(Irish Folk, Scottish Folk, Celtic) [CD] Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick & Jim Murray - Tunes - 2005, FLAC (tracks), lossless

If contemporary Irish instrumental music had an all-star team, this might be it. With Sharon Shannon on accordion, Frankie Gavin (former De Dannan frontman)
on fiddle, Michael McGoldrick (Capercaillie, Flook) on flute, and Jim Murray on guitar, it’s no wonder this CD is simply titled Tunes. "Already there’s a
real group dynamic bringing variety of tempo and character to the tunes," the Glasgow Herald said of the quartet’s performance at the Celtic Connections
Festival in January 2005.
While this collection of twelve instrumentals relies heavily on Irish traditional material, Shannon and company also tackle traditional Asturian tunes,
contemporary Scottish tunes, and four original compositions - one each from Shannon, Gavin, McGoldrick and Murray. Tunes proves that, even in the
contemporary Irish scene, four versatile musicians who’ve mastered both their instruments and the genre, need neither pyrotechnics nor vocals.
compassrecords.com
With an album by four performers named Shannon, Gavin, McGoldrick, and Murray, it shouldn't be terribly surprising that Tunes leans toward Celtic music. What
is surprising is that each of these performers would be quite capable on his or her own, but as a quartet, together they offer an enticing blend of
traditional music. For all of the talent, however, Tunes is a tastefully low-key affair, with the artists, if you will, allowing the jigs and reels to take
center stage. The arrangements -- accordion, fiddles, flutes, and guitars -- are quietly integrated, and the individual instrumentals -- both new and old --
weave together as if of one piece. Most of the pieces, like "Billy in the Low Ground," are connected to others (in this case, "Lost Girl"), allowing the
material to shift and grow as it progresses, and most run between three and four minutes, not unlike the music one might hear at a country dance.
In the end, the album's title perfectly captures the simplicity of this project as well as its success. With great talent and no pretense, Shannon, Gavin, McGoldrick,
and Murray have created the kind of music that Celtic folk used to make on their back porches.
AllMusic Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

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02 -=- 02 - The Rookery.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
03 -=- 03 - The Jewels Of The Ocean.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
04 -=- 04 - The Road To Corrandulla.flac -=- CDDA (99%)
05 -=- 05 - Billy In The Low Ground.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
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07 -=- 07 - Calum's Road.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
08 -=- 08 - Mickey Joe Mikes.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
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12 -=- 12 - The Bucks Of Oranmore.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
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