Name: Live in Seattle
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Live in Seattle

Rating

Album: Live in Seattle
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Martin Rochford's/Green Gowned Lass	More Info...
2)	Port Na BPucai/Kilnamona Barndance/Ship In Full Sail/Jer The Ragger/The Old Blackthorn...	More Info...
3)	Carraroe/Out Of The Ocean	More Info...
4)	Mary McMahon Of Ballinahinch/Miss Lyon's	More Info...
5)	Dowd's No.9/Come West Along The Road	More Info...
2)	Port Na Bpucai/Kilnamona Barndance/Ship in Full Sail/Jer the Rigger/The Old Blackthorn/Exile of Erin/Humours of Tulia/Fitzgerald's Hornpipe/Finbarr...	More Info...	0:27
3)	Carraroe/Out On the Ocean	More Info...	0:04
4)	Mary McMahon of Ballinahinch/Miss Lyon's	More Info...	0:04
5)	Dowd's No.9/Come West Along the Road	More Info...	0:06

Album: Live in Seattle
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Martin Rochford's/Green Gowned Lass	More Info...
2)	Port Na BPucai/Kilnamona Barndance/Ship In Full Sail/Jer The Ragger/The Old Blackthorn...	More Info...
3)	Carraroe/Out Of The Ocean	More Info...
4)	Mary McMahon Of Ballinahinch/Miss Lyon's	More Info...
5)	Dowd's No.9/Come West Along The Road	More Info...
2)	Port Na Bpucai/Kilnamona Barndance/Ship in Full Sail/Jer the Rigger/The Old Blackthorn/Exile of Erin/Humours of Tulia/Fitzgerald's Hornpipe/Finbarr...	More Info...	0:27
3)	Carraroe/Out On the Ocean	More Info...	0:04
4)	Mary McMahon of Ballinahinch/Miss Lyon's	More Info...	0:04
5)	Dowd's No.9/Come West Along the Road	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Personnel: Martin Hayes (fiddle); Dennis Cahill (guitar).
Recorded live at The Tractor Tavern, Seattle, Washington on January 31, 1999. Includes liner notes by Martin Hayes.
Adapters: Dennis Cahill; Martin Hayes.
Personnel: Martin Hayes (fiddle); Dennis Cahill (guitar).
Audio Mixers: Dennis Cahill; Martin Hayes.
Liner Note Author: Martin Hayes.
Recording information: Tractor Tavern (01/31/1999); Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA (01/31/1999).
Photographer: Giorgia Bertazzi.
Unknown Contributor Role: Charles Johnson .
Arrangers: Dennis Cahill; Martin Hayes.
If Irish fiddle music and the prospect of relentless reels is where you and folk music part company, then prepare for a road-to-Damascus-type conversion. Raised in East Clare, where the fiddle style is "generally slow and lyrical in nature," Seattle resident Martin Hayes and his accompanying guitarist Dennis Cahill deliver an enthralling and energetic set which seems to be imbued with the very spirit of Ireland.
Comprised of the second half of a January 1999 concert, this recording is no sentimental, idealized evocation of a far-away land, but a celebration of a music which is shown to be rich and diverse, ranging from slow and tender to fast and furious. This is particularly evident on the epic, 27-minute medley central to this performance, during which 11 tunes including "Rakish Paddy" and elements of Pachelbel's 'Canon' are woven into a rich tapestry. The aural equivalent of James Joyce, it's highly lyrical. If you have yet to succumb to Irish fiddle music then this is the album to do the trick.

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (6-7/00, p.71) - "...Captures all the thrill, glory and subtle nuances that are the hallmarks of Celtic music....The empathy between the 2 of them is virtually telepathic..."