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Welcome Here Again
The duo’s new album, "Welcome Here Again", is a fresh departure; eighteen tracks and not one of them over seven minutes, but with that same burning intensity and depth of emotion. It used to be common for Irish musicians to record one tune at a time, to make each one a self-contained masterpiece. The new album revives this tradition. The playing of Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill renders the essence of the tunes, revealed in their purest form, accessible and appealing to all. "The Dear Irish Boy" is one such track. "P Joe's Reel" is another. The mesmeric rhythms, the tantalizing slow release of melody, the extra tone from viola or tuned-down fiddle, all of that and more is on this album. After eight years, Hayes and Cahill are indeed "Welcome Here Again".
Tunes: The Clare Reel; The High Jig; Lane to Glen/Fahy’s; The Dear Irish Boy; The Night Poor Larry Was Stretched; P. Joe’s Reel; An Rogaire Dubh; Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie; The Girl That Broke My Heart; The Wind Swept Hill of Tulla; The Galtee Hunt; John Naughton’s Green Mountain/Welcome Here Again; Mulqueen’s; The Booley House Jig; O’Reilly’s Greyhound/Palmer’s Gate; Coleman’s March; The New Post Office/ The Pigeon on the Gate/ The New Custom House; Frank Keane
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Live in Seattle
In guitarist Dennis Cahill, Martin has found the perfect foil, a
collaborator equally drawn to subtle invention and exploration
of his instrument. Live in Seattle is their second recording,
documenting their intimate interplay one special evening at the
Tractor Tavern. Combining a jazz sensitivity with the potential
of a melody with a classicist's sense of timbre, Martin and Dennis
explore the melodies of County Clare in a way unique to Celtic
music. From the playful interpretations of classic tunes to an
epic twenty-seven minute medley that is the hallmark of their
live shows, Live in Seattle puts you in the front seat for new
directions in Celtic music. 1999
Tunes: Martin Rochford's / Green Gowned Lass * Port na bPucai / Kilnamona Barndance
/ Ship in Full Sail / Jer the Rigger / The Old Blackthorn / Exile
of Erin / Humours of Tulla / Fitzgerald's Hornpipe / Rakish Paddy
/ Finbarr Dwyer's Reel No. 1 / P Joe's Pecurious Pachelbel Special
* Carraroe / Out on the Ocean * Mary McMahon of Ballinahinch /
Miss Lyon's * Dowd's No. 9 / Come West Along the Road
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The Lonesome Touch
This long-awaited duet album captures the astonishing musical kinship
between two master players, and is their first recording together.
In the manner of great jazz duos, Hayes and Cahill inspire and
urge each other on, trading passages, stretching out and digging
in. 1997
Tunes: Paddy Fahy's Reel * The Kerfunken Jig * Paul Ha'penny / The Garden
of Butterflies / The Broken Pledge / The Mother and Child Reel
/ Toss the Feathers * John Naughton's Reel / Another Paddy Fahy
Reel * The Cat in the Corner / John Naughton's Jig * The Old
Bush / The Reel with the Burl * The Lament for Limerick * My
Love is in America reels * Tell Her I Am / Gallagher's Frolics
jigs * Rolling in the Barrel / The Morning Dew reels * The Bucks
of Oranmore / Eileen Curran / Jimmy on the Moor reels * Peggy's
Waltz
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Under the Moon
Martin returned to County Clare to record Under the Moon, gaining the
accompaniment of his father, famed fiddler P.J. Hayes, and guitarist
Steve Cooney. He is also joined by his American musical partners,
accordion virtuoso John Williams and Portland guitarist/fiddler
Randal Bays. This album contains all the spirit and eloquence
of his eponymous debut and adds even more passion. No one can
get inside a tune--be it barndance, jig or reel--like Martin
Hayes. Under the Moon is an album that stirs the heart and electrifies
the mind! 1995
Tunes: Bill Malley's Barndance / Kilnamona Barndance * Cloonagroe Reel /
West Clare Reel * O'Connell's March / Galway Bay Hornpipe / The
Banshee's Wail Over the Mangle Pit * The Hole in the Hedge
/ Seamus Cooley's Jig * Bony Crossing the Alps / The Maids of
Feakle * Kitty Come Down to Limerick / Catherine Kelly's * Rakish
Paddy * Pat Canny's / Come West Along the Road * Fair Haired
Molly / Farewell to Milltown * The Lark's March / Kilfenora Jig
/ The Cliffs of Moher * The Graf Spey / The Boys of Balisodare
* The Crooked Road / The Foxhunter's Reel * Lucy Farr's
Artists:
Martin Hayes, fiddle
Steve Cooney, guitar
P. J. Hayes, fiddle
Randal Bays, guitar, fiddle
John Williams, concertina, accordion |
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Martin Hayes
A landmark album from one of the most skillful and soulful fiddlers
alive. Hayes can trace his roots directly back to the Tulla Ceili
Band, in which he played along with his father P.J. Hayes. You
will be overawed by the range and intricacy of his playing, not
to mention by his first rate choice of tunes. With guitarist
Randall Bays and guest pianist Jim Chapman. 1993
Tunes: The Morning Star / The Caoilte Mountains * Paddy Fahy's Jig / Sean
Ryan's Jig * The Whistler from Rosslea / Connor Dunn's * The
Star of Munster * The Colliers / Johnny's Wedding* P.J. MacNamara's
/ John Naughton's * The Brown Coffin / The Good Natured Man *
Joe Bane's / The Green Gowned Lass * I Buried My Wife and Danced
on Her Grave / The Rooms of Doogh / The Mist Covered Mountain
* The Britches * Tommy Coen's Reel / The Swallow

Under the Moon: 13 Celtic Fiddle Solos
All the tunes from Martin's "Under the Moon" album are
in this book, transcribed by Allan MacDonald just as Martin plays
them. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Books, it is available at
folk music shops or directly from Mel Bay's web site.
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