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CD Review: Altan – The Widening Gyre – by Christian Lamitschka for Country Music News International
Maggie’s Pancakes / Píobaire an Chéide / The Friel Deal (reels) – very fast Scottish-Irish instrumental medley.
No Ash Will Burn (song) – traditional, slow waltz by Walt Aldrige. Very atmospheric duet with Bruce Molsky.
Buffalo Gals / Leather Britches (Lord McDonald’s Reel) / Leslie’s Reel – 3 lively dance pieces, very well combined Irish and bluegrass, performed by Darol Anger, Todd Phillips, Alison Brown
Má Théann Tú ‘un Aonaigh (amhrán / song) – Gaelic song from Arranmore Island from 1950 about the life of a young man.
Tune For Mairéad and Anna Ní Mhaonaigh (slow tune) – Composed by Dáithí as a birthday song. – instrumental.
The White Birds – Ballad based on a poem by W. B. Yeats for his wife Maud Gonne. Music by Fiona Black, vocals by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
The Tin Key / Sam Kelly’s Jig / The Gravediggers – traditional fiddle dance pieces, composed by Mark Tourish
Cúirt Robin Finley / Moladh Shliabh Maoineach (amhrán / song) – Gaelic love song to a mountain and a dream world.
The House Carpenter / Gypsy Davy (song) – traditional song that is found in different variants in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and America. – Nice duet with bluegrass musician Tim O’Brien.
Samhradh / Aniar Aduaidh Jig / The Donegal Jig (slow reel / jigs) – medley, partly composed by Mairéad and Martin Tourish.
The Lurgy Stream (song) – Very nice duet with Dáithí, named after a river in Donegal.
The Triple T (Thomas Tourish’s Tune) – instrumental, composed by Ciarán Tourish for his son Thomas. In bluegrass styles and very quickly. Solos by Alison Brown (banjo), Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Brian Sutton (guitar), Darol Anger (fiddle), Sam Bush (mandolin) and Stuart Duncan (fiddle).
Far Beyond Carrickfinn (song) – composed by Ian Smith and Enda Cullen. Wonderful ballad about saying goodbye to her father Francie. When he dies a shooting star falls and so it says: “Stars lead the way, as your journey begins“. Eddi Reader from Glasgow also sings here. The choir is sung partly in English and partly in Gaelic.
The Road Home (slow house) – composed by Martin Tourish
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CD Review: Brandon Lee Adams – Hardest Kind of Memories – by Christian Lamitschka for Country Music News International
Roberts Ride
Docks Of Sutters Bay
Sweat Of Your Brow
Slap Shot
I Long For Seventeen (With Tony Rice)
Misery 101
Already Home
Road To Columbus
Hardest Kind Of Memories
Up Where The Cold Wind Blows
Where I Can Lay My Burden Down
Brandon Lee Adams from Charlestown, West Virginia learned to play the guitar at the tender age of 8, when his grandfather handed him a “Martin” guitar.
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CD Review: The WannaBeatles with Louise Harrison – Fab Fan Memories: The Beatles Bond – by Joanna Demee for Country Music News International
Early Moments and Memories 7:55
February 9, 1964 Stories7:09
Favorite Beatle 3:54
In Our Lives 23:54
Close Encounters of the Fab Kind 11:42
Favorite Beatles Song 2:31
The Beatles Bond 4:05
Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow 4:02
Because They Were Fab 2:58
This album is a tribute CD dedicated to the Beatles. In the first podcast is about fan confessions of their first encounter with Beatles’ music.
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CD Review: Freddie Hart – God Bless You – by Joanna Demee for Country Music News International
See You on Sunday 3:03
God Bless You 3:00
I’ve Got Jesus 2:51
Til Then 2:54
You Never Let Go of Me 2:59
A Servant for the Lord 2:39
Just for the Love of It 3:11
Sweet Jesus 2:12
Keep My Commandments 2:49
Heaven or Hell 3:01
At This Time of Year 2:42
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I admire real believers. You can see a powerful will in their eyes, and that they have a strong purpose in their life.
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CD Review: Eric Burgett – Pass it On – by Joanna Demee for Country Music News International
Swing Low, Sweet Old Cadillac 3:31
Raised 3:27
Nowhere Roads 3:40
Pass it On 3:23
Town You Never Heard Of
I am having a tea with honey, and I am about to review Eric, with his album, Pass it On.
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CD Review: Cindy Lee Alden – Black Coffee – by Christian Lamitschka for Country Music News International
Black Coffee
You Love The Thunder
Your Cheating Heart
Show My Heart To You
Talk Fast
When I Think About Cheatin’
Rock’n Road
In The Cards
My Own Horse
So In Love
Kaleidoscope
Bring It On
A Tingle Inside
Takin’ It Slow
A Night To Remember
Cindy Lee Alden made her first artistic steps on the dance floor at the tender age of 3 and became a teenager in her hometown Greensburg, Pennsylvania voted “Miss Teen Talent”.
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