Midsummer's Night

Artist: Dervish
Label: Compass Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 766397432427
EAN: 0766397432427
ASIN: B00005NVJR

Release Date: 2001-09-11

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Tracks:

Midsummer's Night (Reels)
Sean Bhain (Song)
Tenpenny Bit (Jigs)
The Banks Of Sweet Viledee (Song)
Palmer's Gate (Reels)
Erin Gra Mo Chroi (Song)
Lark On The Strand (Jigs And Reels)
Cairns Hill
There Was A Maid In Her Father's Garden (Song)
Abbeyfeale Set (Jigs And Slides)
An T-U11 (Song)
Bold Doherty (Song)
Out On The Road (Reels)
Red-Haired Mary (Song)

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Customer Reviews:

Midsummer's Night.......2006-08-16

This group is really talented. They take Celtic music back to the tradition style. There music is wonderful now if I could see them LIVE.

freaking awesome.......2004-08-13

The combination of the stringy sound of the bouzouki/mandola and Cathy Jordan's singing make Dervish my absolute favourite trad band. Album is solid all through. Stellar bouzouki and mandola interplay. Of course, great flute, fiddle, guitar, and accordion playing. Cathy Jordan is indisputably my favorite singer in traditional Irish music, although her voice sounds a bit better on their earlier records. Some great faster songs (Red-Haired Mary, An T-Ull, There Was a Maid). Banks of Sweet Vildee is so beautiful. Just buy it.

Traditional Irish Music at its very Best!.......2003-01-22

Failte! (Greetings!) This Dervish Album was released after their "Live in Palma" album and the "Decade" album, the former being my pick for number one ranking for Irish Traditional Music and the second being a summary version of the first. In "Midsummer's Night" the band is offering new material with the same excellent, traditional, accoustic style. The trademark is their three person team on Octave Mandolin, Bouzouki ( deep voiced Octave Mandolin) and a specially tuned 12 string guitar. What can I say about double stringed instruments and Celtic Music? They weave a beautiful tapestry covering three octaves of intertwining, counterpoint playing that is superb. This provides a driving chord rhythm and counterpoint to lead button accordian, flute and fiddle. This is often a double or triple lead that sounds like on musician and instrument. Cathy Jordan is my Irish-gypsy queen with a golden voice, bodhran (Irish drum) and bones. Her moving to the rhythm and enthusiasm makes a live concert of the group a real treat. It is infectious, and audience usually respond with toe tapping, clapping, moving and dancing. This is quite an experience in their sell out Ireland, Palma or European concerts. Gaelic lyrics are included with their albums, the best way to learn this ancient language. Dervish has their own website, where you can buy additional items, such as their VHS tape with many of the tracks from this album plus bonus material from a live performance at the Sibin Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. There is true "pub culture" that has been caught on this tape with friends, family and community relaxing to good music and good stout. The last 3 Dervish CD's are "must haves" for any serious collection of traditional Irish music at its very best. These albums have been critically acclaimed in Ireland by basically all of the music authoritative sources. There new album, "Spirit", just came out ( June 2003) and available through Irish distributors. It is well on its way to the same warm reception. Ceol de Erin go Bragh! (Music of Ireland forever!) - Michael O'Hogan

Arguably the best Irish album ever.......2002-07-12

Ever since Dervish hit the scene they have paved new roads, expanding the limits of what Irish/Celtic music can encompass. Their rhythm section, made up of 3 players playing anything from Mandolins to Guitars in any given combination, is easily one of the strongest rhythm sections ever assembled. This serves as the harmonious canvas upon which the fiddle, wind, and accordion soar to roaring hights. These 6 players alone have the sheer talent to conquer. But with the delicate and completely honest voice of Cathy Jordan added to the mix, what we witness is a group of musicians whose power is unstoppable.

This album is intense, humane, and honest. Even the fast jigs have an air of love and honesty about them. What distinguishes this album from other outings is the fact that it manages to mix extremely raw energy with incredibly structured compositions. The compositions here match and at times even outdo anything the chieftains could manage. This is the new appex of Irish music, period.

Couldn't wish for a better album.......2002-03-25

With this CD, Dervish, in my mind, became the top traditional Irish group today.

It starts off with the title track, "Midsummer's Night," which serves as an introduction to the band. They begin by all playing a reel, and then each member takes a solo or plays a duet, before ending up all together at the end. High energy, fiery Sligo playing.

One of the highlights is the song "Erin Gra Mo Chroi." Cathy Jordan's voice conveys the indescribable sadness of one who's left Ireland and knows he will never return. Tragic.

They follow that up with a set of jigs-into-reels, called "Lark on the Strand." The jigs are slow, and start out delicately played upon the string instruments. The other instruments come in slowly and it gradually builds to an incredibly powerful sound, before leaping into a reel. Listening to this after the previous song can make you simply melt.

The final song on the album is "Red Haired Mary." A light-hearted song to the tune of a grand polka, it's one of my very favorites. You'll listen to this one over and over again.

One truly couldn't wish for a more perfect album. Not a single track you'll want to skip on this one, and when it's over you'll immediately go back and listen to it all over again.

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