I tend to stay away from songs and lean more towards the tunes, but after seeing Doyle play with Liz Carroll recently, I couldn't resist getting this recording. His voice is simple, but powerful, and very nice on the ear.
More specifically, I like this recording because it has a nice mixture of John doing solo singing, duets, guitar and bouzouki accompaniment, and most impressively, melody guitar.
Doyle is joined at various points by Michael Aharon (hammond organ, bass, cello, keyboards), Mick Moloney (vocals), Liz Carroll (fiddle), John Anthony (percussion), Richie Stearns (clewhammer banjo, vocals), Sean Doyle (vocals), Kieran O'Hare (uillean pipes), John Williams (low whistle, concertina), Karan Casey (vocals), Liz Knowles (fiddle), and Beverly Smith (vocals).
I tend to stay away from songs and lean more towards the tunes, but after seeing Doyle play with Liz Carroll recently, I couldn't resist getting this recording. His voice is simple, but powerful, and very nice on the ear.
More specifically, I like this recording because it has a nice mixture of John doing solo singing, duets, guitar and bouzouki accompaniment, and most impressively, melody guitar.
Doyle is joined at various points by Michael Aharon (hammond organ, bass, cello, keyboards), Mick Moloney (vocals), Liz Carroll (fiddle), John Anthony (percussion), Richie Stearns (clewhammer banjo, vocals), Sean Doyle (vocals), Kieran O'Hare (uillean pipes), John Williams (low whistle, concertina), Karan Casey (vocals), Liz Knowles (fiddle), and Beverly Smith (vocals).
This recording is readily available pretty much anywhere. It's released by Shanachie at http://www.shanachie.com. You can also visit Doyle online at http://www.JohnDoyleMusic.com.
Definitely worth having.
# Posted on January 2nd 2005 by Jason G
Amazing CD
This is really a "Must Have" recording. It's definitely on my Desert Island Top 10
# Posted on October 6th 2005 by Mark Stone