in Dublin, sold out immediately and they went on to perform at last year’s Irish Global Economic summit. A new recording of their repertoire favourite, Two Sisters, was commissioned by Sam Shepard, for his play, ‘Ages of the Moon’.

On the stage the ‘Maggies bubble with a mixture of instinctive tone, harmony and a generous helping of laughs. Each bring their choice of songs but mould them into the group with a unique soundscape of voice, piano, fiddle and harp. You can tell that they are the best of friends.

T with the Maggies is the group’s first album, combining over four decades of musical experience. With subtle arrangements, the album brings to the fore four voices that have shaped Irish traditional, folk and celtic music today.
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Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Accordion, Whistle
Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill: Vocals, Yardstick
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Vocals, Fiddle, Hardanger Fiddle, Low Octave Fiddle
Moya Brennan: Vocals, Harp, Djembe
Manus Lunny: Guitar, Bouzouki, Programming
Jim Higgins: Addictional Percussion
(Low Octave Fiddle courtesy of Ciarán Ó Maonaigh)

1.Wedding Dress
2.Domhnach na Fola
3.Thugamar Fhéin an Samhradh Linn
4.Bíodh Orm Anocht
5.Mother Song
6.Ógánaigh Uasail
7.Cuach mo Londubh Buí
8.Ceol an Phíobaire
9.A Stór A Stór A Ghrá
0.Farewell Farewell
11.An Mhaighdeán Mhara

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T WITH THE MAGGIES

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - Welcome Here Again

Un Virtuoso del violín irlandés Martin Hayes y un guitarrista nacido en Chicago, Dennis Cahill poseen un raro, casi telepático parentesco musical . El nuevo álbum del dúo, es una nueva partida; dieciocho pistas, una de ellas no más de siete minutos, pero con la misma intensidad y la profundidad de la emoción que se encuentra en sus anteriores colaboraciones, Lonesome Touch (1997) y en Live in Seattle (1999).


 

Welcome Here Again

Bonnie Shaljean - Farewell To Lough Neaghe

Traditional harp music of Britain & Ireland
Farewell to Lough Neaghe is a solo instrumental recording using both gut and wire–strung harps. This is the first CD to feature some of the most important ancient Gaelic wire–strung harp music on a harp constructed with a one–piece willow soundbox.



1. Pibddawns Y Tant/Yr Ysgubau/Y Blodau
2. Roslin Castle/The Lea-Rig
3. Captain O'Neil/Colonel O'Hara/Sir Festus Burke
4. Bryd One Brere/Foweles In The Frith/Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene/Sumer Is Icumen In
5. Late Hour/The Clock's Back Reel, The
6. Meillionen
7. Maille Bheag O
8. Kilburn Jig/Diarmuid's Well/The Wild Irishman, The
9. Childgrove/Daphne/'Twas Within a Furlong of Edinburgh Town/the Oak and the Ash
10. Farewell To Lough Neaghe
11. Pant Corlan Yr Wyn/Pibddawns Jones/Pwt Ar Y Bys
12. Her Mantle So Green/In Aonar Seal
13. Port 4th/Air By Fingal No. 1/Air By Fingal No. 3/Port 5th
14. When She Cam Ben She Bobbit
15. Planxty Drew/Mary O'Neill/Edmond MacDermott Roe/The Maids of Derry
16. Caismeachd Mhic Iain 'Ic Sheumais/Marbhna Cathaoir Mhic C ba
17. An P ist¡n Fionn/Se n O'Duibhir An Ghleanna
18. Port Priest/Port Atholl
19. I Was Not... Since Martinmas/An Muileann Dubh/The Highlandman/Kissed His Mother
20. Cumha Mhic Guidhir/T im I Mo/Chodhladh Is N  Duisigh M‚
21. Maggy Lauther/Bonie Jean Makis/Meikill of Me

Rudiger Oppermann - Fragile Balance [Germany]

Rüdiger Oppermann nacido en 1954 es un arpista alemán y músico experimental. Se especializa en el arpa celta, que comenzó a tocar en 1973. Su instrumento, un clarsach hecho a medida, cuenta con 38 doradas cuerdas de bronce y un mecanismo especial que le permite doblar las notas de una manera similar a los músicos de blues, un estilo que a menudo adopta en sus improvisaciones. Él también ha desarrollado instrumentos electroacústicos.

