Irish Coffee

Cady Finlayson

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cady Finlayson
• ASIN: B000OCZDQ0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #379,423 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

rish Coffee by Cady Finlayson CDinsight.com Cady Finlaysons' latest offering "Irish Coffee" features 19 wonderfully arranged instrumental tracks that take listeners to the enchanted land of Ireland with a few additional stops along the way. The disc ranges from very traditional Celtic offerings to tracks that offer a more worldly take (think Afro Celt Sound System with a bit more "Celt"). Stand out tracks for me included: "Tuttle/Caislean Oir" which features virtuoso fiddle playing with the worldly percussion and even the rainstick; - The flowing melody of "Jon Roy Lyall"; ...And "Jury Duty Waltz", which Finlayson wrote while spending a particularly long day waiting for her name to be called to perform her judicial civic duty. Cady Finlayson is not a new artist by any means. She's a seasoned veteran violinist with three solo albums to her credit, many works with other bands and movie soundtrack work. She's well-traveled and has played Carnegie Hall. Finlayson is both a "violinist" AND a "fiddle player"! She's equipped with the musicianship and chops of a concert violinist with the feeling and spirit of a good old fashioned fiddler! This diversity and well-rounded approach shines through in her music and definitely makes "Irish Coffee" an outstanding release! --CDinsight.com - Charles Barber

Review

CADY FINLAYSON - IRISH COFFEE DJfix.com Cady Finlayson has proven herself a world music artist to watch. Or perhaps that should be to listen to. At any rate, her presentation of Celtic flavored music is smooth and lovely and she's quite a talented fiddle player. Along with her fiddling are instrumentalists playing guitar, accordian, percussion, uilleann pipes, keyboard, bodhran and harp. It makes for a well-rounded sound, layered nicely and with plenty going on. This quite organic Irish flavored music is delightful and spirited and a fine demonstration of the beauty of Irish folk music. The melodies and layers of instrumentation are all executed with utmost skill and fans of this brand of world music or world music in general can happily snuggle up with some "Irish Coffee." -- review by Kristofer Upjohn DJfix.com --DJFix.com

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4.0 out of 5 stars RadioIndy Reviews: Irish Coffee by Cady Finlayson, February 8, 2009

By	MikVacch Enterprises LLC "Radioindy.com" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Irish Coffee" the instrumental disc from the highly talented violinist Cady Finlayson is a stand out album filled with an abundance of Celtic feel. Known for performing traditional Irish music, Finlayson adds a touch of Americana to her latest effort and the result is a wonderful collection of brisk and lively melodies. The song "A Midwinter Waltz" makes you feel as if you are strolling along the breath taking hills of Ireland on a snowy day. Adding the American folk element "Brooklyn March" highlights Finlayson's energetic violin work and melds together Americana with an Irish flare. This album "Irish Coffee" is powered by energetic and enthusiastic violin instrumentals with Celtic flare and a colorful touch of folk.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Irish Fiddling with new tunes blending in with the old, April 16, 2009

By	Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Fiddler Finlayson is not from Ireland; she's from Brooklyn. But she certainly has the Irish spirit inside her based on this CD.

The whopping 19 tracks (many are medleys) combine traditional Irish dance tunes (jigs, reels, straphspeys) with some new melodies that she composed for her and her band (the standard accordion, bodhron guitar and percussion section - with a harp thrown in on a few tracks). There's a bit of varied instrumentation when there is some rain added on one track and a harp shows up on a couple of others.

The fiddler composed five of the songs and gives them contemporary names - "Jury Duty Waltz" was written while she was waiting to be called during that inevitable jury duty - but the music is no different that if it was composed in the Emerald Isle. But there's nothing wrong with that. She's a more than capable player and I did have the chance to see her play live - which I would recommend. This is not "Riverdance" music that is fast and furious. Finlayson plays the softer and more formal Irish dance music.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"