I have an old tape of this album whose slow magnetic deterioration seems only to have added to the lovely soporific, chilled out feeling that this album engenders. The gentle swing of Kevin Burke's playing, the lovely accompanying and the dark tones of Micheal O'Domnaill's gaelic songs make this one of my favourite albums. I find this is an album especially good at bringing the blood pressure down when some b*stard thing in life puts it up and, although I know the tunes on the album, I still frequently detune my fiddle just to play along with it!!
Has anyone else noticed that the tune Rolling Waves on this album/CD is not the same tune that is on the download? Perhaps the album version is just a variation or quite different interpretation of the tune. It is a great melody it really undulates and Kevin's playing of it is as always is so beautiful. I was wondering if anyone had information as to where to get the sheet music for this lovely tune.
Thanks, much
"Within a Mile of Dublin" has two separate versions of this tune under the same name. They're quite different, but I've had the first one in my head all week.
Re:Portland
Recorded 1982.
# Posted on February 1st 2004 by gleann
Portland
I have an old tape of this album whose slow magnetic deterioration seems only to have added to the lovely soporific, chilled out feeling that this album engenders. The gentle swing of Kevin Burke's playing, the lovely accompanying and the dark tones of Micheal O'Domnaill's gaelic songs make this one of my favourite albums. I find this is an album especially good at bringing the blood pressure down when some b*stard thing in life puts it up and, although I know the tunes on the album, I still frequently detune my fiddle just to play along with it!!
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Jamie
Portland "Rolling Waves"
Has anyone else noticed that the tune Rolling Waves on this album/CD is not the same tune that is on the download? Perhaps the album version is just a variation or quite different interpretation of the tune. It is a great melody it really undulates and Kevin's playing of it is as always is so beautiful. I was wondering if anyone had information as to where to get the sheet music for this lovely tune.
Thanks, much
# Posted on December 5th 2006 by nh fiddler
Rolling Waves (aka. Maguire's Kick, The Lonesome Jig, etc)
This is the one: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/515
# Posted on December 5th 2006 by slainte
The Wild Irishman
A question for anyone who might know?
On Kevin Burke's 'Portland' recording the second tune in the first set is called 'The Wild Irishman.'
Is this just mislabeled or is it another tune with the same name?
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Incidently The Session has the version I have always known as The Wild Irishman.
Oh...and James Kelly has a tune called 'The Wild Irishman' on his CD 'Traditional Irish Music' which is different than both of the above tunes.
Maybe there are just lots of Wild Irishmen. The only one I ever met was Peter Horan.
# Posted on March 31st 2007 by dAle
Re: The Wild Irishman
"Within a Mile of Dublin" has two separate versions of this tune under the same name. They're quite different, but I've had the first one in my head all week.
# Posted on March 31st 2007 by winterowl
Re: The Wild Irishman
This the tune I normally calls the wild irishman http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1027
Heres others wich also are called it http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/90 and http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/844
# Posted on March 31st 2007 by TradLad
Re: The Wild Irishman
Thanks,
O'Rourke's is the tune James Kelly calls The Wild Irishman
# Posted on March 31st 2007 by dAle
Re: The Wild Irishman
Here's another one, which Paul McGrattan and Paul O'Shaughnessy recorded as "The Wild Irishman": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2867
# Posted on March 31st 2007 by slainte