Un músico itinerante dedicado a la exploración de todas las culturas musicales, Oppermann ha colaborado con músicos populares de todo el mundo (especialmente en África y Asia), que a menudo invita a tocar en su festival de música Klangwelten en Alemania, está a favor de un enfoque experimental en las melodías tradicionales, a menudo relacionados con la improvisación, la instrumentación inusual y a veces hasta la electrónica, incluidos los efectos digitales. Él ha escrito e interpretado música para teatro y danza producciones pequeñas combos de jazz, además de grupos de música folk.

 Un músico con una visión artística amplia y ecléctica, ha dedicado sus composiciones para artistas tan diversos como los místicos medievales como Rumi y Hildegard von Bingen, arpistas compañeros tales como Alan Stivell y Deborah Conant, y hoy en día improvisadores de jazz rock y guitarra eléctrica. Las grabaciones de Oppermann por lo general cuentan con algunas actuaciones en solitario y la conexión del arpa celta junto a piezas de músicos populares de todo el mundo (tocando instrumentos tradicionales).

Rudiger Oppermann podría ser descrito como un músico popular de estilo libre y experimental, que se basa en las dos músicas antiguas y modernas y en las tradiciones musicales, para crear un crisol de culturas musicales que no pueden ser atribuidas a cualquier tradición popular. En las notas del album Unchain my Harp (1994), él mismo describe como la búsqueda de la creación de" nuevos brotes en los árboles viejos, con raíces fuertes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdiger_Oppermann
http://www.klangwelten.com/



Jatinder Thakur: Tablas (Indian/Austria)
Rainer Granzin: Piano, Synthesizer
Lars Lindvall: Trumpet (Sweden)
Bernd Dittl: Accordion
Carlos Pusseto: Percussion
Peter Götzmann: Drums
Tunji Beier: Percussion
Jorgen Lang: Guitar, Low-Whistle
Epi Enkh Jargal: Playing Morin Khoor and throat singing

1. Fragile Balance
2. Riding A Horse With Five Legs
3. Wide Horizons
4. Fast Finger Dance
5. Wintertime/Summertime
6. Roses For Rumi
7. Pretty Cool Harmonics!
8. On A Mirror
9. Great Eagle Dance

An Triskell - La Harpe Celtique

Le Chant du Monde edita este cd, el cual incluye integro el disco de An Triskell llamado "Harpe Celtique" de 1977, y cinco tracks del disco llamado "Kroaz Hent" de 1976.

Pol Quefféléant (Celtic harp, guitar), Hervé Quefféléant (Celtic harp, Irish flute, vocals), Alain Morizur (Irish flute, mandolin,), Pol Brieg Ruban (violin,), Patrick Lehoux (cello), Jean-Louis Nouvel (spinet), Patrick Audouin (keyboards), Mikaël Cornemuse (bagpipes)



1 Tir na n'Og
2 An Hader (Le semeur)
3 Gavotten Menez-Arre (Gavotte des monts d'arrée)
4 Distro ar mab Prodig (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue)
5 B.A.I.
6 Diaspora
7 War devenn Sant Pabu (Les dunes de Saint-Pabu)
8 Kroaz hent (La croisée des chemins)
9 Now we are Five (A présent, nous sommes cinq)
10 Diviz (Dialogue)
11 March' of the Rain (Marche de la pluie)
12 Tristan hag Isild (Trsitan et Yseult)
13 Inizi Hebrides (Les îles hébrides)
14 Ar hakous
15 An dro
16 Envorenn (Souvenance)
17 Viviana

The Old Dance School - Forecast

Harnessing energy from the elements, and inspiration from their adventures across wild British Landscape, the much anticipated colourful new release from The Old Dance School offers evocative images, blistering tunes and vivid songs with a virtuosity and vitality which draws from their classical and jazz informed backgrounds.
The Old Dance School began in 2006 as a gathering of friends in the garden of the old Betty Fox school of ballet in Birmingham, from where they take their name. Among the nettles, each would bring along a tune or a song for the group to experiement with. Three years, 30,000 miles, nearly forty festivals, and several trips to A and E later, the young seven piece ensemble’s second album Forecast delivers a startling take on contemporary folk that is both firmly-rooted and unashamedly forward-thinking, though right at the heart of the music, a close group of friends with a vivid collective ear for a good tune.
Their debut album Based on a True Story in 2008 was met with terrific reviews in the national press, championed by BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris, and has secured The Old Dance School as one of the most exciting young bands to have emerged recently.
Forecast was recorded in the mountains of Snowdonia in February 2010, and The Old Dance School join forces here with legendary producer Calum Malcolm (The Blue Nile, Lau, Capercaille) who has captured their rich orchestrations, exciting fiddle duels, soaring brass, wind and vocal harmonies, and rip-roaring rhythms.

