Traditional Music of Ireland

by Seamus Egan

Overview

Over two decades after this album was recorded and released, it's rather funny to look at the cover photo of Seamus Egan in his cargo pants with his feathered haircut and sweet, unassuming smile. In the intervening years he became a superstar producer of modern Irish folk groups and a highly sought-after studio musician, with a wardrobe tending toward black leather and no more on-camera smiles. In 1986 he was a new face on the scene, a remarkably talented teenage multi-instrumentalist who had already won all-Ireland titles on four different instruments. On this album he plays flute, tres, mandolin, tenor banjo, uilleann pipes, and whistle, all of them not only with surprising virtuosity but also with an even more surprising maturity and assurance. His repertoire is unusually broad as well, and this program includes not only the predictable Irish reels and jigs but also a set of gavottes by J.S. Bach, a Swedish waltz, and another from Newfoundland. The synthesizer on the Bach set is a bit awkward, but just about everything else on this album is an unqualified delight. Highlights include that Swedish waltz, which is gently gorgeous, and a medley of reels here entitled "The Maids of Galway." ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/1995
Label:	Shanachie
UPC:	0016351341525
Rank:	126791

Tracks

1. Maids of Galway
2. The Munster Cloak
3. Medley
4. Bach Gavottes
5. Medley
6. Waltz From Transtrand
7. Medley
8. Medley
9. Medley
10. Medley
11. Aggie's Waltz
12. Grandmon's

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Seamus Egan   Primary Artist,Whistle (Instrument),Pipe,Tres,Banjo,Flute,Mandolin,Whistle (Human)
Jimmy Keane   Guest Artist
Rosalyn Briley   Guest Artist,Harp
Mick Moloney   Guitar
Lori Cole   Piano
Siobhan Egan   Fiddle
James Keane   Electronic Sounds

Technical Credits

Mick Moloney   Producer,Liner Notes,Photography
Glenn Barratt   Engineer
Paul Krueger   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Digital Mastering
Seamus Egan   Composer,Annotation