Sound Neighbors: Contemporary Music In Northern Ireland
Various Artists
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-07-17
Reviewed 2008-07-17
Professional and grassroots artists from Northern Ireland perform traditional & contemporary works.
****1: 3:08 fast cool rhythm, great vocals "I am a Northern Man" (Ireland)
****2: 3:59 instrumental fast fiddle & banjo
3: 4:27 male vocal, mid tempo plucked, bowed and strummed strings
****4: 3:39 fast flute & percussion instrumental
***5: 1:52 female vocal a capella with male vocal accompaniment
6: 6:27 male voc,mid tempo,strumming & bowed strings
7: 3:27 mellow instrumental, accordion & Scottish pipes
8: 2:47 solo female a cappella
9: 3:46 male vocal with bowed and strummed strings
***10: 4:34 fast instrumental reel with Uilleann & Scottish pipes
11: 4:47 slow to mid male vocal
12: 2:50 slow to mid male vocal
***13: 4:14 fast instrumental with pipe and concertina, strumming guitar.
14: 3:20 slow to mid female vocal, bowed strings
15: 2:43 slow intro. flute & fiddle, picks up half way through.
16: 2:21 male vocal a cappella, slow
17: 2:45 slow male vocal with guitar, minimal flute
***18: 3:49 fast pipe & fiddle instrumental
***19: 3:19 male vocal with big lush instrumentation "Who cares where
national borders lie/Who cares whose laws you’re governed
by/Who cares what name you call a town/Who’ll care when
you’re six feet beneath the ground?"
***20: 4:36 slow instrumental flute with pipe drone D Farrell 06/2008
****1: 3:08 fast cool rhythm, great vocals "I am a Northern Man" (Ireland)
****2: 3:59 instrumental fast fiddle & banjo
3: 4:27 male vocal, mid tempo plucked, bowed and strummed strings
****4: 3:39 fast flute & percussion instrumental
***5: 1:52 female vocal a capella with male vocal accompaniment
6: 6:27 male voc,mid tempo,strumming & bowed strings
7: 3:27 mellow instrumental, accordion & Scottish pipes
8: 2:47 solo female a cappella
9: 3:46 male vocal with bowed and strummed strings
***10: 4:34 fast instrumental reel with Uilleann & Scottish pipes
11: 4:47 slow to mid male vocal
12: 2:50 slow to mid male vocal
***13: 4:14 fast instrumental with pipe and concertina, strumming guitar.
14: 3:20 slow to mid female vocal, bowed strings
15: 2:43 slow intro. flute & fiddle, picks up half way through.
16: 2:21 male vocal a cappella, slow
17: 2:45 slow male vocal with guitar, minimal flute
***18: 3:49 fast pipe & fiddle instrumental
***19: 3:19 male vocal with big lush instrumentation "Who cares where
national borders lie/Who cares whose laws you’re governed
by/Who cares what name you call a town/Who’ll care when
you’re six feet beneath the ground?"
***20: 4:36 slow instrumental flute with pipe drone D Farrell 06/2008
Recent airplay
The Old Bush Set, The Singing Stream
Melange — Mar 17, 2016
Splendid Isolation/Mrs. Lawries
Daydream Disaster — Mar 17, 2011
Splendid Isolation/Mrs. Lawries
Global Warming at the Cafe Bohemian — Sep 09, 2008
Ships In Full/Three Sisters
Global Warming at the Cafe Bohemian — Sep 02, 2008
Splendid Isolation/Mrs. Lawries
At The Café Bohemian — Aug 12, 2008
Splendid Isolation/Mrs. Lawries
Global Warming at the Cafe Bohemian — Jul 22, 2008
Charting
2008-07-13 — 2008-09-14
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 14 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | 1 |
| Aug 17 | 1 |
| Jul 27 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Northern Man | ||
| 2. | Splendid Isolation/Mrs. Lawries | ||
| 3. | The Belfast Mountains | ||
| 4. | Ships In Full/Three Sisters | ||
| 5. | A Stor, A Stor, A Ghra | ||
| 6. | There Were Roses | ||
| 7. | Ma Na Bh Finna/Correl Glen | ||
| 8. | Omagh Town | ||
| 9. | My Ain Countrie | ||
| 10. | The Old Bush Set | ||
| 11. | The Donegall Road | ||
| 12. | The Shankill And The Falls | ||
| 13. | The Singing Stream | ||
| 14. | The Verdant Braes Of Screen | ||
| 15. | Eddie Duffy's Monaghan Twig/Stormy Saturday | ||
| 16. | The Newry Highwayman | ||
| 17. | The Shipyard Slips | ||
| 18. | Sean Maguire's Set | ||
| 19. | Sunrise | ||
| 20. | My Lagan Love |