http://www.myspace.com/theolddanceschool

1. The Enlli Light 4:37
2. Wire Over The River 5:04
3. The Real Thing 4:27
4. The Envelope 3:34
5. John Ball 4:57
6. Spaghetti Panic 4:11
7. Little Lewis 3:28
8. Pasage To Spike Island 4:14 9. The Taxidermist 6:53
10. Strange Highway 5:19

Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac-Seinn

SEINN reflects the great love and respect that Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIssac have for Nova Scotia tradition, and for each other. The record achieves a delicate balance between the musical sensibilities of two artists, showcasing traditional and original compositions among the melancholy of Gaelic song and the joy of fiddle tunes. Some of the material was learned from the recordings of older Cape Breton singers and fiddlers, some songs were chosen from existing repertoires, and some were written specifically for this project. The record fuses Roots arrangements with a traditional presentation, capturing the enjoyment and fun that Mary Jane and Wendy have together on and off the stage
This is a powerful collaboration borne of a long-time friendship and a shared love of Celtic music. Whether it's the mesmerizing Gaelic vocals of Mary Jane, or the superb and true musicianship of Wendy on the fiddle, these ladies have been making their mark with traditional audiences worldwide for over two decades. Mary Jane and Wendy have both been recognized internationally for their solo music careers, and Wendy has been Mary Jane's steadfast comrade in the presentation of her music for many years. It seems only natural that these two impressive talents now come together to create a true musical partnership, which will combine their musical sensibilities, their strong Celtic roots, and their colourful personalities.
On Cape Breton Island, the rich heritage of the region's Highland settlers was kept alive through music, songs, and stories. It was in Nova Scotia, while visiting her grandparents throughout her youth, that Mary Jane fell in love with Scottish Gaelic traditions and song. While enrolled in Saint Francis Xavier University's Celtic Studies program, Mary Jane released her first album, Bho Thir Nan Craobh, a collection of traditional material that introduced her unique singing voice and, then unknown fiddler, Ashley MacIsaac. She has continued to dedicate her musical career to the preservation of Scottish Gaelic songs and has garnered numerous JUNO and ECMA award nominations, critical acclaim, and a worldwide audience for her efforts. Mary Jane's four recordings create a respectful and beautiful framework for ancient Gaelic songs and her spell binding performances make these selections truly come alive.
Wendy is an award-winning fiddler, piano player and step dancer from Creignish, Cape Breton. A born performer, she began appearing publicly at age 5 as a step dancer. At age 12, she began fiddle lessons with Stan Chapman. By age fifteen, Wendy was playing dances all over Cape Breton Island, forming the sound that makes her so recognizable today. With five records to her credit – the most recent "Variations" with her Cape Breton Celtic Supergroup, Beolach – she is a favourite with traditional audiences everywhere. Wendy has toured all over the world as a solo performer, and with The Rankins, Mary Jane Lamond, Ashley MacIsaac and Beolach. Established tradition bearers, both Mary Jane and Wendy are skilful, enthusiastic teachers that are in high demand at festivals worldwide



1. Yellow Coat 2. Air A' Ghille Tha Mo Run - It Is the Lad That I Love
3. Oran an T-Saighdeir - the Soldier's Song
4. Keeping Up With Calum
5. Rinn Mi Corrs Is Naoi Mile - I Travelled More Than Nine Miles
6. Angus Blaise
7. Hoiereann O Rathill Iu O
8. Seudan A' Chuain - Jewels of the Ocean
9. Oran A' Mheirlich - the Theif's Song
10. Boise Monsters
11. Taladh Na Beinne Guirme - the Blue Mountain's Lullaby
12. If You Were Mine

Aly Bain - Lonely Bird [Escocia]

Born in Lerwick, Shetland in 1946 Aly began playing the fiddle at the age of eleven. In his early twenties, Aly headed to mainland Scotland. His dramatic playing, with great tone and technical ability brought early recognition as an outstanding musician of the folk music revival, and almost overnight, raised the level of expectation for music lovers throughout the country.
http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artistes/aly_bain/

