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Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012

November 11, 2023

Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012[1] is a live recording of a pair of concerts held at Dublin's Vicar Street venue, on 16 and 17 June 2012, to celebrate Andy Irvine's 70th birthday.

Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012
Live album by
Andy Irvine
Released3 October 2014
Recorded16/17 June 2012, at Vicar Street in Dublin
GenreIrish / Southeastern European / Balkan / Old-timey folk music
Length55:42
LabelAndy Irvine (Ireland)
ProducerDónal Lunny
Andy Irvine chronology
Parachilna
(2013) 		Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012
(2014)
Mozaik chronology
Changing Trains
(2008) 		Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012
(2014)

He was joined onstage by Paul Brady[2] and various combinations of members of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Mozaik and LAPD, plus brothers George and Manoli Galiatsos who came unexpectedly all the way from Athens for the concerts.[3][1]

A DVD was also released, featuring a more extensive set of material.[4]

Recording edit

LAPD open the album with two double-jigs: "Kitty's Rambles/The Humours of Ennistymon".[5]

Then comes Mozaik's arrangement of "Sail Away Ladies/Walking in the Parlor", two old-timey tunes, the first recorded by Uncle Bunt Stephens, a Tennessee fiddler, in 1925 and the second by Dr D. Dix Hollis in Alabama, the same year.[5]

Sweeney's Men play "Rattlin' Roarin's Willie", sung by Johnny Moynihan.[5]

LAPD follow with "O'Donoghue's", a song by Irvine reminiscing about his early days in Dublin, when he first started frequenting this pub in August 1962. In eleven verses, he vividly recalls these happy times, naming many of the people who were part of his transition from actor to musician, leading to his touring days with Sweeney's Men and up to his departure "for the Pirin Mountains" in the spring of 1968.[5]

Paul Brady then joins LAPD to perform "The Jolly Soldier/The Blarney Pilgrim", which he and Irvine recorded on their 1976 album Andy Irvine/Paul Brady.[5]

Mozaik are joined by brothers George and Manoli Galiatsos, who performed "In Foreign Lands", a traditional song in 9
16 time from Evros in Western Thrace and sung in Greek.[5]

Sweeney's Men perform "My Dearest Dear", sung by Terry Woods.[5]

Liam O'Flynn joins Mozaik to perform "Suleiman's Kopanitsa", an adaptation of "Dance of Suleiman" that Irvine had recorded on the album East Wind with Davy Spillane. The Mozaik rendition also has all the melodic phrases re-worked for string instruments emphasising the 11
16 'kopanitsa' rhythm (2–2–3–2–2) with counter-harmonies from Irvine (mandola), van der Zalm (mandolin) and Lunny (bouzouki), augmented by O'Flynn (tin whistle and uileann pipes), Parov (gadulka and kaval) and Molsky (fiddle).[5]

Paul Brady joins LAPD (minus O'Flynn) to perform Irvine's arrangement of "Plains of Kildare",[6]: 22–23  also originally from the 1976 album Andy Irvine/Paul Brady: an instrumental intro in 6
8 time (jig) leads into the song, which is in 3
4 time for the first six verses until an elegant transition switches to an instrumental middle eight played in the 'Bulgarian rachenitsa' rhythm of 7
8 time (2–2–3) which aptly suggests the gallop of racing horses, then back in 3
4 (as the horses slow down) for the final verse prior to the finale, again in 6
8.[5]

Mozaik deliver "Romanian Horă", a fiddle tune learnt from Jacky Molard and played by van der Zalm, followed by Molsky's "Black Jack Grove" and its Blueridge mountains feel.[5]

LAPD follow with "West Coast of Clare",[6]: 10–11  a romantic song written by Irvine about the times he spent in Milltown Malbay.[5]

The album closes with "A Blacksmith Courted Me", where LAPD, Paul Brady and Mozaik join forces to deliver Irvine's version of "The Blacksmith"[7]: 13  (with Molsky on 5-string banjo) followed, as usual, by "Blacksmithereens", a tune in 5
8 time that Irvine wrote following his first impressions of Balkan music in 1968.[5]

