Clannad - Nadur

Nadur is Clannad's first album of new material since 1998's Grammy winning Landmarks, and features the full original line-up - siblings Moya, Ciaran and Pol Brennan, and their twin uncles Noel and Padraig Duggan - back together on record for the first time since the 1989 album Past Present. It is a fitting title for the coming together of this legendary Celtic family band; Nadur is the Gaelic word for Nature.

Indeed, Nadur is a very natural progression to the Clannad sound, which since the 70s, has been to fuse the traditional with the modern, the past and the future, with stunningly beautiful results. Nadur marks a forty year recording career which has seen such hits as 'Theme From Harry's Game', 'In A Lifetime', 'I Will Find You' and the soundtrack to the 'Robin of Sherwood' TV series.

'Not since Sean O Riada gave birth to the nation has there been such a unique talent to remind us of who we are, who we were and who we can be, ancient and modern at the same time. Clannad, we owe you.' - Bono


http://www.clannad.ie/



1.Vellum (4:47)
2.Rhapsody na gCrann (3:12)
3.TransAtlantic (3:57)
4.Turas Dhуmhsa chon na Galldachd (3:02)
5.Brave Enough (4:12)
6.The Fishing Blues (3:19)
7.Lбmh ar Lбmh (3:43)
8.Tobar an tSaoil (3:33)
9.The Song in your Heart (3:37)
10.A Quiet Town (3:15)
11.Hymn (To Her Love) (4:49)
12.Setanta (4:30)
13.Citн na gCumann (4:55)
14.River of Dreams (4:02)

Clannad - Christ Church Cathedral - 2013

Si alguien quiere conocer el porqué de la importancia de la familiar banda Clannad, sobre todo en su Irlanda natal, este disco puede ser un artefacto idóneo para ello. La banda favorita del líder de U2, Bono (con quien han trabajado en más de una ocasión) son una institución de la música irlandesa y celta en general, además de haber sido artífices de su mezcla con la controvertida new age. El caso es que aquí se han reunido los cinco miembros originales de la formación, cosa que no sucedía desde hace más de 20 años y han tocado junto a importantes invitados en la Christ Church Cathedral de Dublín. Además han reunido en 75 minutos todo su repertorio fundamental que está plagado de deliciosas adaptaciones a su estilo de populares temas tradicionales. Hasta 12 aparecen en este trabajo con especial mención para la paz total y la flauta de la inicial “Thíos Chois Na Trá Domh” o las voces a capella de “Dtigeas A Damsha”. La armónica destaca en “Crann Úll” y la flauta, de nuevo, en el bucólico instrumental “Eleanor Plunkett”.
La mayoría de temas compuestos por ellos los firma Ciarán Brennan. Es el caso de las apacibles acústicas y voces que trufan “Newgrange”. La flauta con ambientes casi a lo Jethro Tull se sale en la extensa “Dúlamán” que también recuerda a los más reposados Gwendal. Entre los numerosos invitados especiales destaca Brian Kennedy en “In A Lifetime”, uno de sus más sonados éxitos. También están presentes otros triunfos comerciales como un medley de la serie de televisión “Robin Of Sherwood”, “I Will Find You” (de la película “El último Mohicano”) o “Theme From A Harry’s Game”.
En toda esta tanda de canciones les acompaña el multitudinario grupo vocal Anúna, aquí con 14 voces más el gran solista Eunan McDonald que también brilla junto a Kennedy en “In A Lifetime”. También íntimo y henchidos de emoción suenan en la adaptación del poema de W.B. Yeats, “Down By The Sally Gardens”. El final con la tradicional “Teidhir Abhaile Riú” es otra apacible gozada. Esta grabación aparece ahora pero el concierto tuvo lugar hace dos años.
 http://www.paisajeselectricos.com/2013/03/17/clannad-christ-church-cathedral/
Recorded 29th January 2011 at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland

Martin Hayes - Under the Moon

Martin returned to County Clare to record Under the Moon, gaining the accompaniment of his father, famed fiddler P.J. Hayes, and guitarist Steve Cooney. He is also joined by his American musical partners, accordion virtuoso John Williams and Portland guitarist/fiddler Randal Bays. This album contains all the spirit and eloquence of his eponymous debut and adds even more passion. No one can get inside a tune--be it barndance, jig or reel--like Martin Hayes. Under the Moon is an album that stirs the heart and electrifies the mind! 1995
http://www.martinhayes.com/albums.htm

The Irish Rovers - Drunken Sailor

The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover." The group is best known for their international television series, contributing to the popularization of Irish Music in North America, and for the songs "The Unicorn," "Wasn't That A Party," "The Orange and the Green," "Whiskey on a Sunday," "Lily The Pink," and "The Black Velvet Band."
The primary voices heard in the group's early songs were Will Millar (tenor), Jimmy Ferguson (baritone), George Millar and Joe Millar, and in the last twenty years, also John Reynolds and Ian Millar.
All of the band members are from Ireland. Founding member George Millar and his cousin Ian are both from Ballymena, long-time group member Wilcil McDowell is from Larne, Sean O'Driscoll from Cork, with John Reynolds and percussionist Fred Graham both from Belfast rounding out the lineup.
The Irish Rovers have represented Canada at five World Expos.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_Rovers

