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    Thumbs up Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    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

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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    Thanks for that, Dick, definitely gotta order that one!

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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    Sounds great. "From the Liffey to the Lee" (Dublin to Cork).

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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    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.
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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    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

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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    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!

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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    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.
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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    Just ran across this album --- badass stuff.

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    Default Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    Grabbed it right away, really sweet album. Such a different timbre from what I'm used to hearing in Irish (or Scottish for that matter) mandolin!

    EDIT: wish CDbaby (who I generally love) would do more in the way of cover art - found these at amazon, plus a nice portrait of the man himself:

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