Pending new duo album from Brendan Begley And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
This album is only available from their concerts, according to the website. I have not heard this album yet, but intend to get my hands on it as soon as it is available.
Hehe...Caoimhin's websiting may be a bit out-of-date, seeing as he just went from the US to Ireland to Finland and back and just dropped dead catching up on sleep. The album is not yet available, even at concerts, because it's just not done yet; when Breanndan gets back from the States they'll probably add a bit and subtract a bit. For now, best thing to do is check Caoimhin's myspace for a clip or two - or rather, go to their concerts wherever they be!
For whatever it's worth:
3) Cronin's Slippery Jig is a crooked setting, perhaps of Scottish descent, of Fig for a Kiss.
5) Theirs is not the Gmajor, 4-part o'Sullivan's March as linked, but an older 2-part setting in Dmajor.
8) If I'm not mistaken, the reprise track has been replaced by a live set of the Glen Cottage polkas.
It was available when I saw them play in Philadelphia about a month ago. I opted not to buy it because it almost seemed like more of a sampler. Figured it was a work in progress, which from all accounts seem to be the case indeed.
Turns out I was dead wrong. My friend just got a copy of it, so...who knows whether it's final or no? All's to say is, that final set is, in fact, a fiery reprise of the P&O polka, and the Glen Cottage polkas are in that "Julia's Norwegian" track - a reference to Johnny Spilane's Favorite, which they play at the end and which supposedly was played back to them by a Norwegian fiddler at one concert, albeit in an altered rhythm. It originally came from Julia Clifford (Irishly, anyway).
Pending new duo album from Brendan Begley And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
This album is only available from their concerts, according to the website. I have not heard this album yet, but intend to get my hands on it as soon as it is available.
http://www.stateofchassis.com/bb/album.php
# Posted on October 6th 2007 by trad2nz
FYH
"Apotheosis of the Polka and Jigs to Haunt Your Dreams"
# Posted on October 8th 2007 by lcfwhistle
News:
Hehe...Caoimhin's websiting may be a bit out-of-date, seeing as he just went from the US to Ireland to Finland and back and just dropped dead catching up on sleep. The album is not yet available, even at concerts, because it's just not done yet; when Breanndan gets back from the States they'll probably add a bit and subtract a bit. For now, best thing to do is check Caoimhin's myspace for a clip or two - or rather, go to their concerts wherever they be!
For whatever it's worth:
3) Cronin's Slippery Jig is a crooked setting, perhaps of Scottish descent, of Fig for a Kiss.
5) Theirs is not the Gmajor, 4-part o'Sullivan's March as linked, but an older 2-part setting in Dmajor.
8) If I'm not mistaken, the reprise track has been replaced by a live set of the Glen Cottage polkas.
Hope to have helped!
--DtM
# Posted on October 8th 2007 by Dan the Man
It was available when I saw them play in Philadelphia about a month ago. I opted not to buy it because it almost seemed like more of a sampler. Figured it was a work in progress, which from all accounts seem to be the case indeed.
# Posted on October 9th 2007 by Jason G
Whoops!
Turns out I was dead wrong. My friend just got a copy of it, so...who knows whether it's final or no? All's to say is, that final set is, in fact, a fiery reprise of the P&O polka, and the Glen Cottage polkas are in that "Julia's Norwegian" track - a reference to Johnny Spilane's Favorite, which they play at the end and which supposedly was played back to them by a Norwegian fiddler at one concert, albeit in an altered rhythm. It originally came from Julia Clifford (Irishly, anyway).
--DtM
# Posted on October 11th 2007 by Dan the Man
The second tune in the 2nd set is the one that John Williams plays on flute on Steam. He calls it "Johnny O'Leary's"
# Posted on November 14th 2007 by wbajzek