Aly Bain - fiddle
Chris Newman - guitar
Violet Tulloch - piano
Danny Thompson - bass



1. Gillan's Reel/Charles Sutherland/Donald Stewart The Piper
2. Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite
3. Rosemary Brown
4. Spey In Spate/Pottinger's Reel/Dowd's Reel
5. The Beauty Of The North/The Pirate's Hornpipe
6. Midnight On The Water/Bonaparte's Retreat
7. Herr Roloff's Farewell
8. Aly's Waltz
9. Annalese Bain/Phil Cunningham's Reel/Andy Brown's Reel
10. Lonely Bird
11. Weindia Little/Da Fashion O Da Delting Lasses/Da Black Hat
12. Junior's Waltz
13. Captain Campbell/Earl Grey/Largo's Fairy Dance

 Lonely Bird
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Kan - Sleeper

KAN is made up of Flook’s extraordinary virtuoso flutist Brian Finnegan from Armagh (N. Ireland), Lau’s deft and forward thinking fiddle player Aidan O’Rourke from Isle of Seil (Scotland), James Goodwin on percussion from Harrogate and guitarist Ian Stephenson of Selby in Yorkshire. If that’s not impressive then just look at SOME of those they have performed and recorded with: Kate Rusby, Cara Dillon, BBC Philharmonic, Blazin’ Fiddles, Liverpool Philharmonic, Kathryn Tickell, Northern Sinfonia, Wayne Shorter, Eddi Reader, Justin Currie, Roddy Woomble, Baltic Crossing, Adem, Sting, OMD , Jack Bruce, Bella Hardy, Nitin Sawhney, Katherine Jenkins, Jan Garbareck, Karine Polwart, Trilok Gurtu and on it goes.
That list above covers names synonymous with both folk and jazz which is reflected in the great cross-fertilisation taking place on this album. All band members are known for their diversification and for forging new sound. They have all worked togather before and from those collaborations a seed of an idea was born back in 2010, a genesis that the band’s name aptly reflects. Kan is derived from a Mayan word meaning ‘Yellow Seed’. Also, the Tzolkin is the sacred moon calendar of the Mayan people that connects the energy of heaven and earth, and 2010 was the year of Kan, a year according to the Mayan oracle to be a time for new beginnings, for planting the seed of some intention, project or dream, for taking a risk.
Whilst the Mayan gods may have favoured a care-free abandonement to their approach, KAN take a more considered route with their music. There is subtlety, grace and intricate finery in their arrangements the backbone of which is steeped in the Irish and Scottish tradtions of Brian and Aidan’s musical roots. But this is no ordinary traditional album, whilst it draws inspiration from the shores of the British Isles it has a pan-global undertone thanks to the broad experiences of each artist which has shaped their interpretations giving them that unique KAN sound.
The album opens to ‘Lori / One, Two, Three‘, a beautiful opening track, comprising of a tune that Aidan dedicated to border fiddle player Lori Watson followed by ‘One, Two, Three‘ which is based around three simple chords. More direct and personal influences take shape throughout the album including the very chilled Modul 1 with Ian taking inspiration from avant garde jazz pianist Nik Bartsch and on Mangatakk which features a tune (Emotional Storm) from Israeli double bass player Avishai Cohen.
Arrangements unfold in unexpected directions which gives this album a fresh and exciting sound, interlaced between melodies and flourishes are the whispers of a jazz inflected influence which bubble to the surface and submerge again. Each artist takes to the fore throughout delivering their promise of an homogenous quartet.
Brian and Aidan showed their colours when they released solo albums that forged new ground with ‘The Ravishing Genius Of Bones’ (2010) and ‘An Tobar’ (2008). IN this respect, Sleeper is maybe an album that would have happened sooner or later but the standard they have set here goes beyond expectations. KAN are one of those bands that are at the forefront of moulding and re-defining tradtional music along with the likes of The Gloaming, if this is the standard then the tradtional music scene has rewarding times ahead!

