L?nasa - The Kinnitty Sessions
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Artist: L?nasaEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2004-03-02
Music Label: Compass Records
Soundtracks:
- Stolen Purse: Stolen Purse/An Sioda Slide/Brendan McMahon's Reel
- Ballyogan: Dans Fisel/Ballyogan Reel
- Punch: Scottish Concerto Strathspey/Trip to Windsor/Punch in the Dark - L?nasa, Lennon, Charlie
- The Dimmers: Jerry O'Sullivan's/The Dimmers
- Island Paddy: Rathlin Island/Sporting Paddy - L?nasa, Browne, Peter
- Sean in the Fog: Easter Sunday/Come Back With My Bloody Car/Sean ...
- Bulgarian Rock: Split Rock/Djinovsko Horo - L?nasa, Burke, Kevin
- The Wounded Hussar
- The Walrus: The Four Courts/Michael Kennedy's Reel
- Maids in the Kitchen: Mrs. O'Sullivan's Jig/The Kitchen Maids
- Tie the Bonnet: The Pullet/Hull's Reel/Tie the Bonnet
Free Music Notes for The Kinnitty Sessions
Free Music Review: their best album yet (in my opinion)
Hit: 5 Stars
I have all of Lunasa's CDs, and they are all very good, but in my opinion this is their best recording yet. Others may disagree, but there seems to be an energy in their playing here that I thought was a bit lacking in their previous 2 albums, good though they were. Maybe the live nature of this recording accounts for that. The only track that I am not so keen on is 'The Wounded Hussar', but that is just a personal preference - I'm not a great fan of pipe solos. The only criticism I have of this album is that it is too short!
The Kinnitty Sessions Poster
It didn't take long for Lunasa to conquer the Celtic music scene, sealing the deal with a ton of strong notices for its self-titled debut Lunasa in 1997. Since then the band has established itself as a group of players' players who can roar through a winding jig or reel without bruising it. With the unobtrusive upright bass as the only tweaking of the tradition, the band sticks to such time-honored Celtic instruments as flute, whistle, bodhran, fiddle and acoustic guitar -- the lightning playing of flutist Kevin Crawford and violinist Sean Smyth stand out here. The band again draws upon traditional reels, for the most part, but "Ballogan" is a gentle and noteworthy original from Crawford. Other highlights are the giddy jig "Maids In The Kitchen," the melancholy "The Dimmers," and the flute-driven "Walrus." Recorded live before a small invited audience at the supposedly haunted Kinnitty Castle in Ireland, the only scary thing about the session is the top-flight musicianship. --Tad HendricksonFolk Music CDs
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