Invite them to play in your area and you'll get a deal on their CD, I'm sure!
If it can't be done, try Claddagh Records (Price: 18.00Euro) or the other 'small' dealers.
Got it Monday and have been listening to it constantly since... Well recorded, though sometimes the flute is a little quieter on the mix than I'd like. That said, great playing all around! Feeds my Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh fiddling obsession quite nicely. There are a number of tunes where I can't help but tap my feet even if I don't want to. Lovely album!
...... by the way , thanks for the pointers - got my copy last week. Great stuff, but I think the fiddle is miked too softly in the mix, certainly compared to the concertina.
The tune link supplied refers to a different tune to the to one played on the album (which is a jig). I was going to add this to the tunes database, but I'd be interested to know first whether it's more commonly known in a different key. My version of what's played:
Mairseail Ui Shulleabhain is actually O'Sullivan's March, I think Caoimhin likes to play it in D. He and Brendann did mad stuff on it a few years ago, it's a march, prob in 6/8. Do any one you know about the tuning on this cd? So far I've figured out, supposed Eb, C, and B. Just curious how this was done - does Micheal have different concertinas, or what. And I think it's really different tunings, as the tonal quality is somewhat different.
But gorgeous Caoimhin-style playing, love the drones and the like.
Lovely CD. I do particularly like the way they've consciously steered clear of accompaniment, just three great tune players.
The sleeve notes just give track names, and don't have the extensive, wryly humorous (partly bilingual) commentary that you get on Micheal's solo cds, so a download copy would be no great loss.
Listening in the car, I found the recording a bit too harsh and edgy. It's recorded by Caoimhin and I'd speculate from his playing that that's his preference. Anyway, I did a copy with a bit of EQ applied for playing in the car, and play the original at home.
Does anyone have a "map" of which tunings are used on each track? That's been my biggest obstacle to learning the tunes here -- the moment strikes, and I grab a whistle to play along, only to work out it's not right, then grab another whistle, then another, and then the moment is past.
Ah, interesting, track 8 is D for "Mrs Galvin's" and C for "The Legacy". I think I'd worked out that it was C for "Legacy" at some point, which utterly befuddled me when I tried to learn "Mrs Galvin's" assuming it was also C.
Anyone know where this is available at a decent price - Amazon has an Austrian source but it's over £20
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by domhnall.
Invite them to play in your area and you'll get a deal on their CD, I'm sure!
If it can't be done, try Claddagh Records (Price: 18.00Euro) or the other 'small' dealers.
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
I just ordered this and am completely excited I can barely sit...
# Posted on April 29th 2010 by Resodan
Its available from Custy's Music shop in Ennis. New Releases Price: EUR14.81 www.custysmusic.com
# Posted on May 3rd 2010 by jeanette
UK ordering
Can be ordered from All Celtic Music in the UK for £13.80. currently out of stock, but I am informed it will be in stock again in about a week.
http://www.allcelticmusic.com
# Posted on May 5th 2010 by Mike C
Got it Monday and have been listening to it constantly since... Well recorded, though sometimes the flute is a little quieter on the mix than I'd like. That said, great playing all around! Feeds my Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh fiddling obsession quite nicely. There are a number of tunes where I can't help but tap my feet even if I don't want to. Lovely album!
# Posted on May 6th 2010 by Resodan
Got mine here:
http://copperplatemailorder.com/
# Posted on May 7th 2010 by Presumin Ed
Track 9
What's called "Mairseail Ui Shulleabhain" seems to be a couple of tunes - I'm sure "Out on the ocean" is one - any ventures on the other?
# Posted on May 11th 2010 by domhnall.
Comb Your Hair And Curl It
...... by the way , thanks for the pointers - got my copy last week. Great stuff, but I think the fiddle is miked too softly in the mix, certainly compared to the concertina.
I still prefer 'Kitty lie over'.
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/616
# Posted on May 11th 2010 by domhnall.
Mrs Gavin's
The tune link supplied refers to a different tune to the to one played on the album (which is a jig). I was going to add this to the tunes database, but I'd be interested to know first whether it's more commonly known in a different key. My version of what's played:
T:Mrs Galvin's
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
G2A|:B2A BGG|dGG BAG|A3 ABA|GBd gdc|B2A BGG|dGG BAG|A3 ABA|1AGG G2A:|2AG
G GBd||:
gdg fed|Bdd def|gdg fed|Bee e2f|gdg fed|Bdd def|1g3 gdB|AGG GBd:||2g3 g3
|g3 gdc||
# Posted on July 26th 2010 by Presumin Ed
Comb Your Hair
Mairseail Ui Shulleabhain is actually O'Sullivan's March, I think Caoimhin likes to play it in D. He and Brendann did mad stuff on it a few years ago, it's a march, prob in 6/8. Do any one you know about the tuning on this cd? So far I've figured out, supposed Eb, C, and B. Just curious how this was done - does Micheal have different concertinas, or what. And I think it's really different tunings, as the tonal quality is somewhat different.
But gorgeous Caoimhin-style playing, love the drones and the like.
# Posted on September 26th 2010 by enirehtac
Comb Your Hair and Buy It
try cd baby ---- $us12 to legally download and well worth it to
enjoy or to try and learn how get some of that hypnotic pulse into
your playing.
# Posted on March 4th 2011 by Hup
Amazon Uk have it for mp3 download £6.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comb-Your-Hair-Curl/dp/B003LRP8DS/ref=dm_ap_alb1
# Posted on March 5th 2011 by Rick Payman
Lovely CD. I do particularly like the way they've consciously steered clear of accompaniment, just three great tune players.
The sleeve notes just give track names, and don't have the extensive, wryly humorous (partly bilingual) commentary that you get on Micheal's solo cds, so a download copy would be no great loss.
Listening in the car, I found the recording a bit too harsh and edgy. It's recorded by Caoimhin and I'd speculate from his playing that that's his preference. Anyway, I did a copy with a bit of EQ applied for playing in the car, and play the original at home.
# Posted on March 9th 2011 by TomB-R
I got it last night at a MO'R concert in Otley . Good at first listening. Are they brothers? Maybe I should know. Nice 'rough edged' fiddling
# Posted on May 16th 2011 by Michael Sam Wild
Does anyone have a "map" of which tunings are used on each track? That's been my biggest obstacle to learning the tunes here -- the moment strikes, and I grab a whistle to play along, only to work out it's not right, then grab another whistle, then another, and then the moment is past.
The first track is Eb, the fourth C....
# Posted on July 26th 2011 by Sol Foster
Track 5 is C too.
# Posted on July 26th 2011 by Sol Foster
Whistles to use
I got the whistles out , Sol, and the ones I used to play along were as follows :
1 -Eb
2 - D
3 - Bb
4 - C
5 - C
6 - D
7 - Eb
8 - D
9 - C
10 - Bb
11 - Eb
12 - C
13 - C
14 - Eb
# Posted on July 26th 2011 by Kenny
Thanks, Kenny! I think I'll print that out and hang it on my wall.
# Posted on July 27th 2011 by Sol Foster
Ah, interesting, track 8 is D for "Mrs Galvin's" and C for "The Legacy". I think I'd worked out that it was C for "Legacy" at some point, which utterly befuddled me when I tried to learn "Mrs Galvin's" assuming it was also C.
# Posted on July 27th 2011 by Sol Foster