LEITRIM'S HIDDEN TREASURE

LHTCD1

Featuring The McNamara Family on uilleann pipes, flute, fiddle, and concertina

instrumental (time 63 minutes)

---

Michael McNamara: flute; Brian McNamara: uillean pipes; Ray McNamara: uillean pipes, tin whistle; Ciaran McNamara: flute; Enda McNamara: fiddle; Deirdre McNamara: concertina; Frank Kelly: piano; Mick Giblin: guitar; Barry Carroll: hammered dulcimer We get calls all the time about the uilleann pipes - and we are now delighted to carry this recording, which has been universally praised in publications in Ireland, England and America. The McNamara family , from Aughavas in the south of County Leitrim, carries on a tradition of five generations of uilleann piping. What sets this recording above anything else in the entire field is the extensive notes, combined with the authentic playing and variety in instrumentation. I really can't recommend this enough for folks who want to learn from “the real thing”. In addition to the uillean pipes, the primary instruments are the flute, fiddle and concertina...with a touch of hammered dulcimer here and there! "This album makes an important statement about the strength of our tradition and the ability of a talented family to demonstrate that our music can continue to be refreshed and renewed without having to leave that tradition" --- Charlie Lennon, County Leitrim

---

CONTENTS

1. Reels: The Holly Bush / Leitrim's Grieg's Pipes / The Dornhill / The Old Dudeen (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, piano. guitar)
2. Slip Jigs: The Barony Jig / The Leitrim Quickstep / Moll Roe (uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, guitar)
3. Hornpipes: Old Man Quinn / The Shaskeen (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, piano, hammered dulcimer)
4. Reels: Miss Dunbarr / Green Fields of America / The Reels of Tully / The Musical Priest (fiddle, concertina, guitar, piano)
5. Sile Ni Ghadhra — air (uillean pipes), jig (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina), piece (uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, flute, tin whistle)
6. Jigs: Tandragee / The Mouse in the Cupboard / Larry the Beer Drinker (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, hammered dulcimer)
7. Air / Hornpipe / Reel: The Bold Soldier Boy / Logier's / Miss Gunning's Rant (fiddle, piano)
8. Reels: Michael Creamer's / The Humours of Tooma (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, piano)
9. Morgan's Hornpipe (fiddle, piano)
10. Reels: The Tramp's Reel / Cut the Sod (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina)
11. Jigs: The Unfortunate Rake / The Humours of Ballingarry (2 uillean pipes)
12. Hornpipes: The Low Level / Flood's (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, piano, hammered dulcimer)
13. Reels — Greig's Pipes / The London Lasses / The Nine Points of Knavery (fiddle, 2 uillean pipes, concertina, flute, hammered dulcimer)
14. Jigs: Humours of Glynn / Grier's #249 (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, piano)
15. Hornpipes: Grier's #16 / Chief O'Neill's Visit (fiddle, concertina, guitar)
16. Reels: O'Connell's Reel / The Mountain Lark / The Cloone Reel / Bernie McKiernan's Dream (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina)
17. Reels — Miss Simple's Reel / The Humours of Bolton St. / Bring Her to the Shelter / Miss Gunnings (flute, 2 uillean pipes, fiddle, concertina, piano, guitar)