CADY FINLAYSON: Shines Like Silver

Cady Finlayson

Shines Like Silver

© 2002 Cady Finlayson (791022201529)

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A collection of Irish and American tunes featuring the fiddle with guest artists on guitar, uillean pipes, tin whistle, mandolin, percussion, bass, and bagpipes. (2002 release)

tracks

1 Buttermilk Mary/Speed the Plough/The Tarbolton
2 Down by the Sally Garden
3 This Old Hammer
4 Bundle and Go/Ships in Full Sail
5 Streets of Laredo/Down by the Brazos
6 For Ireland
7 Planxty Irwin
8 Humours of Granny White
9 Jackson's/Peter Street
10 Toby's Jig/Jenny's Chickens
11 Hector the Hero
12 Paddy Ryan's Dream/The Contradiction
13 Siobhan Egan's Purple Button Waltz
14 Off to California
15 Bright Morning Star

notes

"Shines Like Silver" has something for everyone: Spirited Irish fiddle tunes, American folk melodies and a few worldbeat tunes for those of you who like to groove.

It features the vibrant fiddle playing of Cady Finlayson, enhanced by the artistry of some of Nashville's top musicians: Elkin Brown-acoustic guitar, Hunter Lee-uillean pipes,tin whistle, Jim Roberts-percussion, Tim O'Brien-mandolin, Kevin Ryan-bagpipes, Dan Immel-double bass.

Cady Finlayson's musical background includes classical training (Mannes College of Music), Irish fiddling, and a deep connection to the American folk music of her childhood.

Based in New York City, She fronts a five-piece Irish band (Cady Finlayson Band) and performs as a fiddle/guitar duo with Elkin Brown). Cady has performed in 30 states and at Irish festivals across the country. Her other projects include the soundtrack to an Irish aerobics DVD, a fiddle show, "Fiddlers on the Loose" (Da PhatFunk Clique/Elektra Kurtis), and the Celtic Sisters show with Welsh singer Jodee James. When she's not performing her own shows, she can be found playing for the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County, performing in their shows at Cleveland's State Theatre, The Jacob Javits Center, and Carnegie Hall.

Her other CDS (also on CDbaby) include "Harp and Shamrock", which was featured in Irish-American baseball film "The Emerald Diamond", and her latest 2007 release, "Irish Coffee" (Spirited Irish fiddle with a global twist").

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  • This wonderful little CD will take you back thousands of years... to a time when
    author: Dick Metcalf, aka Rotcod Zzaj

    This wonderful little CD will take you back thousands of years... to a time when (both) joy and sorrow were somehow more poignant. Cady's spirit does indeed shine, & your ears will serve as portals for her emotionally charged playing, to be sure! Sure, we've all heard "American-Irish" tunes before, but I'll venture to say that you've not heard anything with quite this much verve & insight lately. There are 15 tracks that span a range of feelings as old as the human race... something today's musical scene needs far more of. I enjoyed this a great deal, & give it an immediate HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for listeners who want more than packaged pop glitz. A very solid musical experience

  • lively foot tapping music
    author: bill taylor

    I liked the variety of instrumentals but would have been happier with a little more bagpipe music.

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