"Pure drop" traditional music by one of its most famous exponents. Kerry had Julia Clifford, Sligo had Kathleen Harrington (nee Gardiner), but the grande dame of Clare music was undoubtedly Mrs. Crotty (1885-1960). Thanks to the extensive remastering work of Harry Bradshaw in the RTE archives, which already yielded the wonderful Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy CDs, we can now hear Mrs. Crotty's lovely concertina playing in all its glory. There are 31 tracks here (some fairly short), recorded by Ciaran Mac Mathuna in 1955 and 1960, and featuring alongside Mrs. Crotty such eminent players as Paddy Canny, Denis Murphy, Aggie White, Peter O'Loughlin, Michael Tubridy, etc. All of this accompanied by a superb booklet full of notes and photos. As "pure drop" as it gets.
1. Reels: The Wind that Shakes the Barley / The Reel with the Beryl
2. Polka: An Gabhairín Buí
3. Reel: Kitty Gone a' Milking
4. Jig: The Battering Ram
5. Reel: Spike Island Lasses
6. Reel: The Ewe Reel
7. Jig: The Ship in Full Sail
8. An Droighneán Donn
9. Reel: Geary's Reel
10. Hornpipes: The Harvest Home / The Liverpool Hornpipe
11. Reel: The Maid of Mountcisco
12. Reels: The Bird in the Bush / The Silver Spear
13. Jig: Rory O'Moore
14. Reel: Rolling in the Ryegrass
15. Reel: The Five Mile Chase
16. Reels: Touch me if you Dare / The Morning Star
17. Jig: Andy Hehir's Jig
18. Reels: The Sligo Maid / The Copperplate
19. Reel: The Flogging Reel
20. Reel: The Galway Rambler
21. Reel: The Mountain Top
22. Jig: The Killimor Jig
23. Reel: The Longford Collector
24. Reel: The Green Fields of America
25. Reel: The Bird in the Bush / The Silver Spear
26. Hornpipe: The Stranger
27. Reel: The Dublin Reel
28. Reel: The Green Groves of Erin
29. Jig: The Ship in Full Sail
30. Reel: Bean a' Tincéara
31. Reel: The Woman of the House
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