Name: Featuring Seamus Egan
Brand: Shanachie
SKU: 64573
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Featuring Seamus Egan

Rating

Album: Featuring Seamus Egan
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Níl 'Na Lá	More Info...	0:02
2)	The Flowing Bowqn/MaIre Breahnachs #1/The Doon/The Mason's Men	More Info...	0:04
3)	The White Petticoat/Stan Chapmans/The Miller's Maggot	More Info...	0:03
4)	I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight	More Info...	0:05
5)	The Yellow Tinker/Cranking Out/Master Crowleys #2	More Info...	0:04
6)	Crested Hens	More Info...	0:05
7)	Johnny's Gone for a Soldier	More Info...	0:04
8)	Dougie MacDonalds/MaIre Breathnachs #2/The Antrim Rose/Atlantic Wave/Toss the Feathers	More Info...	0:06
9)	The Newry Highwayman	More Info...	0:03
10)	Gan Ainm/The Humours of Whiskey/Leslie's March	More Info...	0:04
11)	Slibah Geal Gcua Na FeIle	More Info...	0:04
12)	Lament for Frankie	More Info...	0:03
13)	Timmy Cliffords/The Return Home/O'ot Be Est Da Vong/John Joe Caseys	More Info...	0:05

Album: Featuring Seamus Egan
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Níl 'Na Lá	More Info...	0:02
2)	The Flowing Bowqn/MaIre Breahnachs #1/The Doon/The Mason's Men	More Info...	0:04
3)	The White Petticoat/Stan Chapmans/The Miller's Maggot	More Info...	0:03
4)	I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight	More Info...	0:05
5)	The Yellow Tinker/Cranking Out/Master Crowleys #2	More Info...	0:04
6)	Crested Hens	More Info...	0:05
7)	Johnny's Gone for a Soldier	More Info...	0:04
8)	Dougie MacDonalds/MaIre Breathnachs #2/The Antrim Rose/Atlantic Wave/Toss the Feathers	More Info...	0:06
9)	The Newry Highwayman	More Info...	0:03
10)	Gan Ainm/The Humours of Whiskey/Leslie's March	More Info...	0:04
11)	Slibah Geal Gcua Na FeIle	More Info...	0:04
12)	Lament for Frankie	More Info...	0:03
13)	Timmy Cliffords/The Return Home/O'ot Be Est Da Vong/John Joe Caseys	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Solas: Karan Casey (vocals); John Doyle (guitar); Winifred Horan (fiddle); Seamus Egan (flute); John Williams (accordion).
Solas succeed where other Irish bands fail: They're lively without being frenetic; Karan Casey's vocals are high and clear without being ethereal or waifish; and they manage to add texture and complexity to the many traditionals they play. Their self-titled debut contains five songs (not enough!) and eight jigs, reels, and airs. The group know how to build an instrumental up to a fevered pitch, as on "The Yellow Tinker/Cranking Out/Master Crowley's #2," which creates fantasy swirls of accordion and fiddle before the guitar enters with its insistent rhythms. Not that all the pieces are fast: "Crested Hens" is a slow, sweet air -- a bit reminiscent of Jay Ungar or Eileen Ivers -- and "My Johnny's Gone for a Soldier" is a sweet love song about an Irish rebellion. Solas is simply one of the best, most varied albums of Irish music to come out in a long time. ~ Kurt Keefner