1 One Two Three: Lori / One, Two, Three 7:19
2 Mangatakk: Emotional Storm / Mangatakk / Breton Ridée 6:39
3 Marcos: Marcos Llope / The Oblique Jig / Hayden's Rock 6:35
4 Noble?: You Can Call Me Big Al / Noble? 6:03
5 Eva 5:58
6 Rangoon: The Slide From Grace / The Queen of Rangoon 5:42
7 Modul1: Modul1 / Coyoacan 8:31
8 Coriolis: Coriolis / Hold Up the Sky 6:50



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Flook - Haven [Uk-Irlanda]

 

The band was formed in 1995, originally by Becky Morris, with three flute-playing friends Sarah Allen, Brian Finnegan and Michael McGoldrick, (who left in 1997 to join Capercaillie). The band was briefly known as Three Nations Flutes.

Flook's 10th anniversary tour for Folkworks, included a concert at the Purcell Room (on 7 November 2005) as part of a week of "Folk in the Fall" on London's South Bank and another at the extraordinary new Sage Gateshead concert hall on the south bank of the River Tyne on 10 November 2005. Their third studio album, Haven, was released in October 2005.
At the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2006, Flook were awarded the award for Best Group. They also gave a short performance during the ceremony.

In December 2008 the band sent a Christmas message saying they were disbanding. "We wanted to wish you a very Happy Christmas and also to share some news with you," said a band press release. "After 13-plus years, hundreds of gigs, millions of miles traveled together and countless brilliant times, we've decided to call it a day. It might be forever or a prolonged pause, who knows, but we're all still great friends and will always remain so. This might sound like a cliché but it is deeply truthful."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flook_%28band%29



01. The Tortoise and The Hare 5:32
02. Gone Fishing 4:03
03. Mouse Jigs 4:23
04. Souter Creek 5:10
05. Asturian Way 4:15
06. Wrong Foot Forward 5:44
07. Padraig's 4:34
08. Road to Errogie 4:51
09. On One Beautiful Day 3:31

 HAVEN

Anúna - Invocation [Irlanda]

En 1987 el compositor Michael McGlynn de Dublín fundó Anúna. El nombre deriva del término colectivo para los tres tipos antiguos de la música celta, Suantraí (canción de cuna), Geantraí (canción alegre) y Goltraí (lamento). Uno de los objetivos declarados del coro es el de explorar y redefinir la música. Anúna con sede en Dublín, es un coro a capella que llevan a cabo entre once y catorce cantantes. El grupo está dirigido por Michael McGlynn y su hermano gemelo John.

Invocación un título apropiado, como la palabra invocación significa "el acto de...un llamamiento a un espíritu...en busca de inspiración". Este álbum, al igual que todos los demás de Anuna, invocan al espíritu de Irlanda, que llega a través de los siglos, la combinación de fragmentos de textos celtas medievales y modernos con la armonización coral y los arreglos vocales, hábilmente diseñados y ejecutados por el compositor de Anuna el director Michael McGlynn. Con todo el respeto, de acuerdo con las críticas que categorizan a Anuna como "Celtic-New Age". Esta música no se parece a nada de lo que se ofrece en la música coral contemporánea en todo el mundo, y, al ser tan innovador, que desafía la categorización si pudiera ponerlo en una categoría, sería "una moderna Capilla de Música Coral con un toque irlandés antiguo". Esté preparado para una experiencia auditiva que inspirará su imaginación, el desafío que musicalmente, llegara a tu corazón.



 "Invocación" ofrece un respiro Independientemente de la espiritualidad personal o sistema de creencias, música coral etérea, llena de tradiciones medievales y cantada en gaélico.

Aunque todas las pistas de este CD son una joya, es el último el que tal vez mejor resume la esencia de la "Invocación". Titulado "El viento en el mar", el texto del poeta místico Glungel Amergin del siglo Sexto proclamó,
"Yo soy el viento que sopla sobre el mar Yo soy la ola en el océano
¿Quién sino yo puede arrojar luz sobre la reunión de las montañas?
¿Quién sino yo voy a llorar en voz alta los cambios de la luna?
¿Quién sino yo puede encontrar el lugar donde se esconde el sol?"



