Traditional Irish & Cape Breton Music: From a Distant Shore

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Fiddlesticks: Music from Donegal
2▶Digital Media: Across the Waters: Music from England
3▼Digital Media: Dear Old Erin's Isle: Music from America
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1The Noisy Curlew / Farewell to Erin
fiddle:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist) and Eileen Ivers
arranger:
Eileen Ivers
live medley including a recording of:
Farewell to Erin
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
live medley including a recording of:
Noisy Curlew
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Eileen Ivers & Séamus Egan4:50
2Two Donegal Highlands
diatonic button accordion:
Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty2:19
3Drying Out / Crush Cars / The Lost Indian
fiddle:
Liz Carroll (fiddle player)
Liz Carroll4:10
4The Gold Ring / Brendan McMahon’s
diatonic button accordion:
John Williams (accordion and concertina player)
fiddle:
Kevin Burke (Irish master fiddler)
John Williams & Kevin Burke3:47
5Horse Keane’s Hornpipe / The Rath Cairn Reel / The Charleston
piano accordion:
Jimmy Keane
Jimmy Keane4:27
6The Wee Bag of Spuds
flute:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
Séamus Egan3:23
7The Derry Hornpipe
concertina:
John Williams (accordion and concertina player)
uilleann pipes:
Joe Shannon
Joe Shannon3:11
8The Little Fair-Haired Boy
fiddle:
Séamus Connolly (Irish fiddle player)
Séamus Connolly4:01
9The Three Sisters
diatonic button accordion:
Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty3:06
10The Kilnamona Barn Dance
concertina:
John Williams (accordion and concertina player)
John Williams4:58
11The Tarbolton
fiddle:
Brendan Mulvihill (Irish traditional musician (fiddle))
Brendan Mulvihill3:05
12Seán McGlynn’s Jigs
diatonic button accordion:
Billy McComiskey (accordion)
Billy McComiskey2:30
13The Piper’s Despair
fiddle:
Eileen Ivers
Eileen Ivers3:45
14The Humours of Whiskey / Take the Bull by the Horns
diatonic button accordion:
Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty3:36
15O Love of My Heart / New Mown Meadow / The Morning Dew
diatonic button accordion:
John Williams (accordion and concertina player)
John Williams6:34
16That’s Right Too / The Leading Role
fiddle:
Liz Carroll (fiddle player)
Liz Carroll2:47
17The Nervous Man / The Gosling / Paddy Shannon’s
diatonic button accordion:
Billy McComiskey (accordion)
fiddle:
Liz Carroll (fiddle player)
Billy McComiskey & Liz Carroll4:44
18April’s Fool / Seamus Cooley’s
piano accordion:
Jimmy Keane
Jimmy Keane3:27
19I Had a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue
diatonic button accordion:
Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty3:02
20The Swaggering Jig / London Lasses
concertina:
John Williams (accordion and concertina player)
fiddle:
Séamus Connolly (Irish fiddle player)
uilleann pipes:
Joe Shannon
Joe Shannon2:50
4▶Digital Media: Music from Cape Breton Island