Irish Flute CD Recommendations Needed

[monkey587]

@johnkerr

@monkey587

I ended up with PJ Crotty’s CD with Tom Cullinan instead, which I’d recommend here.

Actually that’s James Cullinan (fiddle) who along with his wife Carol (piano) played with PJ Crotty on that CD, called “Happy to Meet”. I agree that it’s a great one. PJ Crotty sadly died much too young only a couple years after this one was done.

Another great album along these same lines (great fiddle and flute duet, nice Clare tunes) is Peadar O Loughlinn and Maeve Donnelly’s “The Thing Itself”. Peadar is still playing great, last I heard, at 80 or thereabouts. I should only wish to play half as well as him at my own age (52), much less at his!

Sorry about the name slipup, I just realized that I mixed him up with someone I knew as a kid with a similar name.

I’ll second the recommendation for “The Thing Itself.”

[Wormdiet]

PADDY CARTY. Did I miss a previous mention?

Catherine McEvoy

Frankie Kennedy (early Altan albums)

Although it isn’t strictly Irish, anything with JM Veillon or Chris Norman.

[Whistlin_Dixie]

@Denny

@cocusflute

I prefer O’Murchu’s first CD.
Doesn’t anybody listen to the divine MM anymore?

I didn’t even know she played flute…

Oh, My, Marilyn. That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw “MM”
She is such an icon for me.

I buy a calendar each year, just for me.

Thanks for the pic.

M

[Denny]

dang kids…

“divine MM”

I like Matt but…devine?

[Eldarion]

I’m surprised no one mentioned this yet:

The style of flute playing is really quite different from a lot of flute playing you can buy today. While Sligo music isn’t always my favourite kind of Irish music, I don’t think I can find a commercially available flute recording that is to me as strong as this.

[Loren]

@Eldarion

I’m surprised no one mentioned this yet:

The style of flute playing is really quite different from a lot of flute playing you can buy today. While Sligo music isn’t always my favourite kind of Irish music, I don’t think I can find a commercially available flute recording that is to me as strong as this.

Oh yeah man, that’s a good one.


Loren

[michael_coleman]

@bradhurley

His first album (the black album) titled simply “Matt Molloy” is a classic and is just flute and bouzouki.

Brad where can I get my hands on Matt Molloy’s first album? I remember seeing on here the cover for it (some kind of controversy over the cover changing due to the lip plate on his flute being painted black when it was silver), am I correct?

[bradhurley]

@michael_coleman

Brad where can I get my hands on Matt Molloy’s first album? I remember seeing on here the cover for it (some kind of controversy over the cover changing due to the lip plate on his flute being painted black when it was silver), am I correct?

Good question (and actually the controversy turned out to be due to it being a different photograph, not the same photograph being retouched. For some reason a new photo was taken for the CD version).

Green Linnet reissued that album on CD some years back but it’s no longer available on their website (I suspect they lost or sold the rights to all the Mulligan albums, as they don’t have the Bothy Band albums on their site either). Some of MM’s albums are now available on the iTunes Music Store (including Contentment is Wealth and The Heathery Breeze), but not the first one.

[tin_tin]

Looks like the black album is available on Amazon.

[Loren]

Geeze, I’d love to get a copy, but $50 for the one in good condition? Wow. And the other one says “Acceptable” condition, what the heck does that mean?


Loren

[flutefry]

I bought the Black album within the last month, but I bought a bunch of things, and can’t remember which things came from where. The possibilities are “Scottish Music”, Green Linnet, and Ossian. I found googling the name of the desired artist to be a very effective way of finding someone willing to sell it to me.

Hugh

[Cayden1]

@Loren

Geeze, I’d love to get a copy, but $50 for the one in good condition? Wow. And the other one says “Acceptable” condition, what the heck does that mean?


Loren

16 euro 53 cents here at the living tradition. Not a bother.

[Loren]

Right then, looks like it just takes some digging. Thanks Peter.


Loren

[Jens_Hoppe]

Off the top of my head:

Everything with Matt Molloy. Everything with Harry Bradley. (I personally really like the Bradley/Smith/Blake CD “The Tap Room Trio”).

McGoldrick/McSherry: “At First Light”

Crotty/Cullinan/Cullinan: “Happy to Meet”

Seamus Quinn/Gary Hastings “Slan Le Loch Eirne”

[michael_coleman]

Thanks, guys. I’ll try itunes first and if that doesn’t work I’ll go with Peter’s suggestion.

[Brazenkane]

John McKenna
Jim McGowen-(if you can find anything from him)
Micheal Tubridy
Josie McDermott

etc…

[Bart_Wijnen]

Hi all,

Since I’m new here at the forum I should be modest but for what it’s worth:

With every breath, John Wynne

Double-barrelled, John Skelton & Kieran o’Hare

Bart

[ladypiper]

All the above and “The Flute Players of Roscommon”!

[radcliff]

michael tubridy is a top player and he made a wonderful solo album
also try to listen to Emer Mayock, she is one of my favorite,
and Chris Norman with maybe “The Beauty of the North”
and Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy - Ceol Aduaidh
and June McCormack - Fliùit (a tutorial book with 2 cds vety very pleasent to listen to).. and more