Name: Horse with a Heart
Brand: Green Linnet
SKU: 243388
Price: 12.38 USD
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Horse with a Heart

Rating

Album: Horse with a Heart
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones Of Boxty	More Info...
2)	The Lass Of Glenshee	More Info...
3)	Con Cassidy's And Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll And Tiarna/McSweeney's Reels	More Info...
4)	The Road To Durham	More Info...
5)	An T-Oilean Ur	More Info...
6)	An Grianan/Horse With A Heart	More Info...
7)	A Bhean Udai Thall	More Info...
8)	Welcome Home Grainne/Con McGinley's	More Info...
9)	Tuirse Mo Chroi	More Info...
10)	Come Ye By Atholl/Kitty O'Connor	More Info...
11)	An Feochan	More Info...
12)	Paddy's Trip To Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler	More Info...
2)	The Lass of Glenshee	More Info...	0:04
3)	Con Cassidy's And Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll And Tiarna/McSweeney's Reels	More Info...	0:04
4)	The Road To Durham	More Info...	0:03
5)	An T-Oileán Úr	More Info...	0:02
6)	An Grianán/Horse With a Heart	More Info...	0:03
7)	A Bhean Udaí Thall	More Info...	0:03
8)	Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's	More Info...	0:03
9)	Tuirse Mo Chroí	More Info...	0:04
10)	Come Ye By Atholl/Kitty O'Connor	More Info...	0:03
11)	An Feochán	More Info...	0:04
12)	Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler	More Info...	0:04

Album: Horse with a Heart
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones Of Boxty	More Info...
2)	The Lass Of Glenshee	More Info...
3)	Con Cassidy's And Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll And Tiarna/McSweeney's Reels	More Info...
4)	The Road To Durham	More Info...
5)	An T-Oilean Ur	More Info...
6)	An Grianan/Horse With A Heart	More Info...
7)	A Bhean Udai Thall	More Info...
8)	Welcome Home Grainne/Con McGinley's	More Info...
9)	Tuirse Mo Chroi	More Info...
10)	Come Ye By Atholl/Kitty O'Connor	More Info...
11)	An Feochan	More Info...
12)	Paddy's Trip To Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler	More Info...
2)	The Lass of Glenshee	More Info...	0:04
3)	Con Cassidy's And Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll And Tiarna/McSweeney's Reels	More Info...	0:04
4)	The Road To Durham	More Info...	0:03
5)	An T-Oileán Úr	More Info...	0:02
6)	An Grianán/Horse With a Heart	More Info...	0:03
7)	A Bhean Udaí Thall	More Info...	0:03
8)	Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's	More Info...	0:03
9)	Tuirse Mo Chroí	More Info...	0:04
10)	Come Ye By Atholl/Kitty O'Connor	More Info...	0:03
11)	An Feochán	More Info...	0:04
12)	Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Personnel: Mair‚ad N¡ Mhaonaigh (vocals, fiddle); Phil Cunningham (whistling, keyboards); Mark Kelly (guitar); Ciar n Curran (bouzouki); Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle); Frankie Kennedy (flute); Marie Askin (piano); Colm Murphy, D¢nal Lunny (bodhran); Steve White (percussion).
Recording information: Landsdowne Studio, Dublin, Ireland.
Unknown Contributor Role: D¢nal Lunny.
From one of the premier Irish bands around comes this masterwork of fiddles and vocals. The highlight throughout the album is the parallel fiddling of Maighread N¡ Mhaonaigh and Paul O'Shaughnessy. While this album predates some of their slightly better-known work, it provides the same basic set of music: reels, jigs, Gaelic vocals, etc. N¡ Mhaonaigh's vocals stand out excellently over the top of the rest of the ensemble when present, and work well with the guest pianist on "The Lass of Glenshee," breaking up the fiddle and flute tracks for a bit. The technique is outstanding, as one would expect from a group with this level of acclaim. The real delight in this album is most likely the manner in which the group members show themselves to be capable of so many aspects of Irish music, all with a high level of ability. They seamlessly switch from jigs on fiddles to unaccompanied Gaelic songs to flute numbers and back. This would serve well as a nice introduction to Irish music, as it covers many of the basic genres. For someone already accustomed to Irish music, it would perhaps stand even better, as the players show off their abilities, which are quite worth hearing. Pick it up for at least one listen. ~ Adam Greenberg