Flight of the Green Linnet

Flight of the Green Linnet Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 014431007521
EAN: 0014431007521
ASIN: B0000009U8


Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Listmania:

  1. My Irish/ Celtic music list

Tracks:

  1. An Seanduine Doite - Relativity
  2. Kitty In The Lane/Captain Kelly/The Green Mountain - Matt Malloy/Sean Keane/Artie McGlynn
  3. Lucy Cassidy/The Bletherskate/The Smith Of Chilliechassie - The Tannahill Weavers
  4. The Parish Of Dunkeld/The Curlew - Andy Stewart/Phil Cunningham
  5. Three Polkas - Kevin Burke
  6. The Holly Ground - Andy Irvine/Patrick Street
  7. My Maryann/The Corner House - The Irish Tradition
  8. Jack Haggerty - Touchstone
  9. Planxty Loftus Jones - Mick Moloney
  10. Inisheer - Buttons & Bows
  11. Citi No GCummann - Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh/Frankie Kennedy
  12. Helen Of Kirkconnel - Jamie McMenemy/Kornog
  13. The Secret Portrait/Wha'll Be King But Cherlie - Silly Wizard
  14. Berton Gavottes - Kevin Burke/Mcheal O Domhnaill
  15. Puirt A Beul - Capercaillie
  16. Colonel Fraser - Jerry O' Sullivan
  17. Fair Warning - John Cunningham

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to modern-sounding Celtic music.......1998-09-20

When I first tried this collection in 1989 it was a vigorous introduction to contemporary Celtic music. Relativity lead the set with a joyous song that has it all: harmony in Gaelic, a fast tempo, synthesizers, and none of the old folks' stuff. Then there is some more traditional stuff which I came to like in time, but Andy Stewart's Parish of Dunkeld, if you can make out any of the words, is an immediately funny, irreverent ballad that shows off his singing range. The Tannahill Weavers, on this album, put on one of their infectious lively renditions of too often boring pipes-and-accordion dance music. This stuff is for making converts. No Celtic set would be complete without some weepy tragedy, and that's here too: Kornog, on Helen of Kirkconnell, do a slow sing-song tale I still can't piece together. Jack Haggerty (Touchstone) is another tragedy about a longshoreman who loves a black-haired, black-hearted woman and bleeds for it, in a more accessible upbeat musical style. And that underscores what the compilers were doing, putting together their music that mostly appeals to ears tuned to 80s pop, yet packing a lot of tradition. In contrast, "Green Linnet's 20th Anniversary" package (1996) digs back into stuffier styles and doesn't hit this target. "Flight of the Green Linnet" is both a crowd-pleaser and a mind-opener.

Music CD:

  1. When I See Winter Return ~ William Pint & Felicia Dale
  2. Circular Breath ~ Gordon Duncan
  3. Future & Past ~ Kapelye
  4. Be Ye Glad: The Songs of Michael Kelly Blanchard
  5. Saltarello - Songs and Stories
  6. Simply Celtic Moods ~ Various Artists
  7. Violets of Dawn ~ Eric Andersen
  8. Mirrors ~ Eric Bogle
  9. I'm A Workin' Chap
  10. Celebrated Recordings ~ John Doherty

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Tom Dooley and Other Hits ~ The Kingston Trio

Manic Moonlight ~ King's X

Windows to the World ~ Heaven & Earth

Quelqu'un de L'interieur ~ Frances Cabrel

Sugar Cane ~ Rafael Aragon

Mitten Ins Herz ~ Stefan Waggershausen

Rare & More Collection V.3 ~ Tigers

That Man Is Forward ~ Rico

Jumpin' Jack Flash ~ Various

Do You Love: Run Away, Turn Away ~ Alchemy