Dervish is one of the finest tradition based Celtic bands anywhere, and they have made
their reputation by sticking to their roots, never resorting to electric instruments and
rarely performing contemporary songs to garner attention. Cathy Jordan is a great
bodhron player and singer, with a voice that resembles, and has the equivalent power
and maneuverability of former Steeleye Span member Maddy Prior. The jigs and reels
are as exciting and passionate as only the very top Irish musicians can play them. The
individual musicians, especially Liam Kelly on flute and Shane McAleer on fiddle, are in
that top realm, yet even when individual players are showcased the music has a collective
spirit that's about band consciousness above and beyond the individual. The music is
absolutely great, with 10 songs (in roughly equivalent parts Gaelic and English) and
about the same number of instrumental dance tunes (which are wonderfully danceable)
spread out between the two discs.
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Disc: 1
1. Packie Duigan's (Jigs)
2. Intro
3. Spailpin Fanach (Song)
4. Slip Jigs
5. Intro
6. Sheila Nee Lyer (Song)
7. Intro
8. Trip To Sligo (Reels), The
9. Intro
10. Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce Hi (Song)
11. Molly And Johnny (Song)
12. Green Mountain, The
Disc: 2
1. I Courted A Wee Girl
2. Josefin's Waltz (Song)
3. Intro
4. Drag Her Round The Road (Reels)
5. Intro
6. Maire Mhor (Song)
7. Intro
8. I Buried Me Wife And Danced On
Top Of Her (Jigs)
9. Intro
10. Hills Of Greanmore, (Song) The
11. Intro
12. Worlds End (Reels), The
13. Peata Beag (Song)
14. Intro
15. Pheigin Mo Chroi (Song)
16. Intro
17. Jim Coleman's (Mazurka/Reels)
18. Happy Birthday To Felip
19. Intro
20. Edward By Lough Eirn's Shore (Song)
21. Introductions
22. Killavil Jigs
23. Aililiu Na Gamhna
2 CD SET
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