List of Tracks

1. Reels: Sean Reids / The Swallows Tail / The Morning Star 2. Jigs: Young Tom Ennis / Paidin Ó Raifeartaigh / The Girl in the big House 3. Air: The Factory Girls 4. Reels: The Maid in the Meadows / Repeal of the Union / Garrett Barry's 5. Set Dances: Mount Phoebes Hunt / An Suisin Ban 6. Jigs: The Wandering Minstrel / An Buachaillin Buí 7. Slow Waltz / Slip Jig: The Trip we took over the Mountains / Kitty come down to Limerick 8. Reels: Bainis Caithlin Lawrie / The Concert Reel / The Yellow Tinker 9. Jigs: I buried my wife and danced on top of her / The Pipe on the Hob 10. Hornpipes: The Liverpool Hornpipe / Rick's Rambles 11. Reels: The Woman of the House / O'Callaghans 12. Jigs: The Kilimer Jig / The Old Geese in the Bog 13. Air: The Bright Lady 14. Reel / Fling: The Boy on the Hilltop / An Buachaili Dreoite

From the Sleeve Notes

This is a fine set of recordings from Seamus O'Rochain and Brid O'Donaghue. They show his musical skills, in particular those practised and valued by uilleann pipers, and also his very good understanding of what traditional music is about; how to play it with feeling and respect and get the best out of it. We know that Seamus' native county of Clare has a rich and diverse musical tradition and from times past we can find written accounts and folklore which tell of pipers and pipemakers playing and living there long ago. In more recent times, Miltown Malbay, where he grew up, was the home place of pipers Willie Clancy and Martin Talty. They listened to and learned from musicians living locally, as well as famous visitors the Doran brothers, and they also benefited from hearing music that had been handed down through Willie's father, Gilbert Clancy, from the celebrated blind piper from Inagh, Garrett Barry. All of this tradition has been available to Seamus and he has absorbed it well. Being a musician of today, he also has taken influences and tunes from a wide selection of sources and they all blend in well on this disc. He is joined on a couple of tracks by a good friend and an excellent tin whistle player and teacher who is a relation of Willie Clancy, Brid O'Donoghue. Seamus' use of a flat or low toned set of pipes also helps to bring out the gentle nature of the music and the entire collection has warmth and a beauty which makes it well worth hearing and it will bring lasting enjoyment to the listener. - Peter Browne, piper and RTE producer