ceemonster Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 (edited) Kate Mcnamara, a lovely young concertina player from Tulla, East Clare, is launching a new CD in a week or two in Tulla. Claire Keville plays two tracks from the CD in her Clare FM show for this week, up for download till next tuesday (this show is actually packed with lovely concertina stuff), and they're beautiful.....I've gotten to hear Katie Mc several times in East Clare and her style is my favorite, i.e., spare ornamentation like Mary Mac or Packie Russell, but playing across the rows with a light slap triplet or roll here and there....gorgeous stuff...can't wait to get this, perhaps my dympna o'sullivan cd will get a break once in a while! Edited May 29, 2008 by ceemonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Gawley Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I certainly agree with the "lovely young concertina player" description. Any idea how those of us who cannot get to Tulla in the near future might get a copy of this CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takayuki YAGI Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 According to this or this, launch event will be held on 20th June at Minogues Bar, Tulla. I can't be there but would like to buy one copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) well, i predict it will almost certainly be available by june or july at custys. if it's not on their "top ten" page then in the "new releases" section, or just the inventory listings. btw, my thread title did not mean to be the cd title. i don't know what that is. on clare fm, they just said they were playing tracks from a master of the upcoming cd, to be launched at the clare fleadh in tulla in early june. the tracks were really lovely, and i'm sure it will be at custys. Edited May 30, 2008 by ceemonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McIsog Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 She has a great sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Kate is featured on Anglo International and actually went to the recording studio, at my request, with Mary her Tutor (no relation),when Mary was recording for the collection. As soon as I heard her recordings there was no way she could not be included. A lovely style based on Mary's teaching, but with more ornamentation. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 yes, i love her tracks on anglo international.....i also love those mandy murray tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 well, i'm listening to the june 3 archived claire keville show on clare fm, which features a slew of wonderful music live in tulla from the opening of the clare fleadh there. and according to kate, who plays lovely concertina sets on this show, this June release is titled, "Are You the Concertina Player?" since that is apparently what people ask her everywhere she goes..... great show, packed with fantastic tulla music..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Button Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I've gotten to hear Katie Mc several times in East Clare and her style is my favorite, i.e., spare ornamentation like Mary Mac or Packie Russell, but playing across the rows with a light slap triplet or roll here and there I'm listening to her play right now and I wouldn't say her ornamentation is all that "sparse" really. She's also using the slap-roll at every opportunity, or at least everywhere that I use it anyway. It's definitely a departure from Mary Mac's style as far as that goes. Nice playing! Did anyone happen to notice the hilarious Cowboy & Western advert where some cowgirl is moaning in a country twang about not going to the pub? It's hilarious to hear her making references to things like "craic" and on the last line she says "pain in the hole." The advert is promoting local pubs and encouraging people to frequent them. Are people in Clare not going out? Are the pubs desperate for business now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) i called her ornamentation "spare," not "sparse." and in terms of ornament-to-melody ratio, i find it as spare as mary mac's, sometimes, to my ear, even sparer. i sometimes hear kate doing less of those quiet little offbeat bass taps mary often does. (claire keville does these quite a bit, as does paul groff.) neither kate nor mary do bass chords, and bass double stops are also quite rare for both, in this spare style. as my post did note, in the melody, at roll or triplet opportunities where mary mac just does a slurry type triplet connecting two of the notes in the triplet with a little bellows shake, kate will indeed do a modern slap or maybe a dympna-ish roll, not sure. otherwise, the ornament-to-melody "ratio" aesthetic for the two is very similar. also characteristic of both players, treble cuts are few and far between, and they are executed quietly rather than with that percussive "snap" sound that is very popular for cuts in many quarters at present.....dympna o'sullvian, whose cd i am really enjoying, also has a lovely style i would call "spare" in terms of ornament-to-melody ratio, with very little going on the bass and very few and delicate treble cuts, and she, too, uses modern slaps or rolls at those long roll opps. i must look for the cowgirl ad, ha. pb, i am learning "humours of lissadell" on concertina right now, and i can play it with jack coen, and i can pretty much play it with joe ryan, but i'm not there with yours yet. it's the low notes in the "A" part. Edited June 7, 2008 by ceemonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 I've gotten to hear Katie Mc several times in East Clare and her style is my favorite, i.e., spare ornamentation like Mary Mac or Packie Russell, but playing across the rows with a light slap triplet or roll here and there I've sometimes heard her at the Thursday night sessions at Lena's in Feakle, though I don't go over there too often as it's a bit of a long drive from here. She's a lovely player. The advert is promoting local pubs and encouraging people to frequent them. Are people in Clare not going out? Are the pubs desperate for business now? People all over rural Ireland are not going out, and many pubs are desperate for business, in fact they're closing down all over the place. Only last night "The Dugout", one of the music pubs in Kilrush, closed down. There used to be a session there with Joe Searson and Anne Hayes every Friday night. It's the same in East Clare - last year, when I was house-hunting, I realised (from different auctioneers websites) that three out of the four pubs in Feakle, including the famous music pubs "Pepper's" and "Lena's", were up for sale. Mind you, we're also losing plenty of local post offices, shops and petrol stations too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 sheesh, i had no idea. the real estate prices have gone up and up and up, there, yet.....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Button Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 pb, i am learning "humours of lissadell" on concertina right now, and i can play it with jack coen, and i can pretty much play it with joe ryan, but i'm not there with yours yet. it's the low notes in the "A" part. If you're talking about Jody's Heaven, that was pre-phantom button for me and I executed them differently. One of the advantages of the phantom button (slap-roll) is that I can now execute a tight 3-note triplet on any note on the left hand now... even with my wee finger or ring finger. Before I had to fabricate something less effective. Have we met? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Button Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 People all over rural Ireland are not going out, and many pubs are desperate for business, in fact they're closing down all over the place. Why do you suppose this is; could it be the drinking and driving laws and the Breathalyzer, or the smoking ban... or both? Or is the price of drink too much. I did notice the whole round thing seemed to have changed last time I was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter Laban Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 sheesh, i had no idea. the real estate prices have gone up and up and up, there, yet.....???? House prices have fallen considerably actually since the boom ended. People have comfortable houses now so they don't need to go to pubs to stay warm, they can get safely pissed at home. That's one reason anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 the real estate prices have gone up and up and up, there, yet.....???? Yep, they shot up about four years ago. Unfortunately it was right around the time I moved down here from Dublin, if I'd done it one year earlier I could have got a much better deal. But the boom is over and they've levelled off now. People all over rural Ireland are not going out, and many pubs are desperate for business, in fact they're closing down all over the place. Why do you suppose this is; could it be the drinking and driving laws and the Breathalyzer, or the smoking ban... or both? Or is the price of drink too much. I did notice the whole round thing seemed to have changed last time I was over. A bit of all those things, but probably more the random breath-testing and the price of drink. Most people find the pubs are now pleasanter without the cigarette smoke. But another factor is that, the way the licensing system works here, if a supermarket wants to sell alcohol they have to buy a pub license, so pub licenses can be sold for a substantial amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Button Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 A bit of all those things, but probably more the random breath-testing and the price of drink. Most people find the pubs are now pleasanter without the cigarette smoke. But another factor is that, the way the licensing system works here, if a supermarket wants to sell alcohol they have to buy a pub license, so pub licenses can be sold for a substantial amount of money. So it's a combination of the price of drink and random Breathalyzer testing that's keeping punters at home, and the potential cashing in of their pub license that's prompting publicans to sell their pubs? I read somewhere that the closing of the rural pubs is having a tragic effect on the older generation living in the area with an increase of suicides since there’s little to do and people are feeling more isolated and lonely. Is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 hi....i bought the "garden of butterflies" cd by mail order and i think it was several years ago. i also have the set-dance one which i purchased on cd baby simultaneously with "the good ear," concertina playing by ormonde waters in australia, all of which recordings i like very much. i was very struck by the "all ages" ambience in gleeson's of coore. it is like "all colors," "all genders," "all creeds," "all sexual orientations"-----life is richer & more interesting when there is a mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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