Live from Patrick Street

by Patrick Street

Overview

When you wanted to hear traditional, straight-ahead, all-acoustic Irish/Celtic music (as opposed to contemporary Irish/Celtic pop and rock), one of the obvious places to turn was Patrick Street. The quartet wasn't out to compete with the Pogues or Luka Bloom -- in the '80s and '90s, Street was the type of group that appealed to Celtic purists. Street is in fine form on Live from Patrick Street, which was recorded at various November 1998 shows during a tour of England and Ireland. The material ranges from traditional instrumental jigs and reels to Irish folk ballads such as "Wild Rover No More" and "My Son in Amerikay," a poignant number about an Irish parent whose son has moved to the U.S. in search of opportunity. These songs require someone to be an expressive, convincing storyteller, and singer Andy Irvine is exactly that. Listeners who have savored Street's studio recordings owe it to themselves to find this CD and hear how great the band sounds on stage. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/23/1999
Label:	Green Linnet
UPC:	0048248119429
Rank:	131558

Tracks

1. McKenna's Jigs
2. The Raheen Medley
3. Braes of Moneymore
4. My Son in Amerikay
5. Bring Back the Child/Paidin O'Rafferty
6. Wild Rover No More
7. Unnamed Slide/Johnny O'Leary's Slide/Micho Russell's Slide
8. Jack the Bridge/Cul Aodh Polka/The Salmon Tailing up the River
9. Stewball and the Monaghan Grey Mare
10. Music for a Found Harmonium
11. The Holy Ground
12. McDermott's Reel/The Plough and the Stars/Miss McLeod's Reel

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Patrick Street   Primary Artist
Kevin Burke   Fiddle
Andy Irvine   Vocals,Bouzouki,Mandolin,Harmonica
Jackie Daly   Accordion

Technical Credits

Patrick Street   Producer,Composer
Andy Seward   Engineer
Simon Jeffes   Composer
Bernie Nau   Mixing
Josh Pulman   Photography
Ray Williams   Engineer
Andy Irvine   Composer
Gerry O'Beirne   Composer
Greenberg Kingsley   Design
Traditional   Composer