Foxglove

by Moving Cloud

Overview

Moving Cloud is a quintet of Irish musicians who face something of a quandary: they want to be regarded as concert performers rather than a dance band, but while it's true that their chops are more than sufficient to hold an audience's attention, they play in a style that owes far more to the ceilidh than to the concert hall. For one thing, they tend to take tunes at a brisk but moderate tempo (unlike some of their more flamboyant contemporaries who play everything at speeds no one could dance to even if they wanted to), and for another, they've got Carl Hession banging out the off-beats on his piano in a way that just begs you to spin around the floor with your fair colleen. And then there are the tunes themselves: Foxglove consists almost entirely of dance sets (there is one slow air), and the program even includes a waltz. So Moving Cloud should probably just accept its fate and let the rest of us dance gratefully. Highlights include flutist Kevin Crawford's gorgeous playing on "Mooney's Mazurka," and the perfect ensemble blend on the sprightly and lovely song air "Suil Suil a Ghra." ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/19/1998
Label:	GREEN LINNET
UPC:	0048248118620

Tracks

1. Paddy Fahy's/Whistle and I'll Come to You/Woods of Old Limeerick
2. Byrne's Hornpipe/The Yellow Crow/Flowers of the Red Mill
3. S¿¿il S¿¿il a Gh¿¿/Chopman/Humours of Castlecomer
4. Mooney's Mazurka/Kinloch/Humours of Toomagh
5. Fahy's Jig/Tap Room/The Maid Who Left the County
6. Paddy Fahy's Reel/The Ewe Reel
7. Old Tanglefoot/Shouthern Shore
8. Swing Waltz
9. Knocknagoshel/Ryan's/Come West Along the Road
10. Kitty's Rambles/The Cook in the Kitchen/Paidin O'Rafferty
11. Shelly River Waltz/New Year Waltz
12. Follow Me up to Carlow/New Custom House
13. French-Canadian Jiggin'/Old Man-Old Woman
14. Da Slockit Light
15. Cape Breton Dream/Champion
16. Dan Breen's/Mick Finn's/The Heather Breeze/The Red-Haired Lass

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Moving Cloud   Primary Artist
Gerry O'Connor   Guest Artist,Banjo
Manus McGuire   Fiddle
Garry O Briain   Guitar (Rhythm)
Maeve Donnelly   Fiddle
Johnny McDonagh   Drums,Spoons
Paul Brock   Melodeon,Button Accordion
Trevor Hutchinson   Double Bass
Kevin Crawford   Flute,Bodhran,Tin Whistle
Carl Hession   Piano

Technical Credits

Martin Murray   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Gus Viseur   Composer
Manus McGuire   Arranger,Composer
Zambrano   Composer
Moving Cloud   Arranger,Producer
Tom Anderson   Composer
D. Kingsley   Illustrations
Gordon Gunn   Composer
Paddy Fahy   Composer
Seamus Cullinane   Engineer
Earle Hitchner   Essay
Baro Ferret   Composer
Fergus Bourke   Photography
Greenberg Kingsley   Design
Pierre Schryer   Composer
Paul Brock   Arranger,Liner Notes
Traditional   Composer