If you love the pipes, and you don't already have this, then go and get it immediately! Some of the most spirited and joyful playing you could wish to hear, and slow airs performed with great sensitivity and soul; Ronan Browne is a player of striking emotional breadth. He also plays some flute and whistle (on Indian bansuri) on this album.
(The regs work on Track 5 is particularly phenomenal - I've watched pipers listen to it open-mouthed - but the sample on the Claddagh site doesn't get you that far into the track.)
He's also (of course) a virtuoso on the chanter, and has a beautiful, Willie-Clancy-inspired style with plenty of slurs and bends, making the most of those hair-raising blue notes that only exist on the pipes.
And when you've got this album, go and get the ones with Peter O'Loughlin, as well!
(ps - it's spelt 'Wynd' in the album title, rather than 'wind').
The Wynd You Know
If you love the pipes, and you don't already have this, then go and get it immediately! Some of the most spirited and joyful playing you could wish to hear, and slow airs performed with great sensitivity and soul; Ronan Browne is a player of striking emotional breadth. He also plays some flute and whistle (on Indian bansuri) on this album.
He makes rich harmonic use of the regulators - listen to samples from tracks 10 and 14 here:
http://www.claddaghrecords.ie/www/product.asp?pID=45&cID=7
(The regs work on Track 5 is particularly phenomenal - I've watched pipers listen to it open-mouthed - but the sample on the Claddagh site doesn't get you that far into the track.)
He's also (of course) a virtuoso on the chanter, and has a beautiful, Willie-Clancy-inspired style with plenty of slurs and bends, making the most of those hair-raising blue notes that only exist on the pipes.
And when you've got this album, go and get the ones with Peter O'Loughlin, as well!
(ps - it's spelt 'Wynd' in the album title, rather than 'wind').
# Posted on April 14th 2005 by Nell