This album (the third from Maree Music) is the debut solo recording of concertina player Jacqueline McCarthy. Her family -- Tommy Sen., Marion, Bernadette and Tommy Jun. -- are also featured on the album. This is their first recording together -- having played together for over thirty years. Tommy Sen. and his wife Kathleen lived in London for over forty years and their children were born, raised and learned their music there.
Jacqueline now lives in Co. Galway with her husband Tommy Keane who produced the album. Tommy, along with Alec Finn, joins Jacqueline on some tracks. They collaborated previously on "The wind among the reeds".
Jacqueline's style and repertoire is very much influenced by her father, Tommy Sen. who is from Kilmhil in West Clare -- an area that has produced many fine concertina players. Other Clare musicians who have influenced Jacqueline's music are Bobby Casey, Willie Clancy and John Kelly.
Sound clips:
"The concertina ..... a wonder in the hands of this lady ..... her constant,
spontaneous swellings and squirtings around the shape of the tunes. Lovely
indeed."
Mic Moroney, Irish Times, Ireland
"Brilliantly stylish concertina playing ..... a superb collection."
Jeff O'Connell, The Galway Advertiser, Ireland
"..... it is as wonderful as you might expect. Excellent 'pure drop'
music."
Phillipe Varlet, Irtrad Internet List, USA
"Extraordinary ..... a beautiful collection of concertina tunes from the
heartland of that instrument, Co. Clare. This is an album your collection
cannot afford to be without."
Malcolm Rogers, The Irish Post, UK
"Anyone recalling the brilliance of 'The Wind Among the Reeds' that McCarthy
recorded with her husband, Tommy Keane, in 1995 will revel in this solo
debut by the master concertinist. In my top 20 Irish traditional albums of
1999."
Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo, USA
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