1. The Rising Of The Sun
2. Sleepsong
3. The Last Rose
4. Hin Barra
5. Winter, Fire And Snow
6. Under The Greenwood
7. Heia Viri
8. Song Of Oisin
9. Quis Est Deus
10. Peperit Virgo
11. Siuil, A Ruin
12. Goltrai
13. Innisfree
14. Wind On Sea

Invocation

Paddy And The Rats - Tales From The Docks

Paddy & The Rats was formed by the singer-songwriter Paddy, Vince (bass) and Joey (electric guitar) in 2008. Then Seamus (drums) joined them and two authentic musicians, Sonny (accordion) and Sam (fiddle, tin whistle, banjo and bagpipe). As for their becoming rats, the six „Irish” guys say: punk is the same in music as rats among the animals – dirty and malicious, and they exactly play it. The band is combining different nations’ pub music with hot and dirty punk rock. To spice up their own songs they use Irish pub music and Celtic features, but sometimes Russian and gypsy elements and rhythms are also present. The band’s first album – Rats On Board – will be released in march 2010 by Nordic Records and it will be available on Itunes and Amazone. Also, Uncleowen Records is releasing it in Japan. Those listening to their music won’t definitely stay sober, because the rolling jig rhythm makes everybody dance and even jump – and get drunk! Most of the lyrics are about drinking and pub stories (Fuck You I’m Drunk, We will fight, Pub’n roll). Last year they had more than 100 gigs, they took part in festivals in Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Slovakia and Serbia. At gigs, besides their own songs they play such Irish songs as Wild Rover or Whiskey In The Jar, sailor songs (Drunken Sailor, Bully In The Alley) and punk anthems (Sex Pistols, Green Day) with fiddle, banjo, accordion, bagpipe, whistle – and of course, a lotta rock’n’roll. Their aim is to introduce the crowd to different kinds of pub music and pub culture…http://www.myspace.com/paddyrats




01 – Bastards Back Home 
02 – The Edge Of Life 
03 – The Captain’s Dead 
04 – Paddy And The Rats 
05 – Wasted Time 
06 – Drunken Tuesday 
07 – Celebrate 
08 – Ghost From The Barrow 
09 – I Always See You 
10 – Red River Prince 
11 – Let’s Go, Johnny! 
12 – Scums of the Seven Seas 
13 – Here We Go 
14 – We Are One 


DESCARGA

Clannad - Atlantic Realm [Irlanda]

Atlantic Realm is the eleventh album by Irish folk group Clannad, released in 1988. It is the soundtrack to the BBC television series The Natural World: Atlantic Realm, a documentary about the Atlantic Ocean.



Ciarán Brennan - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals
Máire Brennan - Harp, Vocals
Paul Brennan - Flute, Guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals
Noel Duggan - Guitar, Vocals
Pat Duggan - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals

1 - Atlantic Realm
2 - Predator
3 - Moving Thru
4 - The Berbers
5 - Signs of Life
6 - In Flight
7 - Ocean of Light
8 - Drifting
9 - Under Neptune's Cape
10 - Voyager
11 - Primeval Sun
12 - Child of the Sea
13 - The Kirk Pride

Atlantic Realm

Seamus Egan - When Juniper Sleeps [Irlanda]

Séamus Egan was born in Hatboro, Pennsylvania to Irish émigrés Mike and Ann Egan. At the age of three his parents moved the family back home to County Mayo, Ireland.
He learned accordion from Martin Donaghue. He saw Matt Molloy and James Galway on television and suddenly decided to take up the Irish flute. Seamus won the all-Ireland championship on four different instruments by the time he was 14.
Later work

When Mick Moloney founded Green Fields of America in 1977, Seamus joined up and took lessons from Mick on the banjo. Two years later he returned to Ireland and won the All-Ireland championship on banjo and mandolin[citation needed]. In 1985 he recorded a solo album Traditional Music Of Ireland.

In 1992 he joined Susan McKeown's band The Chanting House and appeared on a live album with them. Eileen Ivers was also a member of the band. In 1994 he founded Solas and has been on every one of their albums. In 1995 he recorded music for the quirky low-budget film The Brothers McMullen, directed by Edward Burns. He also co-wrote the hit "I Will Remember You" with Sarah McLachlan.

Egan is also the producer for Solas and has worked as producer for other artists, including American singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Egan



Seamus Egan (nylon string guitar, tenor banjo, flute, uileann pipes, low whistle, tin whistle, bodhran)
Michael Aharon (acoustic & electric guitars, cello, piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, electric bass, percussion)
Zan McLeod (acoustic guitar, bouzouki)
John Doyle (acoustic guitar)
Winifred Horan (violin, fiddle)
John Williams (button accordion)
Lindsay Horner (acoustic bass)
Chico Huff (fretless, four- & six-string electric basses)
Daryl Burgee (drums, percussion)
Steve Holloway (drums)
Ron Crawford (drums, percussion)
John Anthony (percussion, cymbals).

