Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello – Bosca Ceoil & Fiddle

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Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello – Bosca Ceoil & Fiddle

Tracks:

• The Strayaway Child
• The Minstrel’s Fancy; Claw’s Hornpipe
• Sergent Early’s Dream. (slow reel)
• Sean Ryan’s; Gan Ainm; Return to Milltown
• The Tempest; Farrell O’Gara’s; Rattigan’s
• Hardiman’s Fancy; The Drowning of Bruckless
• Farewell to Eyrecourt; Tom Ward’s Downfall; Mamma’s Pet
• Miss Langford
• Man in the Bog; Loch Pholl na Grainne
• Ashling Gheal. (air)
• Aile Dhomhain (waltz)
• The Whistling Postman; Lawson’s Favourite
• Philobus, Brian O’Kane’s
• An Dro; Tarantella Napoletana

Eamonn Costello (button accordion) and Cathal Clohessy (fiddle) have being playing together as a duo since 2008.They released their debut album Bosca Ceoil & Fiddle, an album of Irish traditional music, in June 2010. On the album Rodney Lancashire guests on five tracks playing bouzouki and mandolin. The remainder of the album consists of solos and duets. On a number of traditional tunes Cathal and Eamonn experiment with: tempo, dynamics, and counter melodies. However, the majority of tracks on the album are played in a more ‘traditional’ manner. Cathal and Eamonn have also composed a number of pieces on this album.