Bought it because the lineup of tunes sounded interesting. Reaction: heavily disappointed!! all the tunes sound as if they are in slow motion - can´t he or doesn´t he want to ?? It´s beautiful to hear what Martin Hayes does with tunes he seems to slow down because he puts something else into them ...atmosphere, feeling. Moran, in contrast, just seems to totally lack in any kind of esprit. Never again!!
'A musician, a mike, one take more or less'; a rare genuine enterprise.
Funny that! I bought this album also because of the interesting lineup of tunes. I was delighted to find the Barren Rocks of Aden on it and the Belles of Rathcoole, spelt that way! (albeit with a missing beat in this version!) Tom plays with feeling, an essential element sadly lacking in many a recent production. And with respect and know-how. And this is why the last comment is unfair or naive: Tom Moran represents a facet of what ITM is like and I believe ITM's beauty is exactly that: what we all -both individually and collectively- make it sound like; wonderfuly diverse avatars of the same deity! In the contemporary soundscape, when most recorded production -and unfortunately live music also- is being sleeked, sped and homogenized up, Tom's CD is a breath of fresh air.
produced by Máire O'Keefe. www.altents.ie
# Posted on April 26th 2010 by birlibirdie
The Man of the House:
Tom Moran himself on banjo and mandolin.
With Máire O'Keefe Martin Moran, Jimmy Cahill.
# Posted on April 26th 2010 by birlibirdie
The CD
Bought it because the lineup of tunes sounded interesting. Reaction: heavily disappointed!! all the tunes sound as if they are in slow motion - can´t he or doesn´t he want to ?? It´s beautiful to hear what Martin Hayes does with tunes he seems to slow down because he puts something else into them ...atmosphere, feeling. Moran, in contrast, just seems to totally lack in any kind of esprit. Never again!!
# Posted on May 9th 2010 by alexweger
'A musician, a mike, one take more or less'; a rare genuine enterprise.
Funny that! I bought this album also because of the interesting lineup of tunes. I was delighted to find the Barren Rocks of Aden on it and the Belles of Rathcoole, spelt that way! (albeit with a missing beat in this version!) Tom plays with feeling, an essential element sadly lacking in many a recent production. And with respect and know-how. And this is why the last comment is unfair or naive: Tom Moran represents a facet of what ITM is like and I believe ITM's beauty is exactly that: what we all -both individually and collectively- make it sound like; wonderfuly diverse avatars of the same deity!
In the contemporary soundscape, when most recorded production -and unfortunately live music also- is being sleeked, sped and homogenized up, Tom's CD is a breath of fresh air.
# Posted on May 10th 2010 by birlibirdie