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First Through the Gate

Brian Conway (Artist)
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (July 23, 2002)
  • Original Release Date: 2002
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Smithsonian Folkways
  • ASIN: B000068Q26
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #174,044 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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listen  1. Reels: The Liffey Banks / The Concert Reel / The Donegal Traveler (medley) 3:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Slip Jigs: The Foxhunter / Barney Brallaghan / Comb Your Hair and Curl It (medley) 2:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Reels: The Mullingar Lea / Dowd's No. 9 / The Lass of Carracastle (medley) 3:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Jigs: Up Sligo No. 2 / Contentment Is Wealth / The Scotsman Over the Border (medley) 3:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Reels: The Blackberry Blossom / The Silver Spire / The Dawn (medley) 3:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Hornpipes: The Cuckoo / Flowers of Spring / Dunphy's (medley) 4:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Reels: The Dairy Maid's Reel / The Reelof Bogie / Langton's Favorites (medley) 3:41$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Highlands: O'Flynn's Fancy / Casey's Pig / Jimmy Lyons' (medley) 3:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Reels: Paddy Ryan's Dream / Never Was Piping So Gay / John McGrath's (medley) 3:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Reels: Jenny's Welcome to Charlie / Tom Steele (medley) 4:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Slow Air: An raibh tu ag an gCarraig? (Were you at the Rock?) 4:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Reels: Martin Wynne's Nos. 1,2,3 and 4 4:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Hornpipes: Minnie Foster's Clog / The Newcastle Hornpipe / Fly by Night No.2 (medley) 4:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Jigs: Jerry's Beaver Hat / Scatter the Mud / Kitty's Wedding (medley) 3:45$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Reels:The Spike Island Lasses / Tom Moylan's Frolics (medley) 2:29$0.99 Buy Track


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In his long-awaited, stunning solo debut, premier Irish-American fiddler Brian Conway performs with a skill, grace, and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his own. Well known in the New York Irish/Celtic community, Conway has won numerous fiddling competitions, and has been called one of the best fiddlers of his generation. Nothing is missed in Brian Conway's Sligo style of fiddling. From hop jigs to hornpipes, and highlands to slow airs, Conway preserves and passes along the best of the past while melding it with the talent and imagination of the present.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done, August 26, 2002
By "nichlasroad" (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
This is a great CD, especially if you enjoy traditional Irish music. It is fast paced without being frantic. The liner notes are exceptional.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars like Tullamore Dew, November 16, 2005
By Anthony McLaughlin "Peace Creeps" (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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I've been collecting Irish Traditional CDs since the beginning of the Summer and I just got this based on Earle Kitchner's review in the Irish Echo. It really doesn't get any better than this. The clarity, the tempos, the swing, the pure naturalness--pour me another. I also greatly appreciated the inclusion of Mick Maloney's informative essay on Sligo Fiddling.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A music lover's delight, August 8, 2002
By c jordan (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
When I go home after a busy day and I want to feel happy, I put on Brian Conway's "First Through the Gate." It is simply beautiful. What wonderful music to enjoy in the peaceful surroundings of home, away from the frenetic pace of our modern world. And my kids love it, too; they dance to it, they twirl to it. Thank you, Brian Conway, for such a delightful CD.
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