Under the Moon

Rating

Album: Under the Moon
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bill Malley's Barndance/Kilnamona Barndance	More Info...	0:05
2)	Cloonagroe Reel/West Clare Reel	More Info...	0:03
3)	O'Connell's March/Galway Bay Hornpipe/The Banshee's Wail/Over the Mangle Pit	More Info...	0:05
4)	The Hole in the Hedge/Seamus Cooley's Jig	More Info...	0:03
5)	Bony Crossing the Alps/The Maids of Feakle	More Info...	0:04
6)	Kitty Come Down to Limerick/Catherine Kelly's	More Info...	0:03
7)	Rakish Paddy	More Info...	0:03
8)	Pat Canny's/Come West Along the Road	More Info...	0:03
9)	Fair Haired Molly/Farewell to Milltown	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Lark's March/Kilfenora Jig/The Cliffs of Moher	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Graf Spey/The Boys of Balisodare	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Crooked Road/The Foxhunter's Reel	More Info...	0:03
13)	Lucy Farr's	More Info...	0:04

Album: Under the Moon
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bill Malley's Barndance/Kilnamona Barndance	More Info...	0:05
2)	Cloonagroe Reel/West Clare Reel	More Info...	0:03
3)	O'Connell's March/Galway Bay Hornpipe/The Banshee's Wail/Over the Mangle Pit	More Info...	0:05
4)	The Hole in the Hedge/Seamus Cooley's Jig	More Info...	0:03
5)	Bony Crossing the Alps/The Maids of Feakle	More Info...	0:04
6)	Kitty Come Down to Limerick/Catherine Kelly's	More Info...	0:03
7)	Rakish Paddy	More Info...	0:03
8)	Pat Canny's/Come West Along the Road	More Info...	0:03
9)	Fair Haired Molly/Farewell to Milltown	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Lark's March/Kilfenora Jig/The Cliffs of Moher	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Graf Spey/The Boys of Balisodare	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Crooked Road/The Foxhunter's Reel	More Info...	0:03
13)	Lucy Farr's	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Personnel: Martin Hayes (fiddle); Randal Bays, Steve Cooney (guitar); John Williams (accordion, concertina).
Liner Note Authors: Martin Hayes; Maureen Brennan.
Recording information: Harmony Row Studios, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland (12/1994).
Arranger: Martin Hayes.
Martin Hayes is a fiddler from County Clare whose sure but gentle touch and deep musical intelligence have combined to produce one of the most satisfying recordings of traditional music in a long time. Accompanied in most cases by only an understated guitar, and in duet on one lovely track with his father, Hayes performs a long set of tunes that range from the familiar ("Rakish Paddy," "The Cliffs of Moher") to the more obscure ("Kilnamona Barndance," "Farewell to Milltown"). What is special about this album isn't so much the material Hayes has chosen, though it's all lovely; instead, it's his unflagging focus on the tunes themselves rather than on his own virtuosity that makes "Under the Moon" both musically inspiring and emotionally rewarding. In a field dominated by fiery virtuosos, many of whom seeming intent on throwing every fleet-fingered ornament possible into every phrase they play, Hayes plays for the tune itself. He interprets and embellishes it, of course, but always in a way that reveals the music rather than obscuring it. There are no barnburners on this album; even the uptempo numbers are played with gentle assurance instead of headlong abandon. When he cuts a note, it is with the quietest, quickest tap of a finger; when he slides into another, it is with the slow, languorous grace of a lover's caress. Yet he never sounds overearnest or academic in his playing, either; he sounds conscientious, not self-conscious. The effect is one of an expatriate speaking after a long exile the native language that he loves, or of a father gently explaining an ancient craft to his child. Stunning. It nearly made me tear up. ~ Rick Anderson

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