Track Listing

1. Jackie Coleman's, Pigtown
2. Cape Breton Jigs, Mcgurk's
3. Over the Moor to Maggie, Fred Finn's, the Hunter's House
4. Baile Mhúirne
5. Rolling in the Ryegrass
6. Rocking the Cradle/The Twin
7. The Kilmovee Jig/The Maid at the Well/The Old Geese on the Bog
8. Bonny Wood Green
9. Miss Monaghan/Maggie on the Shore
10. Dr. Gilbert, Queen of the May
11. Tommy Coen's/The Otter's Holt/Mcfaddens Handsome Daughter
12. Garrett Barry's/Miss Mcleod
13. Kilkelly
14. Sgaríunt Na Gcompanagh
15. A Set of Single Jigs Learned from Kevins Father/John's Grandfather
16. Larry Redigan's/The High Reel
17. The Boys of Ballinahinch/The Castle/Miko Russell's
18. The Scotsman over the Border/The Tenpenny Bit
19. The Millionaire
20. Westport Set-Dancers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173030 in Music
• Released on: 1993-01-29
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Molloy, the Chieftains' flutist, owns a pub on Bridge Street in Westport in the County Mayo, where musicians from all over Ireland gather for a pint, a slice of pizza, and the kind of impromptu sessions where traditional Irish music thrives best. Last year Molloy allowed sound engineers to set up in the upstairs room and hang microphones above the musicians' favorite tables in the pub. On the resulting tapes, the conversation and clinking glasses soak into the music, as they should. Except for Molloy and Patrick Street's Arty McGlynn, the musicians aren't famous, but they are quite skillful and contribute some mighty lively music--which, as the liner notes point out, is not the same as fast music. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

This is a great CD!
This is such a terrific collection. I don't think it matters if you are an Irish Trad fan, after listening to this CD, you would probably become one!

Music at Matt Molloy's
This is a great album for anyone who enjoys celtic, irish, bluegrassy, or something similar. I heard about it from a friend who loves celtic music. It is a live recording done at Matt Molloy's pub in Dublin. Good quality music all around, especially the amazing irish flute playing of Matt himself. There's a good mix of energetic and also slow, more mellow songs which give the album a well rounded appeal. I also recommend John Whelan's "Celtic Fire", Lunasa's "the merry sisters of fate", Solas's "Sunny spells and scattered showers", and the Chieftains' "boil the breakfast early".

Brilliant.
This album is such a great peak into the traditional music the way it was meant to be played. It made me a bit sad to hear so much chatter and noise on the solo singers tracks; if you ever go to a session I should hope you'll have more respect for a singer than that. Other than that the ambiance of the pub chatter and clanking pint glasses added to the feel of the tunes being played in their natural environment. The sound was fantastic and the players were superb. The collection of tunes was a good sampling of what you'd actually hear at many sessions and the switch from group performances to solo pieces kept it interesting and entertaining to listen to. If this album doesn't inspire you to play, dance or at least tap your toe then nothing will! Buy it, you won't be disappointed.

Cheers,
Johnny