The Curragh Races appears in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (1907), though an earlier version of the tune is published in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) as “The London Lasses.” Our version of Jenny Picking Cockles is generally associated with piper Willie Clancy. Lynnsey learned her version from James Kelly, and Treasa learned her near identical version from Donncha Ó Briain, which is published in the Golden Eagle tunebook, vol. 1.
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Fiddle player Caitlin Finley played for us back in the day at the Coatesville Traditional Irish Music Series. It took a while to find out she’d made a CD with flute & piano (also piccolo, pipes & melodeon) accompaniment but it was worth the wait! Check it out. Will Woodson & Chris Stevens are standouts, too. It’s nice to find a contemporary Irish CD I like start to finish. Frank Dalton
Former member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 unveils a rich, swinging new record that pulls from jazz and soul in its high-wattage songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 24, 2024
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Masterful box playing. Has some very appealing, unusual quality to it - hard to put into words... might be the Sliabh Luachra style peeping through. musicstillspeaks