Rolling On - Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch

Guest musicians:
Paul De Grae - Guitar
Geraldine O'Callaghan - Fiddle
Conal O Grada - Flute

Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch are acknowledged masters of the rich musical tradition of Sliabh Luachra in the southwest of Ireland. This culturally unique area on the Cork / Kerry border is renowned for its distinctive style of playing, special repertoire, and as a source of inspiration for both Jackie and Matt. Their new album, Rolling On, draws upon this rich legacy. As Dan Neely said in the NY Irish Echo, 'separately, they are brilliant to hear but together they are sublime.� A recording sure to become a reference point of the tradition, itoffers a wide range of tunes, old and new, from slides and polkas to reels and airs, played inthe wonderfully expressive manner for which Matt and Jackie are justly famous.

"Matt and Jackie are the benchmark of the current generation of Sliabh Luachra musicians. This is the definitive voice of Sliabh Luachra in our generation." 

 -Sally Sommers Smith, Irish Music Magazine

Jackie and Matt have performed around the world individually and with groups who have set the standard for Irish traditional music. They have established enviable individual reputations, but their playing together, on CD and in live performances, displays not only virtuosity, but their respect, love and deep understanding of this vibrant musical tradition.

"It's a rare thing how easily and naturally Daly and Cranitch's music articulatestogether, and through it one can sense the rare reverence they not only have foreach other, but for the shared tradition they represent."

Dan Neely, Irish Echo, NY

They are joined on this recording by Conal � Gr�da (flute), Geraldine O'Callaghan (fiddle)and Paul De Grae (guitar). These wonderful musicians add a further dimension to an albumdestined to become a classic of the genre.

Tracks:

1. The Forty-two Pound Cheque/Pete Bradley's Polka/Eiley Buckley's Polka
   
2. Charley the Prayermaster/The Meandering Jig
   
3. Barrack Hill/Seamus Creagh's Slide
   
4. Betsy Baker/Rakish Paddy/The Humours of Westport
   
5. Youghal Harbour
   
6. Follow Me Up To Carlow/Rural Felicity
   
7. Maurice O'Keeffe's Polka/The Camptown Races
   
8. The Rockmills Hornpipe/Freddie Kimmel's Hornpipe
   
9. Ask My Father/Jack of All Trades
   
10. Catskills Capers/The Bog Cotten Reel
    
11. Maidin Ro-Mhoch
    
12. The Old Walls of Liscarroll
    
13. Con Fada's Barndance/Durang's Barndance
    
14. Davy Collin's Polka/The Open Window/The Road To Castleisland
    
15. Rolling On The Ryegrass/Johnny When You Die/Anything For John-Joe?