Banish Misfortune

Malcolm Dalglish | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• ASIN: B000SKWCJE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,441,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

SIDE ONE: 1. Jig - Banish Misfortune 2. Reels - Pigeon on the Gate/Musical Priest/Drowsy Maggie 3. Airs - Sir John Fenwick's the Flower Among Them All/Noble Squire Dacre 4. Jigs - The Road to Lisdoonvarna/Trip to Sligo/Slides - Dennis Murphy's Slide/O'Keefe's ... 5. Midnight Mountain Road 6. Air - O'Connell's Lamentation 7. Jigs - The Three Little Drummers/Kate Caulfield's Jig/Paddy in London 8. Reels - Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman/The Nine Points of Roguery SIDE TWO: 9. Marches - March of the King Laois/Brian Boru's March 10. Hornpipes - The First of May/Drunkard's Path/An Comhra Donn 11. Air - Tar Hollow/Dog in the Mustard/Kid on the Mountain (two part version)/Kid on the Mountain (four part version)/Drops of Brandy/Foxhunter's Jig/The Rocky Road to Dublin 12. Schottisches - #1/Maggie McGee's Schottische/Johnny, Will You Marry Me? 13. Air - Christ Child's Lullaby

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best, August 23, 2004

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T. M. Marston "clockstreet" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banish Misfortune (Audio CD)

This album inspired me to learn 3 instruments: the tin whistle, the guitar, and the hammered dulcimer. I have never heard a dulcimer recording its equal. It will make you want to learn an instrument just so you can share the songs with other people. I would get this record if at all possible

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic, September 15, 2003

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Eric Miller (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banish Misfortune (Audio CD)

This album is a true classic. This is a must-have album for lovers of celtic, instrumental, and hammer dulcimer music. With me, as for many early fans, this was the album that introduced me to celtic music.

Often labeled as "new age" because "Banish Misfortune" is instrumental, it is a forerunner of that genre. This music is not synthesized or electronic, but instead consists of virtuoso performances of traditional Irish tunes. While this album is melodic, it is not especially mellow. Most of these are dance tunes, and as such are played at dizzying, tempos that inspire one to motion more than to meditation. Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an inspiration, October 31, 2010

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jkp725 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Banish Misfortune (Audio CD)

I bought this album in vinyl way back when (when people still bought vinyl). I don't know why, but it has been an inspiration to my music since. I still listen to it often in my car on a cassette I made from it back around, oh, 1980 or so, and can't get enough. I also saw Dalglish and Larsen in concert near Providence RI in the mid-1980s, and it was great. I wonder what they're up to today?