1. The Winding Hills (4:52)
2. Weep Not For The Memories (5:03)
3. Masons Apron/My Love Is In America (5:59)
4. The Lark (3:48)
5. Mick O'Connor's (4:54)
6. Along The Way (4:32)
7. When Juniper Sleeps (4:57)
8. Faubert's Lilt (4:41)
9. Farewell To Glasgow (4:08)
10. To An Old Rose (4:25)
11. When Last We Met (3:23)
12. The Czar Of Munster (3:53)
13. Lullaby (3:25)

When Juniper Sleeps

Sharon Shannon - Each Little Thing [Irlanda]

Exuberante, alegre, optimista ... la música vibrante y vital de la irlandésa virtuosa del acordeón Shannon Sharon nos presenta Each Little Thing uno de los sus albums más aventureros hasta la fecha fué grabado despues de su aclamado Out the Gap. Cada tema lleva a Sharon aún más lejos en su proceso alquimico de la tradición celta. Un tango, vals, una canción chilena, e incluso un tema de Fleetwood Mac y una canción de Grace Jones tratadas con una sensibilidad musical única, entremezclando su acordeón con acompañamiento contemporáneo.
Producido por Donal Lunny, además de otros invitados como el legendario Tommy Peoples, Stephen Cooney, John McSherry, y una invitada la cantante Kirsty MacColl. Siempre firmemente arraigada en la tradición, Sharon se ha convertido en una visionaria e innovadora, absorbiendo, el sondeo, la exploración y el uso de sus raíces como plataforma de lanzamiento para una música brillante y muy personal.

Sharon Shannon (fiddle, accordion)
Kirsty MacColl (vocals, background vocals)
Dónal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, keyboards, bodhran, percussion)
Steve Cooney (guitar, didjeridu)
Frankie Lane (dobro)
Barry Carroll (hammer dulcimer)
Mary Shannon (mandolin)
Michelle O'Brien, Mary Custy, Tommy Peoples (fiddle)
Adele O'Dwyer (cello)
McSherry (pipe)
Graham Henderson (piano)
Trevor Hutchinson (double bass)
Ray Fean (drums)
Oisin Lunny (programming)



 Each Little Thing

Kate Price - THE ISLE OF DREAMING [EUA] 2000

Subido por Guayacas (actualizado).

Katie Price es a menudo comparada con Loreena McKennit, Pero ella conserva un sonido característico que no podría estar compuesto por nadie mas, Kate toca maravillosamente el Hammer Dulcimer y el piano y sus melodias respaldadas por el Bodhran y la cadencia del acordeón.

Su voz dulce se mezcla bien con los instrumentos para crear ricas baladas y magnificas piezas instrumentales.

The isle of dreaming

Lo que Kate comenzó en Deep Hearts Core, lo completó con The isle of dreaming, pero esta vez con una influencia indo-persa superpuesta a la base celta. Se trata de una grabación exquisita y polifacética de gran profundidad y ternura, y que sólo se pone mejor con la escucha repetida. Esta grabación está dedicada a Leo, el hermano de Kate, cuyo amor y apoyo fue un pilar de fortaleza para Kate a lo largo de su vida. Él murió de complicaciones de la diabetes en 1998. También co-producido por Teja Bell, este disco logró fusionar diversas influencias musicales en una visión coherente y ejemplar.

Músicos:

Kate Price -- Vocals, Hammered Dulcimer, Hummel, Harmonium
Teja Bell -- Classical Steel String, 12 String & Bass Guitars, Keyboards, Electric Sitar
Ian Dogole -- Handrums, Udu, Dumbek, Cymbals
Doug Harman -- Cello Hans
Christian -- Nickelharpa, Sarongi
Paul McCandless -- Oboe, English Horn, Penny Whistle, Saxophone
Spencer Brewer -- Piano
Chris Caswell (C2) -- Irish Flute, Penny Whistle (on Beloved)
Bonnie Barnum (B2) -- Celtic Harp
Habib Khan -- Sitar
Ben Mawhorter -- Tabla
Zahar Hayati -- Zylis
James Asher -- Shaker

Fuente

Pistas:

