This is a stunning debut album of a young Scottish fiddler. I need to say it's as great as "The Tap Room Trio," Mick O'Brien and Kevin O'Reilly's "Kitty Lie Over," and Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn's duet recording, which were all released last year. If Earle Hitcher was listening to Scottish music too, he would have definitely added it to the top 10 albums of the year.
I find Patsy's fiddle playing is very very mature, a little bit old-fashioned, and sometimes energetic. On some tracks (including the very first one!) she plays very sad slow airs without any pretension. And on others, she records very lively sets of strathspeys and reels. On track 10, she plays a set of Irish reels with a harper, which is just awesome. With only that track, this album is worth buying. Great playing and great complements!
All the guest musicians are all her real friends:
Harvey Beaton- Piano
Declan Hegarty- Irish Harp
Keith Morrison- Piano
Gill Simpson- Piano
Alasdair White- Bouzouki and Mandolin
Patsy Reid: With Complements
This is a stunning debut album of a young Scottish fiddler. I need to say it's as great as "The Tap Room Trio," Mick O'Brien and Kevin O'Reilly's "Kitty Lie Over," and Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn's duet recording, which were all released last year. If Earle Hitcher was listening to Scottish music too, he would have definitely added it to the top 10 albums of the year.
I find Patsy's fiddle playing is very very mature, a little bit old-fashioned, and sometimes energetic. On some tracks (including the very first one!) she plays very sad slow airs without any pretension. And on others, she records very lively sets of strathspeys and reels. On track 10, she plays a set of Irish reels with a harper, which is just awesome. With only that track, this album is worth buying. Great playing and great complements!
All the guest musicians are all her real friends:
Harvey Beaton- Piano
Declan Hegarty- Irish Harp
Keith Morrison- Piano
Gill Simpson- Piano
Alasdair White- Bouzouki and Mandolin
See her biography at: http://www.patsyreid.com/
# Posted on May 3rd 2004 by slainte
an amazing album!
# Posted on May 5th 2004 by RacH
Patsy Reid with Declan Hegarty
Watch a video clip of gorgeous fiddle and harp duet: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MQJu8PO0eXQ
That's the same set on track 10 of this recording. For some more of her music, see: http://www.patsyreid.com/clips.html
# Posted on May 15th 2007 by slainte
This lovely fiddler also has the courtesy to provide the dots for the tunes, if you want to compare notes ~
http://www.patsyreid.com/complements.html
# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan