The Boulder Irish Session
Sunday at Conor's
© 2006 Boulder Irish Session Foundation (837101173926)
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Spirited tunes and heartfelt songs from the weekly traditional Irish music session at Conor O'Neill's Pub in Boulder, Colorado.
tracks
- 1 The Merry Blacksmith / The Earl's Chair / The Foxhunter's Reel
- 2 The Mooncoin Jig / The Cliffs of Moher
- 3 Fhear a Bhata
- 4 Moran's Return
- 5 The Musical Priest / Star of Munster / The Congress Reel / The G
- 6 The Tempest / Rakish Paddy / Over the Moor to Maggie
- 7 Bushes and Briars
- 8 Scully Casey's / My Darling Asleep / The Tailor and Ansty's Jig
- 9 The Sally Gardens / The Concertina Reel / The Scholar
- 10 Lament of the First Generation
- 11 Stormy
- 12 Scatter the Mud / The Lonesome Jig / Willy Coleman's
- 13 Dick Gossip's / The Providence / The Lilac Reel
- 14 The Warlike Lads of Russia
- 15 The White Petticoat / Hiudai Gallagher's March / James Byrne's
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Irish music sessions -- informal gatherings of musicians -- have been a regular occurrence in the Boulder, Colorado area since 1986. From 1999 to the present, Conor O'Neill's Traditional Irish Pub in downtown Boulder has hosted a Sunday night session, around which has developed a community of players and pub-goers who appreciate the heartfelt and enthusiastic sharing of traditional music.
We made this recording to bring some of the musical excitement and joy of the session into your car or living room, without the noise and rough edges of the pub environment. Though we used a studio, we mainly recorded session-style, playing together in real time rather than layering tracks over one another.
Our repertoire is traditional Irish at its core. On any given night at our session you might also hear traditional tunes and songs from England, Scotland, and Cape Breton, as well as recent compositions in a traditional vein.
With the support of the pub, we maintain a scholarship fund that enables session musicians to attend concerts, workshops, and music camps that help us grow musically and celebrate our connection with traditional musical culture. Your purchase of this CD helps replenish this fund.
Twenty-one musicians, performing in different combinations, are represented on this CD. They are:
Spirit A'Cladach: bodhrán
Adam Agee: fiddle
Nicolas Brown: uilleann pipes
Jessie Burns: fiddle
Emily Donoho: uilleann pipes
Jefferson Hamer: banjo, guitar, vocals
Stuart Hayner: bodhrán, bones
Mike Hendricks: mandolin
Bruce Joss: bodhrán
Kevin Larkin: mandolin
Kelly Manley: whistle, bones, vocals
Rachel Motsinger: fiddle
John Mullen: bodhrán
Michael Reid: anglo and English concertinas, button accordion
Christel Rice: flute
Eve Reshetnik: English concertina, vocals
Michael Reshetnik: guitar
Annie Sirotniak: fiddle, guitar
Jon Sousa: banjo, guitar
Ellora Weston: fiddle
Steve Wharton: bodhrán
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author: Ingrid R. ThorstensenI've played at this session only once, but I recognise a bunch of tunes on this cd! The album is really useful if you want to learn more of the typical session tune repertoire, and these musicians play them very well!
Excellent
author: Mark PottingerJust like being there for the live performance. A great disc for practice if you think you want to play in a session yourself.
A great CD with the best of the typical session tunes.
author: Hugh O'RourkeI wish my session group sound as good as the Boulder Irish Session. I find myself playing the sets that are on the CD. A great effort and a CD that sould be in every Irish Trad Musicians collection.