Traditional Dance Music of Ireland [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Saydisc
• ASIN: B00000453Y
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #878,962 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Reels: Sally Gardens: Mason's Apron

2. Triple (Or Slip) Jig: Gurty's Frolic

3. Clog Hornpipe: Louis Quinn's

4. Reel: David's Delight

5. Hornipipe: The Sweep's or the Royal Belfast

6. Reels: Bunker Hill; Tommy Whelan's

7. Last Figure of the Lancers (Quadrille): Please Give a Penny to the ...

8. Reel; Stormy Weather

9. Reel; the Gosson That Bate His Father

10. Reels; the Cooperplate; the Boys of the Spuds (Or Bunch of Keys)

11. Reel: Carracastle Lasses (Or George Whites)

12. Biddy the Bowl Wife/I Lost My Love and I Care Not/King of the Cannibal

13. Reel: New Lough Isle Castle (Bagpipe Style)

14. Reel: Marry When You're Young

15. Reel: Lords Gordons

16. Reels: The Boys of the Ough; the Lark

17. Reel or Hornpipe: Down the Glen

18. Hare Among the Heather; the Woman of the House

19. Hornpipes: Paddy O'Brien's (The Second Known as Cooley's)

20. Reels: McKenna's; Tinker's Apron & Antrim Reel

See all 37 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Kennedy - musician, folklorist, collector, editor, July 13, 2006

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Tamnaceol (Lancashire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Traditional Dance Music of Ireland (Audio CD)

For the 10 short tracks of the Donegal fiddler Johnny Doherty alone this recording deserves at least 6 stars. These were recorded while he was still in his prime, in the 1950's. All these recordings are gleaned from the huge store of field recordings made by Peter Kennedy in the 1950's and 60's and are priceless. It's not the best conversion to digital, some of the harshness of the reel-to-reel recordings remains, though some audio cleaning took place in the transfer, but the beauty of the music and the playing comes through, superb, a priceless education for the ears...

This was never recorded for or intended as a recording to accompany dance...but to exercise your ears, to learn to play dance music and eventually to exercise dancers with that knowledge and understanding, I can highly recommend this collection of tracks of Ireland's traditional dance music by some of it's finest exponents...

Sadly, Peter Kennedy lost his battle with cancer on Saturday,June 10th, 2006. His work continues with folktrax.org...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars decent dance c.d., January 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Traditional Dance Music of Ireland (Audio CD)

I really enjoy the music in regards to quality; however, as an Irish step dancer, a few of the songs- such as the slip jig (song #2)- are a bit fast. The reels and hornpipes are easy to dance to, though. I would recommend this c.d. to anyone who enjoys Irish stepdancing or simply likes to listen to Irish music.