Real World Records

The Gathering


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

Press review from: Irish Echo, New York (USA)

..featuring some of the best traditional players around today...The quality of performance from all the musicians can’t be faulted...

July 1997

Press review from: The Living Tradition (UK)

...delightful compilation of spirited live performances...

August 1997

Press review from: Insite (UK)

..a gathering of souls, hearts and hands, in celebration and anticipation.

9 June 1997

Press review from: Cmj New Music Report (USA)

The talent level is consistently brilliant and the result is a rich and varied audio encyclopedia of today’s living traditions.

August/September 1997

Press review from: Dirty Linen (USA)

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

Press review from: Time Out, New York (USA)

The Gathering album cover.

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Tracklist & Audio Samples
playLay Dee At De - Spence's Reel - Faery Reel by Various Artists
playMrs. Hamilton Of Pitcaithland - Untitled - Lord MacDonald's Reel by Various Artists
playHorseshoe Harbour - Christy Berry's - Mrs. Heidi Hendy by Various Artists
playThe Sandymount - Untitled by Various Artists
playLucy Campbell's - The Fermoy Lasses by Various Artists
playThe Last Chance - The Venus Jig by Various Artists
playReel Du Pendu - The Hangman's Reel by Various Artists
playKildare Fancy - The Golden Eagle - The Sweeps Hornpipe by Various Artists
playLafferty's - Grogans - The Star of Munster by Various Artists
playL'Air Du Menuisier - Kilo Stala Vlajna by Various Artists
playValse Clog by Various Artists
playGreen Brechans Of Branton - Peacock's March - I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me by Various Artists
playRathlin Island by Various Artists
playBraes Of Mar - Jenny Dang the Weaver - Miss Girdle - Tail Toddle by Various Artists
playCanto De Afiador - Huriondo by Various Artists
playJig Jazz by Various Artists

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