Cormac Breatnach - Musical Journey

Cormac Juan Breatnach comes from an Irish and Spanish background, a mix which makes Musical Journey quite unique. Cormac has been playing whistles and the timber flute for over 20 years now and now concentrates on playing plastic and low (aluminum) whistles, he released Musical Journey in July 1998, on his own label, Dioscaí Mandala. It is a personal journey exploring the musical and cultural colors which influence his performance style, repertory and characteristic swing, which he brings to the music. A varied selection of pieces ranging from his favored polka form to songs carrying forth his Irish and Spanish identity, the pieces unite to portray an artist who is deeply rooted in his musical tradition Cormac is not the first musician to add modern rhythms and jazz-style improvisations to Irish Traditional music but he has taken the concept further than anybody else.”

01 Sporting Paddy/Adele

02 Tommy Whelan’s/Oíche Nollaig

03 Na Ceannabhain Bhana/A Perpignan/Fasten The Legging In Her/The Legacy

04 Port na bPucaí

05 The Humours Of Tullycreen/The Princess Royal

06 Mujeres (Women)

07 The Britches Full Of Stitches/The Toda Klop/The Step Ahead Polka

08 La Molinera

09 The Tailor Small’s Jig/The Battering Ram

10 Maidin Luan Chincise/Sabhbh/Song For Sabhbh

11 The Belles Of Tipperary/Connie Connell’s/Cooley’s/Jennie Tie The Bonnet

link to the free album

Cormac Breatnach - Musical Journey