hi frank!
last time when i saw maria, she told me that she intend to record cd with brendan o’hare on another fluteand with her cousin on bouzouki.she expected that that cd will be finish until aprill, if i recall corectlly.for some reason they have some delay but i don’t know is it recording in process or they cancel everything.maria?
marin
p.s.frank, i got you your cds, thank you a lot, i forgot to inform you before.my mistake!
Conal O’Grada has a 2nd recording coming out ? I was standing next to Conal one afternoon in Ballyvourney at Hammy’s flute meeting and asked him about this. He told me he had no plans for a 2nd recording. Maybe he didn’t understand my Scottish accent.
Kenny, I’m afraid it’s not your accent. He was telling me the same thing when I asked him about that. “I’ve not much interest in that kind of thing” is what I think he said.
So I suppose it might not be a good idea to hold our breaths until it’s released.
I’ve been looking forward to Tom McElvogue’s CD as well; meanwhile I’ve been subsisting on “crumbs” of mp3s he posted on his website (there’s a thread on this board about this somewhere from at least a year ago – maybe search Tom’s posts?) … they’re wonderful, and I appreciate his playing more and more.
Kevin Crawford said a while back that he’s been working on a new solo album in Eb, I’m really looking forward to hearing that one. I thought Molloy recorded a CD with John Carty? I’d love to hear that too.
Right now Tara Bingham/Diamond is the person I’d most like to hear a solo flute CD from; ideally just flute, unaccompanied. The more I listen to her, the more entranced I become; she’s a musical genius and has one of the most distinctive styles of any Irish flute player I’ve heard.
I thought Kevin was doing one in Bb - that’s what the track for WFO2 was about. Tara is supposedly working towards her own CD, although I don’t know if she intends to have accompaniment or duet/ensemble track.
That’s actually me wearing a big ugly Halloween ghost mask and pretending to play flute. The photo was taken at a tionol in the Catskills a couple of Octobers ago.
I wrote Tom several months back and this is what he said:
Hi Michael,
I have already been to get the CD mastered but for technical reasons we have to remix! I am expecting to have the CD ready within the next month. The CD comprises of 14 tracks of flute, bouzouki, guitar and bodhran. I play all Flutes, Paddy Kerry plays everything else. One track is totally solo flute (bflat) and the rest are a mix of B Flat, D, E flat, and F flutes. It’s been more than a bit hectic trying to get everything together but I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel!
I’ll announce on chiffandfipple when I’m ready to distribute. I have been really impressed with the quality of the mix etc so far so hopefully it will be worth waiting for.
Thanks for the enquiry.
Regards,
Tom McElvogue
I too have been waiting years now for this cd. The mp3’s on his site are a solace and learning his tunes have been helpful as well. Some of the most innovative tunes I’ve ever heard.
