Saturday 27 February 2016

Martin O'Connor - Connachtman's Rambles

Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist from Galway, who began playing at the age of nine, and whose career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups that include Skylark, Midnight Well, De Dannan, and The Boys of the Lough. A traditional Irish musician, O'Connor was one of the major forces of the music in the world-renowned Riverdance. His first solo album A Connachtman's Rambles relweased in 1979 established him as a solo musician and proved a major critical success. O'Connor has released three albums since; Perpetual Motion, released in 1990, Chatterbox, released in 1993, and The Road West, released in 2005.

The Jolly Tinker [Reel]
Munster Buttermilk / Port An Bhrathar [Jigs]
The Rattlin’ Bog / The Glenside / Martin O’Connor’s [Polkas]
Hornpipe
A Stoir Mo Chroi [Slow Air]
Mother’s Delight / The College Groves / Jenny’s Chickens [Reels]
John Kelly’s / Jenny Picking Cockles [Reels]
Larry O’Gaff / The Castletown Connors [Jigs]
Lord Gordon’s / The Chicago / St. Anne’s [Reels]
The Connachtman’s Rambles / My Darling’s Asleep [Jigs]
Mo Giolla Mear [Air]
Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part / Delaney’s Drummers [Jigs]

link to the free album

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