The Gathering
- by Various Artists
- Mar 1997
This album was recorded live in Cork at Éigse Na Laoi 1995: The Gathering. Like good music which does not want to stop, its end was its beginning. Another round was called, and everyone knew the tune - a tune that spins now like the globe itself, creating a celestial music for all who will listen.
Reviews
..an album bursting with concert-performance drive and daring.
2 July 1997
..featuring some of the best traditional players around today...The quality of performance from all the musicians can’t be faulted...
July 1997
...delightful compilation of spirited live performances...
August 1997
..a gathering of souls, hearts and hands, in celebration and anticipation.
9 June 1997
The talent level is consistently brilliant and the result is a rich and varied audio encyclopedia of today’s living traditions.
August/September 1997
This is not Celtic music for the secular: it is a direct experience of a pagan mythos, and it makes the hairs on your nape tighten...all the work here has the understatement and deceptive simplicity of complete mastery...This is trans-Celtic music of the purest refinement, woven by masters of the form: Zen Celtic.
19-26 June 1997
Tracklist & Audio Samples
| play | Lay Dee At De - Spence's Reel - Faery Reel by Various Artists |
| play | Mrs. Hamilton Of Pitcaithland - Untitled - Lord MacDonald's Reel by Various Artists |
| play | Horseshoe Harbour - Christy Berry's - Mrs. Heidi Hendy by Various Artists |
| play | The Sandymount - Untitled by Various Artists |
| play | Lucy Campbell's - The Fermoy Lasses by Various Artists |
| play | The Last Chance - The Venus Jig by Various Artists |
| play | Reel Du Pendu - The Hangman's Reel by Various Artists |
| play | Kildare Fancy - The Golden Eagle - The Sweeps Hornpipe by Various Artists |
| play | Lafferty's - Grogans - The Star of Munster by Various Artists |
| play | L'Air Du Menuisier - Kilo Stala Vlajna by Various Artists |
| play | Valse Clog by Various Artists |
| play | Green Brechans Of Branton - Peacock's March - I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me by Various Artists |
| play | Rathlin Island by Various Artists |
| play | Braes Of Mar - Jenny Dang the Weaver - Miss Girdle - Tail Toddle by Various Artists |
| play | Canto De Afiador - Huriondo by Various Artists |
| play | Jig Jazz by Various Artists |