01 - Drunken Sailor [00:02:56] 
02 - Whores & Hounds [00:03:46] 
03 - Cruisin' Round Yarmouth [00:02:21] 
04 - Good Luck To The Barleymow [00:02:36] 
05 - Sweet Anne [00:04:43] 
06 - All For Me Grog [00:02:52] 
07 - Trust In Drink [00:02:29] 
08 - The Jolly Roving Tar [00:02:28] 
09 - Good Ship Rover [00:03:48] 
10 - Dear Ould Ireland [00:03:08] 
11 - Across The Western Sea [00:02:34] 
12 - Pleasant And Delightful [00:03:14] 
13 - Nearer My God To Thee (Intro) - The Titanic [00:06:35] 
14 - The Dublin Pub Crawl [00:04:28]

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).


 

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

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

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

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

KILA-Tog E Go Bog E

Kíla es un grupo de música tradicional irlandesa. Los componentes originales de la banda fueron Eoin Dillon; gaita irlandesa, Colm Mac Con Iomaire; violín, Rossa Ó Snodaigh; flauta irlandesa, Rónán Ó Snodaigh; Bodhrán, Karl Odlum; bajo, Dave Odlum guitarra.

Kila se formó en 1987 en el instituto en lengua irlandesa Coláiste Eoin en Dublín. Colm O' Snodaigh se unió a la banda en 1988 para el primer festival de Kíla, que tuvo lugar en Alemania. En 1991 Colm Mac Con Iomaire y Dave Odlum dejaron el grupo para unirse a la banda de rock irlandesa 'The Frames'. En el mismo año, Dee Armstrong se unió a Kíla como sustituto de Colm Mac Con Iomaire y Eoin O'Brien reemplazó a Dave Odlum.


1. Gwerzy
2. On Taobh Tuathail Amach
3. Rusty Nails
4. Oh To Kiss Katie
5. Tog E Go Bog E
6. Jasmine
7. The Seige Of Carrickfinn International Airport
8. Dusty Wine Bottle
9. Bi Ann
10. Leanfaidh Me
11. Crann Na Bpingini
12. Double Knuckle Shuffle
13. Ril A Do
14. Tip Toe
 
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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

Mary Black-Stories from The Steeples

This is the first studio recording from Mary Black in six years, and it's a collection that demonstrates an artist in full command of her bewitching vocal prowess. Throughout an impressive career, Mary has consistently demonstrated impeccable taste in her choice of material, and the evidence presented here suggests that her ear for seeking out songs of utmost grace and beauty is as keen as ever. With a voice that has only gained in depth and resonance over the years, Mary brings her trademark warmth and sincerity, casting light and shade amongst the lyrics to create her own personal space amongst the words of carefully chosen songwriters. Never one to rest on her laurels, we're gifted songs from familiar friends such as Shane Howard, Eric Bogle and Julie Matthews, alongside burgeoning writing talents, including Danny O'Reilly and Ricky Lynch.

Sharing the stage with a number of guests, Stories From The Steeples contains three duets: the beguiling "Lighthouse Light" features Janis Ian in a perfectly balanced performance that whets the appetite for further exploration of this winsome partnership; the robust, soulful voice of Imelda May joins Mary on an affirmative song of place and belonging, "Mountains To The Sea"; and the playful "Walking With My Love" finds Mary exchanging lines with the legendary Finbar Furey. All three performances are notable for their palpable sense of modesty and mutual admiration.

Two stand-out tracks come from particularly close to home, being written by Mary's son, Danny O'Reilly. "Faith In Fate" paints a stark contrast between the sheer despair of a broken relationship with a determined hopefulness to move on and patch things up. Managing to be simultaneously bleak and uplifting with its heady infusion of hurt and devoted affection, it's a song that plays to all the strengths of Mary's typically emotion-wrought interpretation. Offering a similar cocktail of emotions, "Wizard of Oz" is a mournful reflection on the search for strength and happiness, underpinned by a dreamy string arrangement over which Mary lays her heartwarming vocals.

Fulfilling the role of storyteller, Mary excels in bringing lifelike colour to the characters of "Marguerite And The Gambler," a Ricky Lynch song that recounts the familiar tale of many a traditional folk ballad, with its gamblers, true love, misguided familial intervention, heartbreak and devastation. Those purchasing the extended version of the album are handsomely rewarded with an exquisite reading of Chris Woods' "One In A Million," a story of true love that takes the mundanities of life and turns it in to utter magic, and proving beyond any doubt that Mary remains a song's best friend.

