Matt Molloy & Paul Brady & Tommy Peoples[Tradicional irlandesa]

This album is something of a summit meeting between two major powers in Irish music -- fiddler Tommy Peoples and flutist Matt Molloy, both veterans of the legendary Bothy Band and world-class instrumentalists. Guitarist Paul Brady plays a supporting role, though he steps out front to sing, beautifully, on the bitter "Shamrock Shore." Throughout most of the album, Molloy and Peoples take turns leading the trio through sets of traditional jigs and reels. Interestingly, the program includes a few session standards ("Speed the Plough," "Toss the Feathers," "The Connachtman's Rambles") but consists primarily of more obscure tunes. Molloy solos on a set of reels consisting of "The Crosses of Annagh" and "McFadden's Handsome Daughter" and delivers them with his trademark offhanded eloquence; Peoples shows off his sharp, astringent attack to perfect effect on "The Newport Lass" and "The Rambling Pitchfork." (Yes, "The Rambling Pitchfork." Don't ask where these tune names come from.) Inconsistent production quality is a minor annoyance throughout -- some tracks sound distant, cramped and monophonic, others sound close and dry. But it's only as minor annoyance. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide





1 Matt Peoples
2 The Creel of Turf/Tom Billys
3 Crosses of Annagh/Mcfaddens Handsome Daughter
4 The Newport Lass/Rambling Pitchfork
5 Sharock Shore
6 The Munster Buttermilk/Connachtman's Rambles
7 Speed the Plough/Toss the Feathers
8 The Limerick Lasses/Foxhunters
9 The Mick Finn's/Blackthorn
10 The Fergal O'Gara/Cloon
11 Mulqueeney's/Out in the Ocean
12 The Rainy Day/Grand Canal
13 The Scotsman over the Border/The Killavil
14 John Brennans (Silver Spire) /Drag Her Round the Road
15 The Graf Spee

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