| Traditionalists play a merry tune going
back to their roots Fortune Favours The Merry is the new album from
Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington.
Peter and Gerry create a tight blend of wind and string in which neither
instrument dominates.
The music is played in a clean, spirited fashion without sacrificing
any of their individual capacity to grace the music.
This is an album of joyous, uncontrived music on flute, and fiddle from
two musicians with both talent and experience.
Peter Horan is from Killavil in Co. Sligo and is a veteran of Irish traditional
music.
Growing up in fiddle country meant that his flute style was largely free
of the influence of other players and he is now the last exponent of a unique
style of playing which is not unlike the local fiddle style.
Gerry Harrington is from Kenmare in Co. Kerry and is now living in Lismore
in Co. Waterford.
His fiddle style is predominantly that of Sliabh Luchra. Gerry is a highly-respected
musician who has made several other recordings.
Ollie Ross brings a lovely touch to the album with lively, intuitive
accompaniment on piano.
Although Gerry and Peter are from different generations and from musical
backgrounds they blend beautifully.
Like many older musicians Peter values expression within music far more
than technicality.
The music on this album is full of feeling and comes from the very roots
of the tradition. Tunes on the album include Tell Her I Am, Lord Gordon,
Lad O’Beirne’s Hornpipe, The Skylark and the slow air She Sailed From Dublin.
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