Forgotten Gems - Peter Carberry & Padraig McGovern. CD

Forgotten Gems - Peter Carberry and Padraig McGovern

Peter Carberry comes from Holla, in Kenagh, County Longford and is a highly accomplished accordion and banjo player. The natural synchronicity of his partnership with Padraig comes no doubt from changes that Peter made to his playing style over the last few years. He swapped the established B/C style for the old-style press-and-draw C sharp/D style and also had his basses tuned to the regulators of the pipes creating a very different sound, according to his website. The result is as you can hear something special.Padraig McGovern is from Ballymagovern, a townland in the Cavan-Leitrim border area. He was taught by P.J. Flood from Belturbet in County Cavan and has long standing connections with the Cornafean Ceili group and the Ceolas Ceili Band “This album is the product of recent research into local music. Many old tunes are resurrected and played in the piping spirit. We are delighted to have been joined on the album by Seamus O'Kane (Bodhran) Brian Mooney (Bouzouki) and Sabina McGovern (Harp)."

Tracks:

1. Joe Kilmurray's / Furnill's Frolic (slip jigs)
2. The Blackbird / The Chorus Reel (hornpipe/reel)
3. Moll Roe / Seamus Ennis' Lark in the Morning (slip jig/jig)
4. The Road to Town / Patsy Touhey's Rip the Calico / Joe Kilmurray's (reels)
5. Uirchill a' Chreagáin / Youghal Harbour (air/set dance)
6. Byrne's Mill / Lough Key / Gift from the Fairies (slip jigs)
7. Last Night's Joy / The Lady's Cup of Tea (reels)
8. The Fourth Dragoon (march)
9. Mickey Doherty's Reel / The Strokestown Reel (reels)
10. The Faithful Friend / O'Mealy's Hornpipe (hornpipes)
11. Squirrel's Nest / Slip Jig from Tunes of the Munster Pipers
12. The Merry Gardener / Ballymanus Fair (hornpipes)
13. Boy in the Boat / Ballymcgovern Fair / Eine's Fancy (reels)
14. Jimmy Dolan's / John Joe Gannon's (flings)
15. The Morning Star / Cleaning the Henhouse (reels)
16. Strike the Gay Harp / Will you Come Down to Limerick / Bumper Squire Jones (jigs)
17. The West Wind / Molly Maguire (reels)
18. The Strayaway Child (jig)