Untitled - 11-04-15

Track 10: Return of Skelly Shelly

Track 9: Scones of Boxty

Track 8: The Mountain

Track 7: Portherhead and BBC Set

Track 6: Tha Mi Sgith

Track 5: Bill Oja's Waltz

Track 4: A Day in the Life of Lou

Track 3: Another Day

Track 2: Chloe's Passion

Track 1: Madam I'm a Darling

Burning Bridget Cleary has been performing and recording their distinctive style of Celtic traditional music since 2006.  Band-leader, Rose Baldino, drives this band with an unusual combination of charisma, crackerjack fiddle work, and tightly woven harmonies. The front of the band is shared with some of the best traditional style fiddle talent on the East Coast.  Currently featured is Amy Beshara, a multi-talented musician, well respected in the New York metro Scottish fiddle circles. A driving rhythm and bass end is supplied by Lou Baldino on guitar and Peter Trezzi on percussion. 

Burning Bridget Cleary has earned a reputation for presenting high-spirited Celtic music at festivals, concerts, and music series all over the eastern half of the U.S., including a 2011 tour to Ireland. While in Ireland, the band had a unique opportunity to visit the rural County Tipperary cottage of their namesake, Bridget Cleary, who is remembered as "the last witch burned in Ireland".

Their second release, “Everything is Alright”, was awarded “2009 Album of the Year” by CelticRadio.net in Boston. The band broke new ground in 2013 when their fourth CD, “Pressed for Time,” hit #1 on the Roots Music Folk and Roots Charts, and finished the year as one of the Folk DJ’s most played albums. Their music is featured on hundreds of radio programs worldwide, including syndicated programs, Thistle and Shamrock” FolkScene, SingOut Radio, and The Midnight Special.

In December 2013, Burning Bridget Cleary was nominated “Top Traditional Group in a Pub, Festival, or Concert Setting” by the Irish Music Association.

About “Pressed for Time”:
 “How refreshing - the art of folk arrangement isn't dead after all! 
 From the first track here, a fine, innovative, setting of Gordon Duncan's 'Pressed For Time' to the last track, 'Stor Mo Chroi', we have here a band who have decided that Celtic and traditional-based music deserves depth, light and shade, and above all, thought. Nothing here is either inappropriate or forced, and it's all beautifully presented by a band that's learned the first rule of instrumental expertise - clever and effective are not the same thing, and the latter will always hold enough of the former to impress any audience.
 The result is a confident, mature band that wears its flair lightly, knows how and when to drive the tunes and songs hard, and when to let the quieter mood prevail. The tradition is beautifully respected here - just listen to the gorgeous version of 'Sitting In The Stern Of A Boat' - but it's not treated like any sacred cow; whatever treatment's appropriate is used. The whole recording is pervaded by an overwhelming air of musicians who know how to let serious music speak, and when to let rip a bit and just have great fun.
The result is a beautiful, eclectic album - and I'm already looking forward to the next one.”
                                                                                         - Brian McNeill, Founding Member of The Battlefield  Band

“The album is a triumph!  Really, after just one listening I can tell you it hits all the right notes with me.  The arrangements, performances, production and sequencing all come together in a way that makes for a wonderful listening experience.  It's adventurous, intelligent, playful and ever so satisfying.
I hope you'll pass along my best wishes to the band.  What a truly remarkable accomplishment.  I can't wait to get it on the air, not only on Celtic Sunday Brunch, but my other show, "Wednesdays with Walt."  I want everyone to get a taste of it.

By the way, it's not like me to gush over new recordings.  It just so happened that this one knocked my socks off.”
-Walt Haake, WDVR Radio Host Celtic Sunday Brunch


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