favorite no-frills album
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favorite no-frills album
I'm listening to Jack and Charlie Coen's The Branch Line and am once again struck by the understated beauty of this soulful, and (deceptively) 'simple' recording, where the tunes are front and center. So there's my vote (at the moment) for favorite no-frills flute album.
Joe Burke's The Tailor's Choice would be another pick, and I'm terribly remiss in not (yet) owning Josie McDermott's Darby's Farewell.
What recordings are deep wells for you?
Joe Burke's The Tailor's Choice would be another pick, and I'm terribly remiss in not (yet) owning Josie McDermott's Darby's Farewell.
What recordings are deep wells for you?
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Even though its a whistle album - Gavin Whelan's self titled work. Another is The Maple Leaf by Jimmy Noonan and friends.
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Re: favorite no-frills album
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Re: favorite no-frills album
My favorite CD changes over time. Overall it's probably this: An Historic Recording Of Irish Traditional Music Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peader O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. The crusty Tony McMahon calls it the best ITM album of all. I agree with him.
This week I received these in the mail and they are terrific:
Seán Ryan CD1 Sean Ryan
Seán Ryan CD2 Sean Ryan
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3872
You can order these directly from Sean Ryan's grandson. His email: fionacorbetryan@hotmail.com
Just fiddle, and it's purely wonderful.
This week I received these in the mail and they are terrific:
Seán Ryan CD1 Sean Ryan
Seán Ryan CD2 Sean Ryan
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3872
You can order these directly from Sean Ryan's grandson. His email: fionacorbetryan@hotmail.com
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Re: favorite no-frills album
Oh, dear, there are so many and they change. But over the years, for truly no-frills, all-flute all-the-time awesomeness ... Conal O'Grada's "Top of Coom" and "Cnoc Bui." Second would probably be Paddy Taylor's "The Boy in the Gap" and Roger Sherlock's "Memories of Sligo." Other ones I keep returning to that have more/different instruments would be Frankie Kennedy & Mairead ni Mhaonaigh's "Ceol Aduadh," the Coens' "The Branch Line," Crotty/Cullinans' "Happy to Meet, "Warming Up," "Molloy/Brady/Peoples," "The Missing Reel (John Lee & Seamus McGuire)," Angelina Carberry's "An Tradisiun Beo," the McKeon Family's "The Dusty Miller," Michael Cooney's "Just Piping" (you want no-frills? ) Martin O'Brien's "An Cran Carraig," Kathleen Collin's "Traditional Music of Ireland" (yummy fiddling) and a goodly portion of John Carty's output plus anything Mary MacNamara, Brid O'Donoghue, Mary Bergin or Donncha O'Brien.
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Re: favorite no-frills album
Mike Rafferty's 'Speed 78'.
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Re: favorite no-frills album
My current favorite is Billy Clifford's "Echos of Sliabh Luachra". Also Paddy Carty, "Traditional Irish Music".
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Re: favorite no-frills album
john creavan - ''story so far'', see: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/877
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Re: favorite no-frills album
Not just flute, but absolutely no frills and a huge favourite of mine is Tommy Healy & John Duffy - Memories of Sligo. Just flute and fiddle. Backed by Reg Hall on some tunes. And just tunes. All tunes, nothing fancy. Except their to-die-for playing.
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Re: favorite no-frills album
Ceol an Cláir
Bobby Casey - Taking Flight
Noel Hill and Tony Linnane
In no particular order.
Bobby Casey - Taking Flight
Noel Hill and Tony Linnane
In no particular order.
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Re: favorite no-frills album
McGreevy and Cooley - I love for showing the life in some really common tunes and also that I found it unlistenably scratchy when I first started playing irish music but now appreciate it
Doublin' - The Paddy's Glackin and Keenan, "Jenny's welcome to Charlie" still gives me goosebumps on every listen
Doublin' - The Paddy's Glackin and Keenan, "Jenny's welcome to Charlie" still gives me goosebumps on every listen
Re: favorite no-frills album
The Maple Leaf
James Noonan, Michael Shorrock, Chris McGrath & Ted Davis
Clear, strong but sweet.
Most all of it is flute forward. All chunes.
I highly recommend it.
It's on iTunes and Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Maple-Leaf/dp ... 926&sr=8-1
James Noonan, Michael Shorrock, Chris McGrath & Ted Davis
Clear, strong but sweet.
Most all of it is flute forward. All chunes.
I highly recommend it.
It's on iTunes and Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Maple-Leaf/dp ... 926&sr=8-1
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Re: favorite no-frills album
the purest of the pure: Molloy's Stoney Steps.
None better for the artist's absolute essence of playing.
None better for the artist's absolute essence of playing.