Release Date: 01 September 2008
Label: Copperplate Independent
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 539015301630
Genres: Folk
Description
A new album of traditional music from brothers Oisin and Conal Hernon, two young musicians from the Aran Islands who, although just 16 and 13 years of age respectively, display the musical ability and skills of musicians twice their age.
They began playing music when they were very young, both starting out on tin whistle, with Oisin moving to button-accordion at the tender age of six and Conal taking up banjo at the age of nine. It wasn't long before they began playing in competitions and they have amassed a long list of prizes over the years, including All-Ireland titles on button-accordion and banjo.
They have performed music on many stages, with one of the highlights being a performance for visiting EU ministers and dignitaries during Ireland's hosting of the EU Presidency in 2004. The brothers' musical talents come as little surprise because their mother, Marion, is also an accomplished musician who has won the All-Ireland title for button-accordion, as well as prizes for singing in English and Irish.
Her own parents are also musical - her mother is from Milltown Malbay in west Clare, a town renowned for traditional music, and her father is an accomplished box player who toured Ireland with his band, The Inky Craven Dance Band. This exceptional family can boast 17 All-Ireland titles between them, spread over three generations, and all three generations can be heard playing on this album.
The tunes on the album include two of Conal's own compositions - "The Renmore Jig", named after the place where his grandparents live, and "Philomena's Fancy", named after his grandmother, as well as a song by Marion, "Sean-Phadraic". The brothers turn their music skills to a different genre of music for the final track, an instrumental version of "The Way I Are" by Timbaland!
Tracklisting
Cillian Vallely & David Doocey
Sliabh Luachra, Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford
Various
Eilis Kennedy
Jackie Daly
Tommy Guihen
Paddy O’Brien
Donal Clancy
Gerard van Maasakkers
Stick In The Wheel
The Ipanemas
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Jeffrey Foucault
Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds
Iiris Viljanen
Matthew & The Atlas
