An Evening With Kevin Burke - Tunes & Stories

To quote from Kevin himself: “ When I was a young boy I often found that what the older musicians had to say was just as intriguing and enriching as the tunes they were playing. Influenced by those previous generations I often tell stories (usually light hearted and sometimes true) during my concerts in order to illustrate something about the music …… On this CD, I have included various excerpts from these stories and personal reflections in an effort to transform the formality of the concert hall into something more reminiscent of an evening with friends gathered together to exchange their stories and their music. “

Tracks:

• Spoken Intro
• Cashman’s Polka/Lehane’s Polka/Walsh’s Polka
• Spoken Intro to “Tuttle’s Reel”
• Tuttle’s Reel/The Bunch of Green Rushes/The Maids of Mitchelstown
• Spoken Intro to “Lucy’s Fling”
• Lucy’s Fling/S’iomadh Rud A Chunnaic Mi/Some Say the Devil is Dead
• Spoken Intro to O’Carolan’s tunes
• O’Carolan’s Concerto/Loftus Jones
• Spoken intro to Across the Black River/Paidin O’Rafferty
• Across the Black River/Kevin Burke
• Spoken Intro to “Paris Nights”
• Paris Nights (Cal Scott)
• The Sailor on the Rock/Michael Kennedy’s Reel/The Hop Down Reel
• Spoken Intro to Seanamhac Tube Station
• Seanamhac Tube Station (John Carty)
• Spoken Intro to “Galway Bay/Drunken Sailor”
• Galway Bay/The Drunken Sailor
• Spoken Intro to “Glen Cottage Polka” Set
• The Glen Cottage Polka/The Tolka Polka (Donal Lunny)
• The Pigeon on the Gate/Lafferty’s Reel/The Morning Dew
• Spoken memories of Johnny Cunningham
• The Dion Reel/The Mouth of the Tobique