Cairde Cairdín Traditional Irish Fiddle and Accordion Music from West Limerick, by Diarmuid O' Brien on fiddle featuring the best of West Limerick's accordion players.

Cairde Cairdín Traditional Irish Fiddle and Accordion Music from West Limerick

by Diarmuid O' Brien on fiddle featuring the best of West Limerick's accordion players.

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Fiddle and accordion music from West Limerick. The album entitled “Cairde Cairdin” features Diarmuid O Brien on Fiddle, with a variety of West Limerick accordion players, including Donal Murphy, Derek Hickey, Dan Brouder, Domhaill De Barra, Mick Mulcahy, William Larkin, Donie Nolan, Pa Foley, and Gerald Culhane. The album accompanists are Brain McGrath on Piano and Jerry McNamara on bouzouki and guitar.

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1.	Jigs - The Humours of Glin/ Come Along With Me/ Lord Kitchener's Pipes 03:58	buy track
2.	Reels - John Egan's/ The Bog Carrot Reel/ The Broken Windscreen 03:52	buy track
3.	Jigs - Pádraig O' Keeffe's/ The Bugle Horn 04:05	buy track
4.	Polkas - Cock Your Pistol Charlie/ Martin Mulvihill's/ Gordie Taylor's 04:10	buy track
5.	Reels - The Game of Love/ Mick Moloney's Rambles/ Táim Gan Airgid 04:16	buy track
6.	Slides - The Knocknaboul Slide/ Dan O' Keeffe's/ Echoes of Killarney 04:17	buy track
7.	Reels - Ceol na gCeártan/ Quinn's/ The Pope's Toe 03:21	buy track
8.	Polkas - As I Went Out Upon The Ice/ The Prowling Fox/ The Ballydesmond 03:51	buy track
9.	Hornpipes - Off to California/ The Navigator 03:49	buy track
10.	Slow Air - Sean O' Duibhir a' Ghleanna 04:43	buy track
11.	Reels - Paddy Sean Nancy's/ Kafoozalum/ Take Your Choice 03:10	buy track
12.	Jigs - J.P. Cormiers/ Dance Your Heart Away/Carrigfergus 04:07	buy track
13.	Reels - The High Road to Glin/ The Low Road to Glin/ The Tarbert Ferry 03:34	buy track
14.	Polkas - The Upperchurch Polkas/ Terry Teahan's 03:55	buy track

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Fiddle and accordion music from West Limerick. The album entitled “Cairde Cairdin” features Diarmuid O Brien on Fiddle, with a variety of noted West Limerick accordion players, including Donal Murphy, Derek Hickey, Dan Brouder, Domhaill De Barra, Mick Mulcahy, William Larkin, Donie Nolan, Pa Foley, and Gerald Culhane. The album accompanists are Brain McGrath on Piano and Jerry McNamara on bouzouki and guitar.

The Top 10 Irish Traditional Albums of 2007

By Earle Hitchner

[Published on January 23, 2008, in the IRISH ECHO newspaper, New York City. Copyright (c) Earle Hitchner.

No. (8) "CAIRDE CAIRDIN" by Diarmuid O'Brien.

"An accomplished fiddler's nod of respect to accomplished box players, "Cairde Cairdin" features West Limerick fiddler Diarmuid O'Brien performing with nine button accordionists closely linked to the music of West Limerick`, The music gloriously swings throughout and includes five tunes written by West Limerick native fiddler and revered Bronx, N.Y., music teacher Martin Mulvihill, to whose memory the album is dedicated".

“For positive proof that reports of the death of regional styles are, as Mark Twain might have said, greatly exaggerated, look no further than this fine new album by fiddler Diarmuid O’ Brien” (Sarah McQuaid – Hot Press Magazine)

“a superb example of the “rhythm and lift” that O’Brien accurately describes as the cornerstone of the West Limerick style.” (Sarah McQuaid – Hot Press Magazine)

Diarmuid O’ Brien Cairde Cairdín [self-released DOB1979]
"Fiddler Diarmuid O’Brien joins forces with a range of accordion players from West Limerick on a collection of tunes that showcase the musical style of that area, a place between the energetic bent of the music of north Kerry and the flowing melodies of the adjacent parts of county Clare. With the fiddle and accordion combination, a lot of it sounds like ceilidh music, fit for dancing, and a lot of it is in sets of reels, jigs, polkas, and hornpipes. O’ Brien’s got a distinct tone and touch, well suited to this music. In he liner notes, he gives details – one might almost say genealogy – of the tunes, which include “Mick Moloney’s Rambles,” “Dance your heart away,” and “The Humors of Glin”. (Dirty Linen Back Issues)

“This is music for the dancers, lively and energetic.” Folkworld Nov 2007.

"This is one of the nicest concepts, and the sweetest albums, that I've heard in a long time". Alex Monaghan, Irish Music Magazine

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‘Abroad in the Back Kitchen’ from West Limerick musicians, fiddle player Diarmuid O’Brien and flute player Donal O’Sullivan. Donal and Diarmuid’s unique style of music contains the beautiful steady ‘rhythm’ and ‘lift’, associated with the West Limerick style of playing. The album is accompanied by North Cork piano player Clodagh Buckley and Brosna Co. Kerry bouzouki player Brian Mooney. ... more

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