By: Grey Larsen & Paddy League
Release Date: 2001
Recording Label: Sleepy Creek Music SCM 102
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Compact Disc
Debut CD by Grey and Paddy, intricate and spirited arrangements of instrumental Irish music, plus some Larsen originals. Irish flute, tin whistle, concertina, guitar, bodhrán, harmonium, field organ. Three bonus tracks of Michael J. Kennedy (1900-1978) playing melodeon and talking about music and his life. Copious liner notes. Available only on CD format.
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Track listing
Track Title Full Sample Short Sample 1. Lady on the Island / The Humours of Lisadel / The Monaghan Twig 2. The Thrush in the Straw / The Banks of Lough Gowna 3. The Cuckoo's Nest / Fitzgerald's Hornpipe / The Indian on the Rock 4. The Wind that Shakes the Barley / Dusk Among the Willows Listen Listen 5. Lord Mayo / An C£is¡n B n (The White Cushion) 6. Comb Your Hair and Curl It / The Whinney Hills of Leitrim / A Fig for a Kiss 7. O'Carolan's Draught 8. Very Kind and Gracious 9. Old Tipperary / Garret Barry's / Tom Greyhan's Jig 10. The Walls of Liscarroll / Maguire's Kick / The Lark on the Strand 11. Sweet Iniscara / The Morning Star / Scotch Mary / Music in the Glen 12. Cabbage Night Listen Listen 13. Michael J. Kennedy talks about The Cuckoo's Nest 14. Michael J. Kennedy plays The Cuckoo's Nest 15. Michael J. Kennedy talks about music, memory, and playing for dances in North-East County Galway