A search here didn't show up this Mandolin CD, so just in case any folks here haven't heard about this one yet, here's the link to CD Baby:
O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair
Cheers
Dick
A search here didn't show up this Mandolin CD, so just in case any folks here haven't heard about this one yet, here's the link to CD Baby:
O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair
Cheers
Dick
Thanks for that, Dick, definitely gotta order that one!
Cheers,
Jill
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Sounds great. "From the Liffey to the Lee" (Dublin to Cork).
One of the interesting things is that he's playing what is described as a 'neapolitan mandoline' which is kind of unusual these days.
Fine bright sound from the mandolin(e), and very good accompaniment from Jim Murray, whose playing I have always enjoyed.
David A. Gordon
Hi Dick,
Thanks for the heads up on this. I had a quick listen to the previews and it sounds like an album worth getting.
Richard
This is top-notch Irish music that happens to be played on the mandolin, if you know what I mean - free from the shackles of mandocentricity. I've waited a long time for this!
I've had this one for a while. It's the best Irish mandolin CD I've heard in ages, maybe ever. Thanks for trying to bring it to a wider audience, Dick, it deserves to be heard more.
Whistler, I am in full agreement with your notions of how Irish music and mandolin ought to go together.
- Dave
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Just ran across this album --- badass stuff.
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