Paul Kelly's "They Thought I Was Asleep" benefits from a tender reading, cloaked in Mary's trademark warmth, depicting the torment of a child inadvertently witnessing from the back seat of a car, the emotional breakdown of his parents' relationship. Equally devastating, though of more epic proportions, Eric Bogle's "All the Fine Young Men" is made all the more disarming, thanks to the sheer reverence with which Mary furnishes this stark, anti-war anthem.

With a little less polish than some of her earlier releases, Stories From The Steeples steps forward as an intimate, unpretentious collection, bathed in a soft but radiant glow of effortlessness and wholehearted integrity. Time will tell, but Stories From The Steeples may well prove to be Mary's best yet.

ENLACES DE INTERES
http://www.mary-black.net/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Black
 






http://www.youtube.com/artist/Mary_Black?feature=watch_video_title

01 – Marguerite And The Gambler
02 – The Night Was Dark And Deep
03 – Mountains To The Sea (ft. Imelda May)
04 – Faith In Fate
05 – Steady Breathing
06 – Walking With My Love (ft. Finbar Furey)
07 – All The Fine Young Men
08 – The Night Is On Our Side
09 – Lighthouse Light (ft. Janis Ian)
10 – Wizard Of Oz
11 – One True Place
12 – Fifi The Flea

[DESCARGA]

Mary Black - Stories from the Steeples

For the last quarter-century, singer Mary Black has been a dominant presence in Irish music, both at home and abroad. She has shared stages, tv shows and recording studios with some of the most revered performers of her time. She has also played a frontline role in bringing Irish music, past and present, to an increasingly appreciative and ever-growing global audience. The San Francisco Chronicle has described her as "One of the best interpretative singers around".

At a time when less adventurous performers preferred to stick exclusively to the well-worn ballads from Ireland’s rich music heritage and the more obvious hits from contemporary writers, Mary explored the best work available from new composers and mined the rich seams they offered. That commitment to fresh material, combined with her unique interpretations of the songs she chooses, saw her release numerous albums that achieved platinum sales status and spawned countless hits. Indeed, one of Mary’s albums - No Frontiers - spent more than a year in the Irish Top 30!

To the acclaim and awards Mary has received over the years from both the public and the critics must also be added the esteem she has generated from her fellow artists. Indeed, many of them have recorded and performed live with her, including Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Joan Baez and Van Morrison, not to mention a host of Irish traditional musicians and singers. Along the way she has also recorded and performed with her siblings in The Black Family and with her highly successful sister Frances.

Coming from an intensely musical family, with her mother a fine singer and her father an entertaining fiddle player, Mary first came to the music public’s attention in the late ‘70s as a member of the group General Humbert with whom she recorded and toured. In 1983 she teamed up with guitarist/producer Declan Sinnott (later to become Christy Moore’s musical sidekick) and released her eponymously-named debut solo album. It reached No. 4 in the Irish Charts and is ranked among the best Irish albums of the early 1980's. It won her the Irish Independent Arts Award for Music, the first in a staggering sequence of awards that continue to come her way.SEGUIR LEYENDO

ENLACES DE INTERES
http://www.mary-black.net/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Black

TRACKS
01. Mary Black - Marguerite And The Gambler (4:23)
02. Mary Black - The Night Was Dark And Deep (3:51)
03. Mary Black - Mountains To The Sea (With Imelda May) (4:54)
04. Mary Black - Faith In Fate (4:19)
05. Mary Black - Steady Breathing (3:44)
06. Mary Black - Walking With My Love (With Finbar Furey) (3:32)
07. Mary Black - All The Fine Young Men (4:12)
08. Mary Black - The Night Is On Our Side (3:46)
09. Mary Black - Lighthouse Light (With Janis Ian) (3:59)
10. Mary Black - Wizard Of Oz (4:20)
11. Mary Black - One True Place (5:16)
12. Mary Black - Fifi The Flea (2:42)

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Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham - Roads Not Travelled

ACTUALIZADO!!
Otra maravillosa colección de canciones de Aly y Phil. Una vez más la brillantez de este dúo se nota en todo el CD. Nuevas composiciones de Phil como la belleza The Gentle Light that Wakes Me
y el tema A Bright Star in Cepheus que fue escrito en memoria del hermano de Phil, Johnny Cunningham.



Aly Bain - fiddle
Phil Cunningham - accordions, whistles, mandolin, piano, cittern, keyboards.
Anna Massie - Acoustic guitars
Martin O'Neil - bodhran.

1. The Bluejay, Scott MacMillan's Nightmare, Manus Lunny's Plower Pop (The Para Handy Theme)
2. Rockin' The Baby To Sleep; Frank McConnell's Three Step
3. The Gentle Light That Wakes Me
4. Dr. Donaldson; The Anvil
5. A Journey Just Begun
6. The Dundas Stumble; Crombie's Hornpipe
7. French Canadian Waltz; The Fernie's Waltz
8. A Bright Star In Cepheus
9. Major Manson's Farewell To Clachantrusheal; The Shinty Referee
10. Nil Desperandum; Lord Saltoun's Reel

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham - Roads Not Travelled