Trip to Carrick (Cannon, Gille

This album was inspired by a series of recordings made by Tom Ennis, James Morrison and John Muller, who recorded twelve sides for Columbia and Vocalion in New York between June 1922 and April 1923. The somewhat unusual combination of pipes, fiddle and piano lent these sides a distinctive sound which we've attempted to recreate here. The repertoire has been drawn from a wider range of sources including early wax cylinder and 78 recordings made in Ireland and in the USA, later private and commercial recordings of the great traditional musicians of the 50s, 60s and 70s as well as the Scots Gaelic singing tradition. The album was recorded over a series of three weekends in the kitchen of a cottage in Bogagh, near Carrick, Co. Donegal. All tracks were recorded live, i.e. playing together without acoustic separation.

Track Listing

1. Reels: The Swallows Tail / The Maids of Mount Kisco -- 4:20
2. Slip Jig: Faca Sibh Máiri Nighean Alasdair (Have you seen Mary, Daughter of Alasdair) -- 2:35
3. Reels: The Blackberry Blossom / Cooley's (Put the Cake in the Dresser) -- 3:34
4. Waltz and Reel: The Braes of Lochiel / The Laurel Tree -- 4:23
5. Lament: Caoineadh Uí Domhnaill -- 3:47
6. Reels: The Pigeon on the Gate / Down the Meadow -- 3:52
7. Song Air: Tha Mi Sgíth (I'm tired) -- 2:31
8. Reels: Bunker Hill / The Hare's Paw -- 4:41
9. Jigs: Three Little Drummers / Fraher's -- 4:33
10. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin / The Flogging -- 3:46
11. Hornpipe: The Groves -- 3:37
12. Reels: Ceo ar a'gCnoic / Sporting Paddy -- 4:15
13. Reels: The Broken Pledge/Kitty Down the Lane -- 5:28
14. Marches: Lovely Molly / Governor Taylor's March / Lovely Molly -- 4:02
15. Reels: Love at the Endings / The Bucks of Oranmore -- 5:16