 Kate McNamara
Nearly 8 years ago,I visited the McNamara house with a Wheatstone concertina for sale.An early-teen girl approached,took the concertina and proceeded to weave the most beautiful,magical,enveloping music.
I departed without the concertina but with her soulful tones indelibly etched in my memory.
Kate's June 2008 release of her debut album marks her maiden voyage into the world of recording and without doubt,there will be a long,musical odessey ahead of her.
As well as other guest musicians,she is joined by her fiddler sister,Amy and whistler brother,Gearoid.
A fully recommended buy!
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 Frank Cassidy
New release of South West Donegal fiddler,Frank Cassidy,who died in 1971.
Seamus Ennis,who recorded some of this album in 1946 with Frank playing duet with Johnny Doherty,rated him as the best fiddle player he had ever encountered.
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 DenisLiddy School of Music
June 2008 release of traditional Irish Music from Co. Clare by musicians from the Denis Liddy School of Music.
Over the last 20 years,Denis has been nurturing and encouraging music from his Barefield base outside Ennis and the talented musicians that have come to the fore in this recording are quite phenomenal.
The cd consists of group and individual performances and two songs to boot.
Fantastic musicians directed by an inspirational teacher.
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 Stephanie Makem and Tiarnan O Duinnchinn
June 2008 release of a piping and singing album of sublime quality.
Tommy Peoples has described this as a lily of an album and when has Tommy ever called it wrong.
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 Paddy O' Donoghue
April 2008 release of East Clare flute player's first solo album.
Paddy has had a rich involvement with music in Clare and beyond over the last 60 years as a musician and composer.
The album is dedicated to the love of his life,Bridie,who hails from Killagh in Galway and thus the title.
Accompanied by his prolific son,Cyril,the music is delightful and an honour to have available to us.
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 Michael Mahony
February 2008 launch of singing album by the Miltown Malbay native,Michael Mahony.
The album is primarily made up of songs recorded live at various sessions over the years as well as a couple of instrumental tracks.
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 Martin Hayes Dennis Cahill
It's been over 8 years since "Live in Seattle" so February 2008 brings the release of Martin's 5th album(Dennis' fourth with Martin).
It's music which enthrals,spellbinds,pacifies - at the risk of overheating,there are so many positives in this combination that the only advice is go get it quickly and savour it.
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 The Tulla Céilí Band
May 2007 release from the mother of all céilí bands.
In the ten years since the 50th Anniversary cd,the band has lost two of its original members,P.Joe Hayes and Francie Donnellan.
Their sons,Martin and Mark,have accepted the torch and this East Clare band continues to shine and flourish.
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 Eleanor Shanley
Beautiful May 2007 singing release from former Dé Danann vocalist
with Frankie Lane and Paul Kelly.
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 Slide
April 2007 release of Slide's third album
with Inisbofin singer,Andrew Murray,as the newest member of this great musical entity.
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