I've spent the last few days going through my cds so I can re-acquaint myself with tunes... I came across Seamus Creagh's cd, Came the Dawn (Ossian; OSSCD 90). Seamus is a fiddler, originally from Monaghan, who has been living and playing in Cork for the last 20? years, and plays in a Sliabh Luachra style. He has unusual tunes, with a minimum of accompaniment, and has a lovely crisp playing style. If anyone's interested in Sliabh Luachra music, I'd recommend his stuff - he's got at least one other album, the name of which I can't remember, but it's with a button box player - really nice tight playing.
The other cd that I thought might be of interest is Saydisc's Traditional Dance Music of Ireland (CD-SDL 420). This is music recorded in the 1950s from Johnny Doherty (fiddle, Donegal), Jimmy Hogan / the Jimmy Hogan Trio(accordion, Tipperary / London), Tom Turkington (fiddle, Tyrone), Paddy Taylor ([silver] flute, West Limerick), Sean Maguire (whistle, Cavan / Belfast), Michael Gorman & Margaret Barry (fiddle & banjo [chordal, as accompaniment], Sligo & Cork / London), Paddy Breen (Orcon flageolet, West Clare), Seamus Ennis (whistle), & Johnny Pickering (fiddle, Armagh). There are some lovely old tunes on this, as well as some amazing playing - lots of accidentals & what I would think of as modern ornamentation. This is a really great cd! As far as I know, there's also a Traditional Songs of Ireland cd... I don't know where you'd get this one though - there's only a UK postal address on the packaging, and some phone numbers...
Deirdre
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