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Forty-two of Ireland's finest traditional musicians, recorded in concert 2003-2007
MASTERS OF TRADITION is a double CD featuring many of the country’s finest musicians - Martin Hayes, Denis Cahill, Donal Lunny, Frank Harte, Tony McMahon, Mary McNamara, Peadar O’Loughlin . . . it is impossible to list all of the greats on this one collection from RTÉ lyric fm.
The force exerted by the past on the present – a definition of the word ‘tradition’ taken from Webster’s dictionary and, in the context of traditional music, a powerful and pithy analysis of the strength and potency of this magnificent art.
The Masters of Tradition Festival is all about acknowledging this force: the music is allowed to declare itself purely and proudly in the glorious acoustic of the Library in Bantry House, West Cork. Since the Festival began it has been recorded for broadcast by RTÉ lyric fm and thirty-one of the highlights from the festival have been selected for the MASTERS OF TRADITION double CD. Two of the musicians featured on this collection are no longer with us – Frank Harte and Kitty Hayes – and it is truly an honour to be able to include them in this collection, an outstanding document of some nights of extraordinary music-making.
Track listing:
CD 1
March/ Hornpipe/ Reel: The Deer’s March/ The Sports of Listowel/ Trim the Velvet 3.44
Catherine McEvoy, flute
March/ Reel: The Battle of Aughrim/ Joe Bane’s 3.08
Mary McNamara, concertina, Dennis Cahill, guitar
Song: The Lambeg Drummer 4.06
Frank Harte, vocal, Dónal Lunny, guitar
Air: The Wounded Hussar 5.32
Tony MacMahon, accordion
Reels: The Bloom of Youth/ Big Pat's 3.12
Oisín Mac Diarmada, fiddle
Reel: The Blackbird 2.42
Eoghan O’Sullivan, accordion, Martin Hayes, fiddle, Stephen Cooney, guitar
Song: Ceol an Phíobaire (The Piper’s Song) 4.17
Anna & Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, vocals
Air: Caoineadh Uí Néill (O’Neill’s Lament) 5.00
Ronan Browne, uilleann pipes
Jigs: Wallop the spot/ I buried my wife and danced on top of her 3.01
Nollaig Casey, fiddle, Arty McGlynn, guitar
Slip Jigs: Kid on the Mountain / O’Farrell’s Welcome to Limerick 4.52
Mick Kinsella, harmonica, Seamie O’Dowd, fiddle
Air/ Hornpipe: The Wicklow Way/ Sue’s Hornpipe /The Last Train 6.19
Cormac Breatnach, Susato low whistle, Martin Dunlea, guitar
Song: Shíl Mé Fhéin (I Felt Safe) 2.35
Mairéad Ní Dhomhnaill, vocal, Dónal Lunny, bouzouki
Reels: Niamh’s Capers/ The Heather Breeze/ The Moving Cloud 5.51
Gerry O’Connor, banjo
Song: Róisín Dubh (Little Dark Rose) 10.15
John Flanagan, vocal
CD 2
Jigs: Boys of Tanderagee/ Willie Coleman’s/ The Maid in the Green 3.34
Kitty Hayes, concertina, Eoin O’Neill, bouzouki
Reels: Unknown No.57/ Strop the Razor 4.24
Mick O’Brien, uilleann pipes, Caomhín Ó Raghaillaigh, fiddle
Hornpipes: Mrs. Casey’s Hornpipe / John Egan’s /Up to her knees in sand 4.35
Kevin Crawford, tin-whistle, Stephen Cooney, guitar
Song: My heart’s tonight in Ireland 4.25
Andy Irvine, vocal, bouzouki
Reels: The Reconciliation/ The Plough and the Stars/ The Green Mountain 4.05
Máirtín O’Connor, box, Cathal Haydn, fiddle, Stephen Cooney, guitar
5. Reels: Fair Haired Molly / The Green Gowned Lass 2.22
Martin Hayes, fiddle
Song: Táim curtha ó bheith im’ aonair im’ luí (I’m weary of lying alone) 4.01
Iarla Ó Lionáird, vocal
Jigs: Humours of Drinagh/ Trip to Athlone 3.37
Tony MacMahon, accordion, Steve Cooney, guitar
Reels: Paddy Fahy’s/ The Yellow Tinker 3.27
Seamie O’Dowd, bouzouki, Mick Kinsella, harmonica, Josephine Marsh, accordion
Air/Hornpipe: Noirín mo Mhian (Nora of my Dreams)/ Caisleán an Óir (The Golden Castle) 3.06
Seán McKiernan, whistle
Song: A Bhríde Bheag Chróin (My Little Auburn-Haired Bridget) 3.07
Máire Ní Chéileachair, vocal
Slides: The Toormore / The Gneeveguilla / The Gleanntán Frolics 3.58
Matt Cranitch, fiddle, Séamus Creagh, fiddle
Jig: The Humours of Glynn 3.13
Brian McNamara, pipes
Jig/ Reel: The Chapel Bell/ Paddy Ryan’s Dream 3.02
Seán Smyth, fiddle
Reels: Jenny's Wedding/ The High Road to Galway 3.50
Ronan Browne, uilleann pipes, Peadar O’Loughlin, fiddle
Polkas: The Newmarket / Tom Billy’s 3.37
Jackie Daly, accordion
Reels: Nearly Blue/ Round Midday 4.54
Emer Mayock, flute, Cormac Breatnach, Susato low whistle, Donal Siggins, guitar
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