In memory of my three Windmill Hill neighbors, Tom and Sue Mansfield, and Mary Fussell, who all passed away over the last few years.

Lovely! Always liked the sound of multiple flutes.

BradHurley, this gave me shivers. Thanks for sharing.

Played in a medieval church atop the old Citadel in Calvi during an Elsafty, Armstrong & Browne concert in mid September, 2013 at the fantastic "Rencontre De Chantes Polyphoniques De Calvi"
Listen out for the gorgeous sound of Siobhán Armstrong's Early Irish harp after the applause...
Thanks for making it all happen Davóg!!

Ronan Browne Port Na bPucaí down low on the B pipes in Corsica 2013

Planxty St. Nicholas

Not only did we run out of space on the CD but we also recorded a version of The Beauty Spot with Tierna (along with The Concert Reel) so this track just had to go.  But that doesn't stop us letting it off to roam around Soundcloud.
Hope you enjoy and please don't forget to buy CDs of your favourite artists – we're not all independently wealthy and we need money too :)

Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin: The Beauty Spot & Siobhán Ni Dhuibhir

Colin Savage's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's megafamous waltz, from our Nutcracker Nouveau CD.

Waltz Of The Flowers

Lament

When the Right One Comes Along (Flute)

Two unusual but beautiful hornpipes by two wonderful, creative musicians, Paddy Fahey (Galway) and Joel Bernstein (Seattle). Joel plays the chromatic harmonica in a style he learned from the great Eddie Clarke in Ireland in the 70s and was mentioned in the Irish Times obituary when Eddie passed on in 2004. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/gifted-harmonica-player-always-striving-for-perfection-1.1149660

Randal Bays, fiddle; Dáithí Sproule, guitar

Overland

Fahey's/Bernstein's Hornpipes

Lovely old song collected by Sam Henry.
Bansuri by Ronan Browne
Accompaniment by Eugene Kelly

The Flower of Magherally

One pleasant Summer's morning, when flowers were a blooming-oh
Nature was adorning, and the small birds sweetly tuning-oh
I met my love near to Banbridge town, my charming blue-eyed Sally-oh
She is the queen of the county Down, the Flower of Magherally-oh

With admiration I did gaze all on that fair haired maiden-oh
Adam ne'er so much was pleased when he first saw Eve in Eden-oh
Her skin was like the lily white, that grows in yonder valley oh
And I think I'm blessed when I am nigh the Flower of Magherally-oh

Her golden hair in ringlets fell, her boots were Spanish leather-oh
Her bonnet with two ribbons on, her scarlet cap and feather-oh
Like Venus bright she did appear, my charming blue-eyed Sally-oh
She is the one that I love dear, the Flower of Magherally-oh

And I know the day will surely come when we'll join hands together-oh
And I'll bring home my darling girl in spite of wind and weather-oh
For let them all say what they will, let them rail and rally oh
I will wed the girl I love - the  flower of Magherally-oh.

Ronan Browne: The Flower of Magherally

Inspired by the great Sean McComiskey.
His hair, actually.
It's a fling, of course.

(Photo by Paul Reid)
(Hair by Annie and Billy, I guess)

The Head Of The Hair

Paddy's Rambles Through The Park - 4:10:20, 10.58 AM

Traditional Irish slow air. There was snow on the ground in Québec on Good Friday 2020. Brad Hurley, flute and whistle. Steve Jones, fiddle and accordion.

Lament

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