Lekker rythmisch en relaxed gespeeld Thierry.

This is the last composition in my PROJECT 22

Composed, played, recorded and mixed by Johan Noterman

PROJECT 22

Nostalgia, Breton Suite for Keyboard and Orchestra

Junior Crehan - The Christmas Letter  (Joe O'Connor)

The Parting of Friends & Reel

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S�amus Connolly Collection of

Lord Gordon's Father - Reel

A false war in a Beautiful city, A hidden war in a Broken city.  
Love Limerick, the real beautiful city. 

Beautiful City

Therese McInerney (fiddle) and Brian Donnellan (piano) recorded as a college project in UL.

Creel of Perches, Morning Star & Maids of Castlebar

Irish jigs on fiddle with Frank Kilkelly on guitar. Recorded by Tony Trundle, Kinvara, October 2016.

October 2016 Recordings

Maloney's Wife/Fr. Quinn's Favourite(Seán Ryan)/Liam Lewis' Jig

Maloney's Wife/Fr. Quinn's Favourite(Seán Ryan)/Liam Lewis' Jig - with Frank Kilkelly(guitar)

Track 5 from "The Bank of Turf" album by Dónal McCague & Tommy Fitzharris. Pre-order by emailing bitsnpieces2011@hotmail.com or tomfitzflute@gmail.com. To hear more samples go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MYMAEUuV0w

Digital Downloads available at https://donalandtommy.bandcamp.com/
“One of my all-time favourites; one I can happily leave on repeat for hours!” - Frankie Gavin, 2018

Paddy in London / Jackie Small's / The Reaper

Ná bheadh buachaillín deas ag Síle (Trad.)
Arr. by Ní Chróinín/ Marsh/Breen/Kelly

9th Of July (Sean Ryan)/ The Jug Of Punch (Trad.)/ Leading Role (Liz Carroll) 
Arr. by Marsh/Breen/Kelly

Performed by Tara Breen (fiddle), Laoise Kelly (harp), Josephine Marsh (accordion)and Nell Ní Chróinín (voice) in advance of a 12 date tour of Ireland and the UK with Music Network, Ireland in September 2019. 

Recorded at the Irish Traditional Music Archive on 16th May 2019.

Ná Bheadh Buachaillín Deas Ag Síle - 320K MP3

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)

Monalea is a village in Co. Offaly. The tune was composed by Colm O'Connell, the Sligo flute player, singer and lilter. I heard it being played by Dermot Byrne and Floriane Blancke just this week, early 2013. And if my memory is right, Josephine Marsh plays it as well.

Tom Ward's Downfall was a tune already popular in the 19th Century and collected by Francis O'Neill. It refers to the execution by guillotine of Irish mercenary Thomas Ward, who served as a Brigadier-General in the Revolutionary French Army of the North in the late 18th Century. He unfortunately became one of the many victims of the blind terror under Robespierre, just 4 days before it came to an end. More info : http://www.irishmeninparis.org/soldiers-and-politicians/james-o-moran-thomas-ward

The third and last tune is related to the playing of the late John Naughton, the East Clare concertina player from Kilclaren, Sliabh Aughty, on the Clare/Galway border.

Road to Monalea, Tom Ward's Downfall, John Naughton's

I'm a fiddle player, living in Knockalassa, near Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, in the West of Ireland. The sounds on my page are private home recordings, made to improve my own playing and to share my practicing efforts with whoever has an interest. You're free to download my tunes so you can learn them, share them on FaceBook, play them in iTunes, or do whatever you want to do with them. If you like what you hear, I always appreciate it when you tell me or click "Like". Enjoy!

Road to Monalea, Tom Ward's Downfall, John Naughton's

Thierry Masure

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