Track listing edit

  1. "Kitty's Rambles"/"Humours of Ennistymon" (Trad. Arr. O'Flynn / Glackin / Lunny / Irvine) – 4:20
  2. "Sail Away Ladies"/"Walking in the Parlor" (Trad. Arr. Molsky / van der Zalm / Irvine / Lunny / Parov) – 3:27
  3. "Rattlin' Roarin' Willy" (Trad. Arr. Moynihan / Irvine / Woods) – 2:03
  4. "O'Donoghue's" (Andy Irvine) – 5:20
  5. "The Jolly Soldier" (Trad. / Arr. Paul Brady 2011) / "The Blarney Pilgrim" (Trad. / Arr. Irvine / Brady / Lunny / Glackin / O'Flynn) – 5:36
  6. "In Foreign Lands" (Εγω Στα Ξενα) (Trad. Arr. George and Manoli Galiatsos) – 4:24
  7. "My Dearest Dear" (Trad. / Terry Woods) – 4:04
  8. "Suleman's Kopanitsa" (Trad. Arr. Irvine / Lunny / Molsky / Parov / van der Zalm) – 5:06
  9. "Plains of Kildare" (Trad. Arr. Andy Irvine) – 4.23
  10. "Romanian Horă" / "Black Jack Grove" (Trad. Arr. Irvine / Lunny / Molsky / van der Zalm / Parov) – 5:28
  11. "The West Coast of Clare" (Andy Irvine) – 5:38
  12. "A Blacksmith Courted Me" (Trad. Arr. Irvine / Lunny / Molsky / van der Zalm/ Parov) / "Blacksmithereens" (Irvine / Lunny) – 5:53

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012. CD March 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 March 2015
  2. ^ Andy Irvine and Paul Brady (Interview) (20 April 2012). Miriam O'Callaghan Meets – Paul Brady and Andy Irvine (Podcast). Dublin: RTÉ Radio 1. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.
  3. ^ Andy's 70th Birthday Concerts – June 2012. August 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 March 2015
  4. ^ Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012. DVD 2015-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 March 2015
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sleeve notes from Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012, Andy Irvine AK-5, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Irvine, Andy (1988). Aiming for the Heart. Germany: Heupferd Musik Verlag GmbH. ISBN 39-2344-501-6.
  7. ^ Planxty (Songbook). London: Mews Music. 1973.

