Brothers Hugh (concertina) and Colm (accordion) Healey are joined by Fergal Scahill (guitar/bodhran), Paul O'Driscoll (double bass), Noel O'Donoghue (flute), Karol Lynch (banjo) and Michael O'Connell (pipes) for a great album. Kevin Crawford provides the sleeve notes in which he says that the CD is "... a wonderful collection of tunes from Clare and beyond ... I hope you get as much mileage out of it as I have". More information at http://www.healymusic.com.
I got this album several days ago. Some conservative listeners would be a little embarrassed by loud, percussive guitar accompaniment of Fergal Scahill on some tracks, but it's a great debut recording of the brothers, nonetheless. I love not only their lovely Clare style playing but their choice of the tunes: a nice mixture of standard session tunes and less common ones.
My favourite is the track 10 joined by a fiddle and a flute. It really sounds like a live session recording.
Brothers Hugh (concertina) and Colm (accordion) Healey are joined by Fergal Scahill (guitar/bodhran), Paul O'Driscoll (double bass), Noel O'Donoghue (flute), Karol Lynch (banjo) and Michael O'Connell (pipes) for a great album. Kevin Crawford provides the sleeve notes in which he says that the CD is "... a wonderful collection of tunes from Clare and beyond ... I hope you get as much mileage out of it as I have". More information at http://www.healymusic.com.
# Posted on February 22nd 2004 by Aidan Crossey
That should, of course, read Healy above.
I should also mention that the brother, Eric (fiddle), joins the lads on track 10.
# Posted on February 23rd 2004 by Aidan Crossey
Macalla na hOige
I got this album several days ago. Some conservative listeners would be a little embarrassed by loud, percussive guitar accompaniment of Fergal Scahill on some tracks, but it's a great debut recording of the brothers, nonetheless. I love not only their lovely Clare style playing but their choice of the tunes: a nice mixture of standard session tunes and less common ones.
My favourite is the track 10 joined by a fiddle and a flute. It really sounds like a live session recording.
# Posted on June 19th 2004 by slainte
Errata
The second tune of the track 7 is actually called Mick Finn's (aka The Killavil Reel): http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1723
The second tune of the very last track is more often associated with Andy McGann: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3278
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by slainte
Here's the link to the first tune of track 3: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4171
# Posted on April 8th 2005 by slainte
Track 5 - JP Daly's
Does anyone know anything about the first tune on track 5, called JP Daly's ?!?!
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by charliechamo