766397449029

For Love And Laughter

Solas

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Format: CD

Cat No: COM44902

Release Date:  01 September 2008

Label:  Compass

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  766397449029

Genres:  Folk  Irish Folk  

  • Description

    For over a decade, Solas has been hailed as the leading Irish-American super group. Through line-up changes and experiments with style and technology, the band has pushed the boundaries of - but never strayed too far from - their Irish roots. Now, as Mairead Phelan, an exciting young singer from Kilkenny, steps up to lend her exquisite vocals to the existing line up of Seamus Egan (flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar and bodhran), Winifred Horan (fiddle), Mick McAuley (accordion and concertina) and Eamon McElholm (guitar and keyboards), the band heads into their second decade of playing tight, fiery Irish music with a new tour and this new CD. The new material breaks fresh ground in duets with Canada's folk phenoms The Dukhs and an inspired rendition of Rickie Lee Jones's "Sailor Song", while it offers the imaginative reinterpretations of traditional material that Solas has been playing to the delight of their fans worldwide.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Eoin Bear's Reel/Tune for Sharon/The Rossa Reel
      • 2. Seven Curses
      • 3. Tilly's Jig; The Happy Traveler
      • 4. Molly Na Gcuach Ni Chuillean
      • 5. Merry Go Round
      • 6. Sunday's Waltz; Solo Double Oh
      • 7. Vital Mental Medicine; The Pullet
      • 8. Sailor Song
      • 9. There Is a Time
      • 10. John Riordan's Heels; Hoban's White House; The Lisnagun Jig
      • 11. The Gallant Hussar
      • 12. My Dream Of You