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Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 1 is a live recording of a pair of concerts held at Dublin s Vicar Street venue on 16 and 17 June 2012 to celebrate Andy Irvine s 70th birthday Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012Live album by Andy IrvineReleased3 October 2014Recorded16 17 June 2012 at Vicar Street in DublinGenreIrish Southeastern European Balkan Old timey folk musicLength55 42LabelAndy Irvine Ireland ProducerDonal LunnyAndy Irvine chronologyParachilna 2013 Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 2014 Mozaik chronologyChanging Trains 2008 Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 2014 He was joined onstage by Paul Brady 2 and various combinations of members of Sweeney s Men Planxty Mozaik and LAPD plus brothers George and Manoli Galiatsos who came unexpectedly all the way from Athens for the concerts 3 1 A DVD was also released featuring a more extensive set of material 4 Contents 1 Recording 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 References 5 External linksRecording editLAPD open the album with two double jigs Kitty s Rambles The Humours of Ennistymon 5 Then comes Mozaik s arrangement of Sail Away Ladies Walking in the Parlor two old timey tunes the first recorded by Uncle Bunt Stephens a Tennessee fiddler in 1925 and the second by Dr D Dix Hollis in Alabama the same year 5 Sweeney s Men play Rattlin Roarin s Willie sung by Johnny Moynihan 5 LAPD follow with O Donoghue s a song by Irvine reminiscing about his early days in Dublin when he first started frequenting this pub in August 1962 In eleven verses he vividly recalls these happy times naming many of the people who were part of his transition from actor to musician leading to his touring days with Sweeney s Men and up to his departure for the Pirin Mountains in the spring of 1968 5 Paul Brady then joins LAPD to perform The Jolly Soldier The Blarney Pilgrim which he and Irvine recorded on their 1976 album Andy Irvine Paul Brady 5 Mozaik are joined by brothers George and Manoli Galiatsos who performed In Foreign Lands a traditional song in 916 time from Evros in Western Thrace and sung in Greek 5 Sweeney s Men perform My Dearest Dear sung by Terry Woods 5 Liam O Flynn joins Mozaik to perform Suleiman s Kopanitsa an adaptation of Dance of Suleiman that Irvine had recorded on the album East Wind with Davy Spillane The Mozaik rendition also has all the melodic phrases re worked for string instruments emphasising the 1116 kopanitsa rhythm 2 2 3 2 2 with counter harmonies from Irvine mandola van der Zalm mandolin and Lunny bouzouki augmented by O Flynn tin whistle and uileann pipes Parov gadulka and kaval and Molsky fiddle 5 Paul Brady joins LAPD minus O Flynn to perform Irvine s arrangement of Plains of Kildare 6 22 23 also originally from the 1976 album Andy Irvine Paul Brady an instrumental intro in 68 time jig leads into the song which is in 34 time for the first six verses until an elegant transition switches to an instrumental middle eight played in the Bulgarian rachenitsa rhythm of 78 time 2 2 3 which aptly suggests the gallop of racing horses then back in 34 as the horses slow down for the final verse prior to the finale again in 68 5 Mozaik deliver Romanian Horă a fiddle tune learnt from Jacky Molard and played by van der Zalm followed by Molsky s Black Jack Grove and its Blueridge mountains feel 5 LAPD follow with West Coast of Clare 6 10 11 a romantic song written by Irvine about the times he spent in Milltown Malbay 5 The album closes with A Blacksmith Courted Me where LAPD Paul Brady and Mozaik join forces to deliver Irvine s version of The Blacksmith 7 13 with Molsky on 5 string banjo followed as usual by Blacksmithereens a tune in 58 time that Irvine wrote following his first impressions of Balkan music in 1968 5 Track listing edit Kitty s Rambles Humours of Ennistymon Trad Arr O Flynn Glackin Lunny Irvine 4 20 Sail Away Ladies Walking in the Parlor Trad Arr Molsky van der Zalm Irvine Lunny Parov 3 27 Rattlin Roarin Willy Trad Arr Moynihan Irvine Woods 2 03 O Donoghue s Andy Irvine 5 20 The Jolly Soldier Trad Arr Paul Brady 2011 The Blarney Pilgrim Trad Arr Irvine Brady Lunny Glackin O Flynn 5 36 In Foreign Lands Egw Sta 3ena Trad Arr George and Manoli Galiatsos 4 24 My Dearest Dear Trad Terry Woods 4 04 Suleman s Kopanitsa Trad Arr Irvine Lunny Molsky Parov van der Zalm 5 06 Plains of Kildare Trad Arr Andy Irvine 4 23 Romanian Horă Black Jack Grove Trad Arr Irvine Lunny Molsky van der Zalm Parov 5 28 The West Coast of Clare Andy Irvine 5 38 A Blacksmith Courted Me Trad Arr Irvine Lunny Molsky van der Zalm Parov Blacksmithereens Irvine Lunny 5 53Personnel editAndy Irvine vocals bouzouki mandola harmonica Liam O Flynn uilleann pipes tin whistle Paddy Glackin fiddle Donal Lunny backing vocals bouzouki guitar Bruce Molsky vocals fiddle 5 string banjo Nikola Parov gadulka kaval tin whistle guitar Rens van der Zalm fiddle mandolin Johnny Moynihan vocals bouzouki tin whistle Terry Woods vocals guitar Paul Brady vocals guitar mandolin backing vocals George Galiatsos vocals laouto Manoli Galiatsos vocals octave mandolaReferences edit a b Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 CD Archived March 9 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 March 2015 Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Interview 20 April 2012 Miriam O Callaghan Meets Paul Brady and Andy Irvine Podcast Dublin RTE Radio 1 Retrieved on 1 March 2015 Andy s 70th Birthday Concerts June 2012 Archived August 16 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 March 2015 Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 DVD Archived 2015 03 08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 March 2015 a b c d e f g h i j k l Sleeve notes from Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 Andy Irvine AK 5 2014 a b Irvine Andy 1988 Aiming for the Heart Germany Heupferd Musik Verlag GmbH ISBN 39 2344 501 6 Planxty Songbook London Mews Music 1973 External links editAndy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 CD Retrieved from https 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