Alehouse Insurrections

Tommy Byrnes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 2004)
• Original Release Date: August 31, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sovereignty Records
• ASIN: B0002SPRYE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,373,141 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Tommy Byrnes weaves a tapestry of highly accomplished traditional technique with the complex styles of the 70s progressive rock movement and intricate arrangements of the Celtic revival. Playing a wide variety of instruments, including guitars, bass, tin whistles, bodhran, highland pipes and keyboards, the music on Alehouse Insurrections is both evocative and inspired. Tommy’s original songs and instrumentals, along with interpretations of traditional tunes, beg the listener to turn it up!

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It raises the chin and I applaud it whole-heartedly!, September 9, 2004

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a.wolf "aw" (MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alehouse Insurrections (Audio CD)

I have been truly enjoying Alehouse Insurrections!! Mind you that my knowledge of Celtic music is slim: Van Morrison being 1/5 of my collection (20-30 CDs) with Chieftains, Clannad, a thing called Mad Buckgoat by Baltimore Consort (very good) and remembrances of Pentangle from the 70's.

At first listen (1st 2 songs) I wondered where it was going...then this "modern edge" to tradition-this new interpretation of the "Irish light" transcended into flute bubbling with mirth! I found the music passionate, full and elating. By the 3rd cut-instruments of sound create beauty and expansiveness in the "right measure".

Tommy voice is certainly meant for oratory performance. Later, during the 1st listen, sounds of Jethro Tull came to mind-still fierce and complex-I find the music more simple and kind (compliment!), more fresh, pure and honest.

Anyway, I'll try to wrap it up shortly by saying- the Irish Gypsy" in his soul comes through the music both as raw and sublime-innocence and experience. The CD is as unguessed as it is refreshing. It raises the chin and I applaud it whole-heartedly!