Name: Bonnie Blue Eyed Nancy by Liam O'Brien Music
Duration: 5 min 46 s
Description: Here's another track of a slow air we used to play a lot a few years ago

brilliant.... Diggin them grace notes....and the subtle vibrato..just outstanding

Here's another track of a slow air we used to play a lot a few years ago

Bonnie Blue Eyed Nancy

Hornpipe & Reel: Hills of Coore/ Willie Clancy's

'Gallowglass' Solo Flute CD Available at www.kirstenallstaff.com  Featuring John Joe Kelly (Bodhrán, Eoin O'Neill (Bouzouki) and Kirsten Allstaff (Flute)

02 Sleep Sound In Da Mornin   The Lass Of Ballintra   John Blessing's Reel

This is an instrumental track which I recorded on the debut, vocal album "Silvery Light", which was released by Ann Lynch Lyons in 2013. This is a tune I learnt from the playing of Liam O Connor, which lies close to my heart. Available to download on iTunes. 

The Drunken Sailor

Recorded live at Kilkenny Trad Fest 18/3/16

Concertina - Kilkenny Trad Fest 2016

Room Clean

Set from Bryan O'Leary's final performance for his BA in Irish Music & Dance.
Tunes: march is The Lads of Bonachord (March), Nell Davey & Finbarr Dwyers (Reels).
Musicians: Bryan O'Leary & Derek Hickey (Box) Michael O'Connor (Guitar) Jack Talty (Piano).
Recording Device iPhone. 

Bryan O'Leary & Derek Hickey Duet

Willie Clancy at Friel's bar, Miltown Malbay, February 1972.
From John Knight's Collection, Tape_063

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I've been working today to restore this old cassette tape recording of Willie Clancy made at Friel's Bar (now Lynch's) in Miltown Malbay back in the 70's. I'm really pleased with the way it's sounding now!

I inherited John's entire collection of tapes, which he made in folk clubs, singarounds and sessions throughout the British Isles back in the day. He left us about 400 of them! They've been sat in a box untouched since he died in the early 80's, but as of about November last year it has become our project to recover his life's work and make it freely available to those of whom it might be of interest.

There is what seems to be an endless stream of gems amongst this collection and the quality is usually quite incredible given the age of the tapes. The cassettes are often degraded to the point they won't play properly, but the tapes themselves are sound so I've been transferring them into new cassette bodies to get the best out the recordings. Most of the recordings are seriously flat and contain a lot of background noise. If someone planted a pint glass on the table next to the recorder the volume spike is several times louder than the music itself! Clapping is always very raucus, etc. So, as part of the recovery process I perform some basic mastering to tidy things up and I re-tune if needed. This recording was out by a whole key!

It's lovely to now hear this set the way it sounded and to be a fly on the wall in that pub. Enjoy!

John Knight's Tapes, Tape_063

Willie Clancy - Recorded by John Knight at Friel's, Miltown Malbay (February 1972)

From the soon to be released album 'Lá ag Ól Uisce' from Myself, Caoimhín Ó Fearghail and Tomás Ó Gealbháín.


Bonnie Blue Eyed Nancy

Liam O'Brien Music

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