Feadoga Stain 2

Mary Bergin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000000E87
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,986 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen Mary of the Tin Whistle! Pioneering Early Work., January 24, 2003

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This review is from: Feadoga Stain 2 (Audio CD)

Failte! (Greetings). Feadoga Stain ("whistle tunes" in Irish Gaelic)number one was seriously handicapped by the music recording technology of the mid 1970's. However, don't dare to criticize the playing unless you can play along and keep pace. The tinwhistle and the bodhran (Irish Drum, pronounced Boe-rahn or Bow-rahn) are the very best of the best ever recorded. The second recording is not as handicapped for recording technology, and is a real gem of Celtic Music history. Mary is in an elite group of musicians that includes Paddy Moloney, Joannie Madden, Laurence Nugent, and Joe McKenna. Her fluid, fast paced tunes are her trademark sound. Mary was doing fast paced, fluid whistling in the mid 1970's, and stretched the envelope for playing forever more. The same can be said of Johnny McDonagh. Current bodhran players are playing fast paced doublets and triplets, using drums without crossbars, using a backside technique to alter the tone, use a full range of tones, use rim strokes to accent, and are playing expressively to the music. Guess who pioneered these techniques in the early and mid 1970's? It may even be fair to say that this percussion instrument would have been relegated to a historic artifact status if Johnny hadn't streched the envelope by a wide margin. Previously, the bodhran was an outdoor instrument for parades and wakes, with the performer playing loudly and dancing at the same time. Johnny is in an elite group of Bodhran players that include Tommy Hayes, Kevin Conneff (Cheiftains), Frank Torpey(Nomos), John Joe Kelly (Flook) and Donnchadh Gough(Danu). Mary and Johnny together have a set of jigs and reels here that can be said to be the prototype of fine Irish music for these instruments over the last three decades. How about a reunion album? Feodoga Stain 3? Eire go Brach! (Ireland Forever!).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Airy Brillance!, April 25, 2007

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Chad P. Mcanally - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feadoga Stain 2 (Audio CD)

Whether you have been listening to Irish traditional music all your life or you have recently started, seriously consider adding both these albums (Feadog Stain one and two) to your music collection. They are simply wonderful albums! Despite some sound quality issues on her first album (which are fairly minor) this stands as one of the greatest recordings of Irish music ever made. The second recording picks up were the first left off, with the benefit of clearer sound.

This isn't the slick, over produced new agey fare encountered in movie sound tracks of late. This is the real stuff; genuine hard driving dance tunes and moving slow airs played by great musicians.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant whistle playing, December 17, 2008

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Ivo Turk - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feadoga Stain 2 (Audio CD)

Mary Bergin is one of the best whistle players of all times. This CD is a classic and it's a must have for all those who like Irish traditional music.