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Sharon Shannon (accordion) and Frankie Gavin (fiddle and flute) are two of Ireland’s most famous traditional musicians and on this album they perform with Michael McGoldrick and Kerry guitarist Jim Murray. The talented quartet teamed up for the album Tunes, from which the track here is taken. The foursome Patrick Street have been at the forefront of the Irish trad scene for almost twenty-five years and the song featured here, ‘The Rich Irish Lady’, was originally released by Peggy Seeger in the 1950s. One of the most innovative and provocative voices in Irish traditional and folk music, Karan Casey was a founder member of the influential band Solas and a key member of Paul Winter’s Grammy award-winning Celtic Solstice. The song here is from her 2008 solo album Ships In The Forest, which can be explored further on the bonus CD.
Seamie O’Dowd is a remarkable multi-instrumentalist and singer. He first made a name for himself with the band Dervish and the song here is taken from his only solo album, 2006’s Headful Of Echoes. Both Éamon Doorley (fiddle, bouzouki, mandola) and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (vocals, flute, whistle) were members of the highly successful band Danú. On this album they link up with singer Julie Fowlis (2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year) and her Scottish-compatriot guitarist Ross Martin on the beautiful ‘Beauty Deas An Oileáin’. Cara Dillon’s captivating vocals are featured on the love song, ‘Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór’, which is from her latest album Hill Of Thieves. In the 1990s she was part of the band Equation with Kate Rusby and the well-known Lakeman brothers.
Based in south Tipperary, Rattle The Boards isn’t so much a gigging band as an occasional venture into mutual musical pleasure with mates. Accordionist Benny McCarthy (of Danú) is central to the venture and the song here, taken from the 2008 album The Parish Platform is a well-known comedic ditty. Voted Young Musician of the Year by the Irish-language TV channel TG4 in 2008, Martin Tourish plays the piano accordion and the track here comes from his debut album, Clan Rannald, recorded in 2005 with the Co. Cavan-born bouzouki player Luke Ward. Seán Tyrrell is one of Ireland’s finest song interpreters and ‘The Rising Of The Moon’, a Republican ballad oft associated with The Clancy Brothers, is given new life here thanks to his vibrant baritone and Davy Spillane’s atmospheric whistle.
Bonus Artist Album by Karan Casey: Ships In The Forest
Karan Casey has long been one of the most innovative and provocative voices in Irish traditional and folk music. Her career has spanned over twenty years, from the early days as a jazz performer in Dublin to her heady days in New York with the band Solas to her now blossoming solo career. She hastoured widely across North America and Europe and has been nominated for the BBC Folk Awards, the Danish Grammys and was a key member of Paul Winter's Grammy-award-winning Celtic Solstice. Produced by Donald Shaw, Ships In The Forest is her 2008 fifth solo album and focuses largely on the traditional repertoire.
Track listing:
Disc: 1 ROUGH GUIDE TO IRISH FOLK (Second Edition)
1. Crooked Jack - Seamie O’Dowd
2. Pota Mór Fataí - Róisín Elsafty
3. Yellow Barber/Gold Rush - Nollaig Casey / Arty McGlynn / Chris Newman,
4. Rich Irish Lady - Patrick Street
5. Tripin' - Martin Tourish / Luke Ward
6. Town of Athlone - Karan Casey
7. Flower of Kilkenny - Robbie O'Connell
8. Dan Murphy's/Tom Barrett's/Tarmon's Cross/Upperchurch Polka - Four Men & a Dog
9. Beauty Deas an Oileáin - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh / Julie Fowlis,
10. Spoons Murder - Con Ó Driscoeoil
11. Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór - Cara Dillon
12. Elizabeth Kelly's Favourite/Follow Me Down to Limerick [Slip Jigs] - Steve Cooney / Catherine McEvoy
13. Men That God Made Mad/L'Entrada de l'Angustura - Graham Dunne / Niamh Parsons
14. High Road to Linton/The Humours of Newcastle - Brendan Hendry / Paul McSherry,
15. St Patrick Was a Gentleman - Rattle the Boards
16. Lochaber Badger/The Road to Corrandulla – Sharon Shannon / Frankie Gavin / Michael McGoldrick
17. Rising of the Moon - Seán Tyrrell
18. [CD-Rom Track]
Disc: 2 KAREN CASEY: Ships in the Forest
1. Love Is Pleasing
2. Dunlavin Green
3. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
4. Black Is the Colour
5. Town of Athlone
6. Maidin Luan Chincíse
7. Fiddle and the Drum
8. Erin's Lovely Home
9. Ae Fond Kiss
10. I Once Loved a Lass
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