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Laurence Nugent plays flute and whistle in an exuberant but straight-ahead style, always directing the listener's attention toward the music rather than the musician. But that's not to say that his playing is plain or uninteresting; he maintains interest by switching instruments frequently, exploiting the contrast between his flute's dark, woody tone and the more vinegary timbre of the whistle, and by indulging occasionally in modern touches (such as the double-tracked flute on "The Fair of Ballydarreen"). His accompanists are well chosen on this album, and include the brilliant guitarist Arty McGlinn, fiddler Liz Carroll and pianist Martin Fahey, who plays beautifully on the stately waltz "The Cricket's March over the Salt Box." Other highlights include a gorgeous slow air called "A Longing for Peace" and a reel set consisting of "The Mossy Banks" and "The High Hills of Larghey" (which unfortunately sounds like it was recorded from the back of the room). Highly recommended. Rick Anderson
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In the mid-'70s, Mick Moloney and folklorist Miles Krassen received a grant from the NEA to record the music of Irish immigrants in America. Surprisingly, their recordings were the first of their kind, and their pioneering efforts preserved the pre-Riverdance time in Irish-American culture when the only place to hear traditional Irish music was in kitchens, pubs, and church halls. Rounder has released their recordings on two CDs; one devoted to musicians on the East Coast, the other to players in Chicago. The East Coast is a collection of 21 tracks recorded in living rooms in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, and includes two generations of musicians. Almost all of the older players were born in Ireland and include musicians like Charlie Coen, the concertina-playing priest, his brother Jack, fiddler and step-dancer Eugene O'Donnell, and flautist Gus Collins. The younger musicians, most of who were born in America, include fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, accordionist Billy McComiskey, and fiddler Maureen Fitzpatrick. At the time these recordings were made, it was almost impossible to make a living playing traditional Irish music, so Moloney and Krassen's microphones captured something that is rarely heard these days: the sound of master musicians playing for love instead of money. --Michael Simmons
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1. Rolling in the Barrel/In the Tap Room/The Earl's Chair 2. Bunker Hill/The Bush Reel 3. Sean Ryan's Jig (The Castle) /Nightingale 4. Egan's (The Humours of Castlefinn) /Lafferty's (Glen of Aherlow) 5. Kitty Gone A-Milking/Music in the Glen 6. Doctor O'Neill 7. Morning Dew/Reavy's (The Hunter's House) 8. Grogan's Favorite/Galway Rambler 9. Trip to Athlone/Pipe on the Hob 10. Dunphy's Hornpipe/Chief O'Neill's Favorite 11. Carraroe/Portroe 12. Lucy Campbell/The Boys of Ballisodare
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1. Fig for a Kiss 2. Celtic Melody 3. Rose of Allendale 4. Give Me Your Hand 5. Edge of the White Rock 6. Processional 7. Palatine's Daughter 8. Eibhlin a Run 9. Fair Haired Youth 10. Irish Girl 11. Believe Me 12. Chuilfhionn 13. Sliabh Na Mban 14. Haste to the Wedding
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1. Pretty Little Girl From Omagh 2. The Isle of Innisfree 3. Sing an Old Irish Song 4. Forty Shades of Green 5. Three Leaf Shamrock 6. Dublin in the Rare Auld Times 7. Blue Hills of Breffni 8. Green Glens of Antrim 9. The Old Dungarvan Oak 10. My Donegal Shore 11. Home Is Where the Heart Is 12. The Mountains of Mourne 13. Far Far from Home 14. Danny Boy 15. Any Tipperary Town 16. Irish Eyes 17. Our House Is a Home 18. Galway Bay 19. Come Back Paddy Reilly to Bally James Duff 20. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
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