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Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin



"Cronin was born in Ré Buí near Gneeveguilla, County Kerry in the 1920s.[1] He was taught fiddle by Padraig O'Keeffe. In 1949, Seamus Ennis recorded him on acetate disc for Radió Éireann, copies of which are held in the Irish Traditional Music Archive. Shortly after making these recordings, he left Ireland and emigrated to Boston in the United states. During the 1950s, he continued to record, becoming very well known through the seven 78rpm discs he made for the Copley label.

In the early 1970's he went on to record an LP, "Music In The Glen", for the Fleetwood label, followed by "The House In The Glen" for Talcon. 1n 1975, Paddy released The Rakish Paddy LP with Fiddler Records of Seattle, and in 1977 released Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin with Outlet records of Belfast.

In 2007, Cronin was awarded the prestigious Gradam Saoil, or Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Irish Gaelic-language television station TG4, in honour of his contribution to Irish Traditional Music over six decades." (Wikipedia)

This record is slightly marred by the 'retro-fitted' accompaniment, but the bodhrán at least is on one channel only and can be filtered out.

I'm never sure where to 'put' Cronin - he's not Kerry in the way that Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford are.

If you get a copy you can decide for yourself.

Rosa Dartle

Oh dear, one of my favourite blogs has just vanished. Always something of interest happening, and lots of witty commentary, it was one of the first things I checked out when firing up the ol' laptop. If by any chance you read this 'Rosa' thanks very much.

Electrif Lycanthrope

I've found this posted at Archive.org with THREE EXTRA TRACKS! And loads of stunned comments.

McGreevy and Cooley

Ceol Álainn (see below) has posted this, nicely split up and labelled.

Ceol Álainn

Rare recordings of Traditional Irish Music.

Check it out here.

The Innisfree Ceili Band

The Irish Ceili Band sound can be a bit of a joke, compared to the buzzing of trapped insects by some (I can't find the exact quote), although they are great for dancing to.

However these guys have tried something a bit different and instead of every musican just piling in with their settings of the tunes they have come up with a unison sound. While this must have needed a lot of rehearsal time it brings an enhanced clarity and focus to a stale old format. The unison stops come across as a bit mannered after a while, but apart from that it works really well.

I was so impressed I actually bought it - available as a download from Amazon, and you can try before you buy. Checkout YouTube as well.

The Beatles in Mono

I'm really enjoying this, it all sounds a lot more rockier and McCartney's bass lines are much more centred (obviously). Phil Lesh of the Dead has always been my favourite bassist, but I'm not so sure now.

Its not my posting, but you can get it all here if you don't mind killing off the music industry.

Or cough up £200.....