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squeally dan
Mar-07-2005, 8:29am
I recently heard part of a cd entitled Celtic Mandolin. I thought it was great. What else should I listen to for this style of music?
THANKS!
glauber
Mar-07-2005, 9:08am
Dan Beimborn's Shatter the Calm (http://www.celticmusic.com/dan/shatter_the_calm.html)
and
Michael Kerry's The Rocky Road (http://www.cdbaby.com/michaelkerry)
It doesn't get much better than these 2. Dan's is great in its complexity, and Michael's is great in its simplicity.
squeally dan
Mar-07-2005, 1:06pm
Thanks for the recommendations. Are these guys in some type of ensemble or is it just solo mandolin pieces?
mad dawg
Mar-07-2005, 1:11pm
Other MC regulars with great mando-centric Celtic recordings include Dagger Gordon and Kevin MacLeod. Both of their recordings can be located at www.musicscotland.com.
Robin Bullock has some nice stuff. He's a multi-instrument player -guitar and mando family.
Mark Robertson-Tessi
Mar-07-2005, 5:35pm
Mick Moloney, No Strings Attached is another good one.
Cheers,
Mark
glauber
Mar-08-2005, 9:40am
Thanks for the recommendations. Are these guys in some type of ensemble or is it just solo mandolin pieces?
The 2 i mentioned are solo albums (multitracked). Dan plays an assortment of mandolins, bouzoukis and mandolas, and Kerry plays mandolin and guitar.
There is some nice mandolin in the Border Collies Unleashed (http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/CG_Border_Collies_Unleashed.html) album.
Actually mine doesn't have any multitracking of the lead except for the first track (unless I've forgotten something).. though some wasn't recorded live/simultaneously- the cuts with Zan backing were done by mail order! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
muldoon
Mar-08-2005, 10:36am
Hey squeally dan... check this out !!!
http://www.bruceburnside.com/
Also, on the Cafe's on mp3 page. John Muir's Passion.
Don't forget to listen the Scottish jigs by Kevin Macleod here in the mando mp3s section.
glauber
Mar-08-2005, 2:49pm
Actually mine doesn't have any multitracking of the lead except for the first track (unless I've forgotten something).. though some wasn't recorded live/simultaneously- the cuts with Zan backing were done by mail order! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
As opposed to Zen backing, which is the sound it makes when somebody plays in the woods and nobody is listening.
I don't have the CD with me, but i think you accompany yourself in a few tracks, no? It's probably time to give it another listen (soon, on my drive home).
They have a huge load of celtic on elderly. Search celtic mandolin and im sure you will find a huge load of good stuff. www.elderly.com
Well some of the 10-string zook stuff is a conscious attempt to pretend I'm accomapnying myself as I play it...
The first track I play zook & mandolin.. studio trickery. Most of the rest is either zook with me playing chords under melody and/or solo instrumental with backing by Zan or Paul K..
glauber
Mar-08-2005, 9:15pm
Yes, i listened to it again, tonight. Amazing playing. May induce inferiority complex on listener. Caveat emptor.