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The Rough Guide's second foray into Ireland's diverse music scene commences with a feisty instrumental by Flook and compiler Geoff Wallis somehow keeps up the momentum through all 22 tracks and 70 minutes. It is obviously impossible to be comprehensive within a single CD, but Wallis has a fine ear for neo-trad artists who share an unstuffy pub-session esthetic, if not much else. Frankie Gavin¹s scratchy, athletic, sweet-sour fiddle remains as satisfying as it was during his De Dannan days. The Prodigals' The Morning After is at once rueful, funny and poetic. Gerry O'Connor's lightning-fast banjo would sound right at home in Am
The Rough Guide's second foray into Ireland's diverse music scene commences with a feisty instrumental by Flook and compiler Geoff Wallis somehow keeps up the momentum through all 22 tracks and 70 minutes. It is obviously impossible to be comprehensive within a single CD, but Wallis has a fine ear for neo-trad artists who share an unstuffy pub-session esthetic, if not much else. Frankie Gavin¹s scratchy, athletic, sweet-sour fiddle remains as satisfying as it was during his De Dannan days. The Prodigals' The Morning After is at once rueful, funny and poetic. Gerry O'Connor's lightning-fast banjo would sound right at home in American bluegrass. But even amid such remarkable company, Aran Islands-born Lasairfhíona ní Chonaola (pronounced La-sah-reena Nee Hun-kneel-ah) is revealed as a singer of overwhelming power. On the Irish-language ballad, Bean Pháidin (Pháidin's Wife), she vents all the cold fury of a girl whose beloved has married another woman. --Christina Roden
Album Description
Music has always been an essential part of Irish culture, and the musical traditions of Ireland - focused around pub sessions - remain amongst Europe's most enduring and vibrant. Songs (sung in Irish and English) hold a special place in Irish life and exemplify the vivacity of the Irish singing tradition and its wide range of subjects. This all-new second edition of The Rough Guide To Irish Music provides an extensive introduction to Ireland's musical landscape, from the driving music of Donegal and the foot-stomping polkas and slides of Kerry and Cork to the work of those exploring the borders between traditional music and other genres.
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Manufacturer: World Music Network
Release date: 14 March 2005
EAN: 0605633114829 UPC: 605633114829
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