Kevin Burke - Sweeney's Dream
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Artist: Kevin BurkeBrand: Burke
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-02-27
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- Love at the Endings/John McGrath's Reel
- Humours of Lissadell/Sweeney's Dream
- Murphy's Hornpipe
- Sligo Maid/The Woman of the House/The Sailor's Bonnet
- Strayaway Child
- College Groves
- Toss the Feathers
- King of Fairies
- Mason's Apron/Laingston's Reel
- Bunch of Keys/The Girl That Broke My Heart
- Bonny Kate/Jenny's Chickens
- Rise a Mile (Ride a Mile, Ride a Mule)
- Brendan McGlinchey's Reel (Splendid Isolation) /Sweeney's Buttermilk
- Tuttle's Reel (Custom Gap) /The Chicken in the Saucepan (The Maids ...)
- Kid on the Mountain
- Killarney Wonder Schottisches: Gurren Castle and the Finnea Lasses/The
- George White's Favourite/The Happy Days of Youth/Coleman's Cross
Free Music Notes for Sweeney's Dream
Free Music Review: I'm feelin' a little bad for giving this recording only 3 stars...
Hit: 3 Stars
...after all the glowing reviews, but Burke, who is clearly a monster in terms of his chops, plays so fast that the melodies (which are the soul of Irish fiddle tunes), tend to get clipped under the hooves of his playing. I'm listening to the CD as I write this, and it just doesn't move me like so much Irish music does. It's the speed at the expense of feeling and melody. Listen to Martin Hayes' LIVE IN SEATTLE if you want to hear Irish fiddle that will make you want to cry or get up and dance, depending on the tune.
Sweeney's Dream Poster
Hailed as "virtuosic and powerful" by the New York Times, Kevin Burke is a master of the highly ornamented Sligo style of Irish fiddling. Born in London, England, his strong family ties to County Sligo on Ireland's west coast immersed him in one of the Celtic world's most revered musical legacies. Performing with such seminal groups as the Bothy Band, Open House, and Patrick Street and with artists such as Arlo Guthrie, Kate Bush, and Ry Cooder further honed his superb musicianship. Recorded in 1972, this album captures young Kevin Burke's stunning artistry during his earliest years in the United States. Instrumentation ranges from solo fiddle to group pieces that include guitar, mandolin, banjo, autoharp, and bodhr?n. 46 minutes, 17 tracks, 28-page booklet with extensive notes. Reissue of Folkways 8876.Kevin Burke's debut recording, Sweeney's Dream, was originally released in 1973 and marked him at the dawn of his career as a traditional musician of rare ability. He took many of the tunes here from the repertoire of the great County Sligo fiddlers Michael Coleman and James Morrison, whose recordings in the early part of the 20th century had a profound influence on the technique of Irish fiddling. Burke's playing on the unaccompanied tunes such as "Murphy's Hornpipe" and "The Strayaway Child" shows that at the tender age of 23 he had complete command of the traditional styles. But selections such as the medley of reels "George White's Favorite/The Happy Days of Youth/Coleman's Cross," which include such non-Irish instruments as 5-string banjo and 12-string guitar, hint at the more modern tendencies that would come to fruition with the Bothy Band, as well as his own bands Patrick Street and Open House. Sweeney's Dream may have been Kevin Burke's first recording, but his fiddling was at such a high level you would think he had been making records for years. --Michael Simmons
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