Customer Reviews

Trian

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Failte! (Greetings!) Before you purchase a Trian album, you need to know that this was Liz Carroll's journey-woman years when she was a sought after young fiddle player for making everyone else sound better with her back up, shared lead and counterpoint fiddle playing. There are still Liz composed and excellent lead fiddle. The Trian group is basically a twin button accordian and fiddle lead between Billy and Liz that is 100 percent razor sharp in synch with the "sweet" chord patterns and counter point of Daithi Sproule. Daithi has an almost gentle, classical or poetic style of chord progressions that are exquisite. "Diplococus" is a Liz composed treat (Is this a Celtic dinosaur or a Celtic flu?). "An Chreac" celebrates the time of famine in Ireland, when the robber and robbee were both in dire poverty. Diathi demonstrates his excellent voice. I would love to see the Gaelic lyrics and translation. At the top of my wish list is a re-union album as we near the decade mark of the trio breaking up. Liz has gone on to well deserved celebrity as one of the absolutely best Celtic fiddle players. Before there were all-Ireland competitions, before there were big budget albums and performances, there was simple pub playing for fun and relaxation by single musicians, duos and trios. It is good to remember your "roots." Ceol de Erin Go Bragh! ( Music of Ireland forever!)

This is a very clear, focused album of Irish traditional music. A brisk and uplifting energy runs throughout. Songs and an pair of elegant waltzes complement rather than work at odds with the straight reels and jigs. One of the best albums I've come across in the genre.

How can an album with Liz Carroll, Billy McComiskey, and Daithi Sproule miss. These are three virtuosi whose talents, brought together, add up to more than the sum of their parts. The album is largely instrumental, and the trio shine on the jigs and reels,with extraordinary, exciting interplay between McComiskey's accordeon and Carroll's fiddle. Some of newly composed tunes are marvelous.

I bought based on a clip and a review. Was pleased, though the recording is 10 years old. I may check into their newer stuff, if it exists.