Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Accordion and piano music]]> Higgins, Mary]]> Lynch, Tara (accordion)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano, keyboards) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Lynch, Tara ]]> Connolly, Séamus]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Moloney, Eddie]]> The Roche Collection, but I first heard it played by Eddie Moloney from Ballinakill, County Galway. Eddie, Tommy Mulhaire, and his son Brendan were among those who travelled on a number of occasions in the 1960s with Mulhaire's Céilí Band to perform in different towns around County Kerry. These performances were part of a series of concerts and music weekends organised by Diarmuid Ó Catháin, who was later to become president of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. I was thrilled when Joanie Madden, daughter of yet another Galway musician, Joe Madden, recorded the tune for me. Thanks, Joanie – keep up the great work that you and Cherish the Ladies do. We cherish you! Sláinte to you all!]]> Madden, Joanie (flute) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Accordion and piano music]]> Lynch, Tara (accordion)]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano, keyboards) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Lynch, Tara ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Conroy, Jim]]> Coen, Jack 49114583]]> Madden, Joanie (flute) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Moloney, Eddie]]> Madden, Joanie (flute) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Penny whistle music]]> Madden, Joanie, 38423903]]> Madden, Joanie (whistle) (composer) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (guitar) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Hornpipes]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Connolly, Séamus 33682623]]> Murdoch, Matilda]]> Murdoch, Matilda (fiddle) (composer)]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Murdoch, Matilda]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Barndances]]> Caples, Billy]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> McElroy, Kevin (banjo) 70994386]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Rabata, Nicole ]]> Connolly, Séamus]]> McElroy, Kevin]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk music--Ireland]]> Folk songs, Irish--Ireland]]> Mulqueen, Ann 21766115]]> Mo Ghrása Thall na Déise. The English translation of the lyrics is provided courtesy of Tomás Ó Ceilleachair.]]> Mulqueen, Ann (vocals) 21766115]]> Donohue, Gabriel (keyboards) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Mulqueen, Ann ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> McDonnell-Garvey, Máire 4192187]]> Keegan, Josephine (fiddle) (composer) 72741909]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Keegan, Josephine ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Penny whistle music]]> Gavin, Larry]]> Madden, Joanie (whistle) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (bouzouki) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Planxties]]>
In the 1980s, as part of a musical delegation to Washington, D.C., representing the State of Massachusetts, I had the honour of visiting the Old Post Office and hearing the bells ring. When in full peal, the bells can take up to three and a half hours to complete their continuous performance. However, my composition on this track takes only a few minutes. I am joined by Gabriel Donohue on guitar.]]>
Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) (composer) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (guitar) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Connolly, Séamus]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> McGann, John 275956837]]>
A more complete version of the tune is heard on this track, with my good friends the late John McGann playing guitar and Gabriel Donohue on keyboard. John was very involved with the transcription of the tunes for this project but, alas, he left us too soon. So in John's memory, perhaps 'Remembering Curly Remembering John McGann' might be a perfect title for this tune. Thanks, John, for all the music, stories, laughs, and friendship.]]>
Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) (composer) 33682623]]> McGann, John (guitar) 275956837]]> Donohue, Gabriel (keyboards) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Connolly, Séamus]]> McGann, John]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Set dances]]> Redican, Larry]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Connolly, Séamus]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Keane, Edward Thomas]]> Polo, Cynthia Keane]]>
'My first attempt at Irish fiddle playing was at a music camp in 2008, a violin novice, where I had the opportunity to learn from Séamus Connolly. He suggested that I could create a tune if I thought about a meaningful event. The tune played here by Séamus was my first attempt at composing music. It is in waltz time, and I wrote it in memory of my father, Edward Thomas Keane. As a young child, we would waltz across the living room, me riding on his feet. In later years there were father–daughter dinner dances and the dance at my wedding. We had our last waltz in 2001, the weekend before he died in the World Trade Tower on September 11th.']]>
Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Polo, Cynthia Keane (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Connolly, Séamus]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> Polo, Cynthia Keane]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Gavin, Larry]]> O'Neill's 1001. I temporarily mislaid the recording Joanie made for me, so the tune almost didn't make it into this collection. I'm glad I found it, Joanie. Great playing!]]> Madden, Joanie (flute) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (guitar) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Bridgman, Randy]]> Polo, Cynthia Keane]]>
'What else to do while the power is out in the middle of a hurricane? Fiddle and fiddle! I composed this tune as Hurricane Irene battered eastern North Carolina in 2011. The hurricane did not travel as expected. Its unusual pattern of travel was described as crooked. The tune too is crooked in the style of some Canadian fiddle tunes. I dedicate the jig to my friend Randy Bridgman, a native of Newfoundland. This tune is also crooked, somewhat like the shape of many of the trees in my garden when the storm subsided.']]>
Polo, Cynthia Keane (fiddle) (composer)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Polo, Cynthia Keane]]> Connolly, Séamus]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Gavin, Larry]]> O'Neill's 1001 collection, the same version that was played by Larry so long ago. Lar, I still have that tape. Thanks for the memories.]]> Madden, Joanie (flute) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (bouzouki, darbuki) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Penny whistle music]]> McConnell, Cathal 65520190]]> 'Cathal's Reel').]]> Madden, Joanie (whistle) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (guitar) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Madden, Joanie ]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>
Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Schottisches]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Connolly, Maureen Glynn 53804626]]>
The track heard here is taken from a cassette recording that I made years ago of myself playing the tune from that manuscript. If memory serves me well, I believe it was a handwritten transcription of a page from The Roche Collection, where this tune occurs in the key of G under the title above. I moved the tune to the key of A, in order to give it a more open, pipes-like sound on the fiddle. At the time of recording, some variations had come to mind and I did not want to forget them, so onto the tape they went. I forgot about the tune after that, but I recently found the tape in a drawer in my music room. I thought it would make a worthy addition to this collection. So here is Maureen Glynn's old brown manuscript. A tune not to be forgotten. Enjoy!]]>
Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (keyboards) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]>
Connolly, Séamus]]> Donohue, Gabriel]]> ]]> More info.]]>