01. The isle of dreaming (7:34)

02. Andalusia (6:17)

03. Voices of my people (10:04)

04. The Phoenix (5:42)

05. Kate counts eight (5:52)

06. Sea of silence (5:40)

07. Mystic warrior (5:25)

08. Planxty Almblade-Cruso (4:16)

09. Beloved (5:32)

THE ISLE OF DREAMING
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Silly Wizard - Wild And Beautiful [Escocia]

Producido por el renombrado compositor Archie Fisher ("La Bruja de Westmoreland"), este álbum presenta Silly Wizard haciendo canciones contemporáneas construidas sobre temas tradicionales. La mezcla de canciones originales y los temas tradicionales unidos son convincentes en todas partes, y las canciones contemporáneas tienen la sensación de haber sido escritas hace siglos. Un magnífico Andy M.Stewart en una version diferente de la canción, "If I Was A Blackbird" abre el disco, y la música se hace más hermosa a partir de ahí. "The Pearl", escrita por Phil Cunningham en honor al 30 aniversario de sus padres puede ser uno de los más bellos temas instrumentales jamás compuesta por un grupo de folk moderno. La producción de Archie Fisher y la grabación también dan una imagen maravillosa del timbre distintivo de cada instrumento. ~ Bruce Eder

1. If I Was A Blackbird
2. Pipe Major Donald Campbell / Orphan, The / Kestrel, The / Come Up Alang (Jigs)
3. The Pearl
4. Fishermen's Song, The / Lament For The Fisherman's Wife
5. Hame, Hame, Hame / Tha Mi Sgith (Slow Air)
6. Tha Mi Sgith (Stathspey) / Eck Stewart's March / MacKenzie's Fancy (March)
7. Miss Patricia Meagher
8. A.B. Corsie (The Lad From Orkney) / Ril Bheara / Richard Dwyer's (Reels)



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Patrick Ball - Secret Isles - 1985 [Irlanda]

Celtic Harp Volume III
Creo que es el mejor álbum de Ball: años de giras y grabaciones le hicieron estar completamente a gusto con su instrumento (sus álbumes anteriores tienen algunas asperezas), y la selección de las canciones en su mayoría desconocidas es excelente. Los arreglos son atractivos y variados como para mantener el interés del oyente, y las actuaciones son magistrales sin mancha. Y, como siempre, el arpa de alambre nerviosa tiene una claridad y franqueza que transforma todo lo que se toca en élla. Todos los álbumes de Patrick Ball son buenos, pero este se acerca a la perfeccion.
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1. Planxty Burke / Bumper Squire Jones 4:30
2. Carrickfergus 3:40
3. Susie McGuire / Briget Geary 4:24
4. Lord Inchiquin 4:11
5. Carolan's Favorite Jig 3:13
6. Song of the Water Kelpie / The Sheep Under the Snow 5:23
7. Planxty Irwin 3:25
8. The Foggy Dew 3:44
9. Squire Wood's Lamentation 4:58
10. Carolan's Concerto 3:38
11. Elanor Plunkett 4:02
12. Dark Woman of the Glen 5:01



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Patrick Ball - The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan - 1983 [Irlanda]

El arpa que utiliza Patrick Ball está fabricada según la antiguas tradiciones irlandesas. Sus cuerdas metálicas se tocan con las técnicas que trasmitieron los trovadores a través de los siglos... Patrick Ball, inspirado en el arpista del siglo XVIII Turlough O´Carolan nos ofrece 17 piezas instrumentales, de los cuales todas menos dos fueron compuestas por Turlough O'Carolan ... La música de O'Carolan combina la riqueza de las influencias del barroco italiano con el encanto de la cadenciosa música de su Irlanda natal.
http://www.patrickball.com/

1. Carolan's Quarrel With The Landlady 2:33
2. Maurice O'Connor 1:37
3. Blind Mary 3:38
4. Carolan's Receipt For Drinking 2:56
5. Carolan's Ramble To Cashel 2:47
6. Carolan's Welcome 3:23
7. Young William Plunkett 2:27
8. George Brabazon 1:42
9. Lady Athenry / Fanny Poer 4:40
10. Give Me Your Hand 2:31
11. Lady Maxwell 0:55
12. Dermott O'Dowd / The Queen's Dream (Traditional) 3:21
13. Mrs. Judge 2:05
14. Carolan's Farewell To Music 5:00
15. Sheebeg Sheemore 3:04

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