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Fourmilehouse

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Alan Kelly, probably the greatest living piano-box player, his brother John on flute, and an exceptional roster of accompainsts: Cyril O'Donoghue on bouzouki, Arty McGlynn on guitar, Brian McGrath on banjo & piano, and Jim Higgins on bodhran... lovely tunes, some of them refreshingly rare, and brilliantly arranged all around. Straighforward, spare, and beautiful Irish dance music.
There is something that sounds like synth in a couple spots, but it's not too distracting.

In Fourmilehouse, Alan Kelly (on the piano accordion) and his brother John Kelly (on the flue and whistle) perform lively traditional music with consummate skill and enthusiasm. A highly recommended addition to the music library of Irish music fans, Fourmilehouse showcases the brother's performances of Mrs. Crochan's/Quinn's/?The Boys of Potaferry (3:01); The One that was Lost/The Hag's Purse/The Black Rogue (4:06); The Cacus Reel/Lady on the Island/Mcgettrick's (3:46); Jer Quigley's/The bunch of Green Rushes (3:25); The Sporting Pitchfork/The Diplodocus/Charlie Mulvhill's (4:03); The Parting Glass/The Duke of Leinster (4:54); The Bush in Bloom/The Old Road to Garry/Captain Kelly's (2:53); The Mountain Ranger/The Harp and Shamrock (3:55); The Four Leafed Shamrock/The Concert Reel/Larkin's Beehives (5:03); The Pleasures of Hope/The Palm Tree/Ah Surely (3:51); Castletown Connors/Old John's Jig/The Green Fields of Woodford (4:04); Sonny Brogan's/Easter Sunday/The Glentaun.