Molloy Brady & Peoples

Tommy Peoples, Paul Brady, Matt Molloy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B000005CS3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,637 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Matt Peoples [Reels]

2. The Creel of Turf/Tom Billys [Jigs]

3. Crosses of Annagh/Mcfaddens Handsome Daughter [Reels]

4. The Newport Lass/Rambling Pitchfork [Jigs]

5. Sharock Shore [Song]

6. The Munster Buttermilk/Connachtman's Rambles [Jigs]

7. Speed the Plough/Toss the Feathers [Reels]

8. The Limerick Lasses/Foxhunters [Reels]

9. The Mick Finn's/Blackthorn [Reels]

10. The Fergal O'Gara/Cloon [Reels]

11. Mulqueeney's/Out in the Ocean [Hornpipe/Jig]

12. The Rainy Day/Grand Canal [Reels]

13. The Scotsman over the Border/The Killavil [Reels]

14. John Brennans (Silver Spire) /Drag Her Round the Road [Jigs]

15. The Graf Spee [Reel]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the greatest album of traditional Irish dance music, June 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Molloy Brady & Peoples (Audio CD)

I consider this album an absolute must for any Irish music collection. Matt Molloy is a consumate flute player who plays not only with speed and fire but with incredible acurracy. Tommy Peoples has never sounded so exciting as on this classic album. His playing literally explodes and captures you from the first note. Paul Brady's accompaniament helped set the standard for modern backing of tunes. Together they created a sound that paved the way for such bands as Altan and Solas. Their version of Toss the Feathers is emulated in sessions the world over. If you want to learn to play Irish music or just appreciate its firey beauty you MUST BUY THIS ALBUM!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic!, April 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Molloy Brady & Peoples (Audio CD)

This is truly a classic recording of authentic, top-quality Irish music by two of Ireland's greatest traditional musicians. While Matt Molloy is universally regarded as a master flute-player, Tommy Peoples holds a position of reverence among Irish fiddle-players that is reserved for probably just one person in every generation. Together they are a musical powerhouse! They have distinctive guitar accompaniment on the album and one's view of that style will be a matter of personal taste. In any case, you will not tire of this album! (I would like to see Tommy Peoples' other recordings available on Amazon also).

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sit down, shut up, and hang on, May 20, 1998

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P. Lozar "plozar" (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Molloy Brady & Peoples (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful album. Molloy is a virtuoso flautist with a low-key manner, while his former Bothy Band colleague Peoples is a charismatic, creative, rather erratic fiddler. But both share the same approach to tunes: d*mn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. Together they play with fire and passion, enlivening the traditional tunes without losing any of their nuances. Brady is a perfect accompanist, supportive but not intrusive, and performs handsomely as a soloist too. This may be an oldie, but it's a recording I keep reaching for again and again.