The Open Door The Coleman Archive Volume 3 Various Artists CD

This is the third in a series of archive recordings published by the Coleman Heritage Centre. Although most of the musicians included on this CD are no longer with us, their music lives on.

This CD features recordings from 1929 to 1984 with a strong emphasis on musicians and singers from the south Sligo area. The CD however, is not confined to just one locality but includes performers from counties Mayo, Leitrim, Clare and Dublin.  All tracks are representative of, or closely associated with the north Connacht music tradition.  Included are rare recordings of some of the less well-known names of traditional music, an unjustified neglect that this CD seeks to redress.  The intention is to bring together a series of recordings of a core group of musicians from a given locality, who, against the odds, kept alive a tradition that today is celebrated not alone in Ireland but worldwide.

Tracklisting

1.  The Humours Of Lissadell / The Queen Of May (Reels) - Joe O'Dowd
2.  The Steampacket / The Five Mile Chase (Reels) - Noel Tansey with Eddie Igoe on bodhran
3.  Trim The Velvet (Reel) - Andy McGann with Jerry Wallace on piano
4.  The Flogging Reel (Reel) - Tommy Hunt
5.  The Gold Ring (Jig) - Jimmy Murphy
6.  The Banks Of The Lee (Song) - Tom Frank Towey
7.  The Dublin Reel / The Steampacket (Reels) - Des O'Connor
8.  Jenny's Wedding / The Maid In The Cherry Tree (Reels) - Patsy Cawley
9.  The Maid Behind The Barrel / The Shaskeen (Reels) - Sonny McDonagh
10. The Abbey Reel (Reel) - Tom Mulligan, Joe Ryan & John Egan
11. The Frost Is All Over / The Scotsman Over The Border (Jigs) - Alfie Joe Dineen with Eamon Fitzpatrick on piano
12. The Wife Of The Bold Tenant Farmer (Song) - John Griffin
13. The Copperplate (Reel) - Peter Horan, Ann McHugh
14. Colonel Rogers' Favourite / Happy Days Of Youth (Reels) - Des O'Connor
15. Crowley's (Reel) - Willie Coleman
16. The Soldiers Of Cumann na mBan (Song) - John Leyden
17. The Laurel Tree / The Hunter's Purse (Reels) - Tom Mulligan, Joe Ryan & John Egan
18. Brian Luby's Polka / John Egan's / The Grand Old Dame (Polkas) - John Egan
19. The Dunmore Lasses / The Galway Rambler / The Laurel Tree (Reels) - Mick Conry
20. The Rising Sun / Love At The Endings (Reels) - Jimmy Murphy
21. The Mountain Top / The Bonfire (Reels) - Batt Henry
22. Down the Broom / The Gatehouse Maid (Reels) - Verona Ryan
23. The Jacket So Blue (Song) - Tom Frank Towey & Mary Lynott
24. The High Level (Hornpipe) - Tommy Hunt
25. Trim the Velvet (Reel) - Johnny Henry & Tommy FLynn
26. Lord McDonald's (Reel) - Eamon Cullen & Johnny Henry
27. The Frog In The Well / The Silver Tip (Jigs) - Tommy Cawley & Francis Cashin
28. The Queen Of May (Reel) - Sonny McDonagh, Mick Joe Ryan & Tommy Hunt