slower celtic tunes

[Rob Ross]

I'm very fond of The Clergy's Lamentation, but almost no one I've played with knows it. It's attributed to O'Carolan, but some folks aren't sure. I learned it off a Horslips album, they play it through slow, then again at double time. Sounds very nice on a mandolin.

[Dagger Gordon]

I would make a distinction between slow airs and 'slower' tunes.

Harp tunes are good on mandolin, which of course takes in the O'Carolan stuff. I particularly like Morgan Megan, but try Planxty George Brabazon (aka Prince Charlie's Welcome To The Isle Of Skye).

There is a lot of much more contemporary harp music out there now, written by the likes of Savourna Stevenson, Ailie Robertson or Corina Hewitt. Worth checking out.