tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 produced by shaun davey
tracks 6 & 7 produced by bill whelan
track 9 produced by anthony drennan & davy spillane
track 12 produced by arty mcglynn & shaun wallace
track 14 produced by donal lunny
"o'farrell's welcome to limerick" is also known as "an phis fhliuch" and "the choice wife"
series concept by conifer records ltd.
matrix-equivalent: IFPI 8789 S STCD 210 01 DISCTRONICS
(all in reverse bar IFPI 8789)
ReviewBehind the blurry Celtic knot on the front lies an unexpectedly fine collection of contemporary Irish Folk music, this being a sampler for 13 albums from the Tara label
O'Farrell's Welcome To Limerick starts the compilation in thoroughly traditional style with Irish Pipes, Bodhran, guitars and synth drone
The Deer's Cry is a thoroughly traditional setting of the old hymn Saint Patrick's Breastplate though newly composed by Shaun Davey for Granada Television
The Gale is also a Shaun Davey composition, which introduces the album Brendan's Voyage in a symphonic contortion of the Irish-Trad style before sailing into a storm while the music grows unexpectedly modern-Classical and violent. The single track is not on YT but the whole of Brendan's Voyage is, beginning with The Gale
Causeway is a fast violin reel accompanied by drums, Hammond and guitars which deconstructs into syncopation before joining up for a traditional ending
This is an arbitrary choice from the many fine tracks on this compilation which will send me out searching for several of these Tara albums