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AN TRAIDISIÚN
BEO
Angelina Carberry
Tracks:
Musicians:
Angelina Carberry - Banjo
John Blake - Guitar &
Piano
Peter Carberry - Accordion
Martin Quinn - Accordion
Laoise Kelly - Harp
Martin Gavin - Bodhran
Production:
Produced by -
Angelina Carberry &
Martin Quinn
Engineered by - Dave Brandt
Recorded at - db Audio,
Barna Co. Galway
Mastered by - Dave Brandt
Photography - Garrett
Hurley
Layout and Design - Open
Ear Productions Ltd
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ANGELINA
CARBERRY & MARTIN QUINN
Reeltrad RTR 001
Tracks:
Musicians:
Angelina Carberry - Banjo
Martin Quinn - Accordion
John Blake - Guitar &
Piano
Alan McCartney - Guitar
Production:
Produced by -
Angelina Carberry &
Martin Quinn
Engineered by - Paul Mulligan
& Dave Brandt
Recorded at - Audio Monkey
Studio, Kinvara
Mastered by - Paul Mulligan
& Dave Brandt
Manufacture & Printing - Open
Ear Productions Ltd.
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Reviews
"ANGELINA CARBERRY
& MARTIN QUINN" (self-issued; ReelTrad
001)
There's
nothing bashful about a banjo and a button accordion,
and in the wrong hands these instruments, separately
or together, can blare.
Fortunately,
they're in the right hands here, as they were
when Manchester-born banjoist Angelina Carberry
played beside her Longford-born button accordionist
father, Peter, and accompanist John Blake on
"Memories From the Holla" in 2001.
Backed
by guitarist-pianist John Blake and guitarist
Alan McCartney, Angelina Carberry joins a button
accordionist with Armagh roots, Martin Quinn,
on tunes performed at a blissfully unfrenetic
pace with an enviable ripeness and discipline
throughout. This is sweet-spot, session-seasoned
playing from two superb young instrumentalists.
[This "Ceol" column by
Earle Hitchner was published
on January 21, 2004, in the IRISH ECHO
newspaper in New York City. Copyright ©
Earle Hitchner. All rights reserved. Reprinted
by permission of author.]
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ANGELINA CARBERRY &
MARTIN QUINN - Reeltrad RTR 001
A young
banjo player from a noted musical family, Angelina
Carberry first attracted notice through the
recording entitled "Memories of the Holla"
which she made with her father, accordion player
Peter Carberry, and the great John Blake on
guitar and piano. Now paired up with Martin
Quinn, an accordion player from Armagh, and
still expertly backed by Blake, Carberry delivers
another wonderful performance, bringing an elegant
and lyrical (dare I say "feminine"?)
touch to her playing of an instrument more known
for its percussive tone, all the while swinging
with abandon. Quinn has a rather light touch
as well, and does lovely harmonic work with
the left hand, so that his playing complements
Carberry's perfectly. Quinn also plays the melodeon
on a couple of tracks, including his solo, and
a banjo-melodeon unaccompanied duet which sounds
right out of a Flanagan Brothers 78rpm record.
There a quite a few well-known tunes on here
(sometimes disguised under other titles, like
"The Tap Room" called "Andy McGann's"),
and some more seldom heard ones, like the two
fabulous Finbar Dwyer reels. Lovely stuff!
Rating: ****
Philippe Varlet
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ANGELINA CARBERRY &
MARTIN QUINN
Reeltrad RTR 001
Here,
they are, plain and unvarnished by even a little
on the CD, but they certainly do what it says
on the tin and a lot more besides. Angelina
is a banjo player of taste and technique, and
this is her second excursion with accordion.
Her first was with her father, Peter, and this
one is performed with Martin Quinn from Armagh.
The album
has an introductory note from Johnny Connolly,
where he remarks on the lovely rhythm and unhurried
pace of her playing. It's not a word of a lie:
this is spacious music, as natural as breathing.
There's
a grand selection of tunes, including some old
slip jigs like the Tenpenny Piece, and wekk-known
tunes like the Creen Groves of Erin. If you
want to hear immaculate and effortless triplet
playing, here's a fine example.
Martin
has a very fine solo version of the old song
Ailliliú na Gamhna, the lovey unrushed
style shows to advantage in the couple of barn-dances.
I also loved the togetherness of the playing
in the slip Con Curtin's Big Balloon, referring
to the London pub and its landlord.
Very tasty
playing, and you wouldn't notice the hours slip
by as you re-sample the many little savoury
morsels. More, please, and soon.
John Brophy
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Scotland on Sunday Review
ANGELINA CARBERRY & MARTIN QUINN
Reeltrad Records RTR 001
An ex-Bumblebee,
and the third generation of her family to play
the banjo (the fretted bodhran to its many detractors),
Angelina shows how to play traditional Irish
music with delicacy, flowing rhythm and playful
empathy with her husband Martin’s (La
Lugh, Dorsa) accordion. Add the discreet and
entirely apposite accompaniment of guitar/piano
maestro John Blake and you have an album that’s
as hypnotic and ever-shifting as their view
across Galway Bay to the Aran islands. Chill
out listening to this with a pint of extra-cold
Guinness.
Norman Chalmers
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The Living Tradition magazine
"Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn"
ReelTrad Records RTR 001
Angelina
is a tenor banjo player, born in Manchester
into a County Longford family, who moved to
Galway, picking up musical influences en route:
Martin plays accordion and melodeon, and comes
from a County Armagh family. They have respectively
played with the Bumblebees and La Lugh among
others.
Theirs
is a marital as well as a musical partnership,
which may explain a lot of the empathy that
they exhibit in this album. Their playing is
fluid but perfectly tight, each feeding off
the other, and having a great time of it as
well. There is a certain affinity between tenor
banjos and squeezeboxes anyway, I have always
felt, and together they can lift a tune and
carry it along in grand style.
Like all
good musical partnerships, they understand the
importance of timing and phrasing, allowing
the pace to suit the melody not going all-out
when not needed, but not afraid of a fair turn
of speed when it suits. What we also get here
is the feeling that this is a session in waiting,
as you just want to grab hold of some instrument
or other and join in (if you think you're good
enough!) Angelina and Martin are subtly and
wonderfully accompanied here by John Blake on
guitar and piano, and also by Alan McCartney
on guitar.
Talented
musicians playing at their best and sounding
like they're really having fun – what
more can you ask for?
Gordon Potter
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