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Cross
The River Tom McConville |
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"Album of the Year
1991" Listener's Poll, BBC Great Northern Folk Guests: Des Hurley (fiddle), Chris Newman (guitars/bass/mandolin), Andrew Hurley (bodhran), Máire Ní Chathasaigh (whistle) |
scroll down for press reviews, tracklist
& catalogue details
click here for artist biography
Taplas |
"Tom's singing of How Can My Poor Heart, a Robert Burns song set to Tom's own tune, is so achingly beautiful it takes your breath away..."
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The Folk Magazine |
"Tom is an affable Geordie with a fiddle style which, while deriving from the Northumbrian and Irish traditions, is undoubtedly his own... It is bright and rhythmic in the dance tunes and lends expressive, often melancholic accompaniment to his songs..."
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Hot Press |
"Works
like a dream in spite, or maybe because of, its sheer diversity... It snakes its way
through traditional and contemporary material, with virtually every track a high point. A
record of great charm and persuasion, and no little depth. Lovely stuff. Particular
mention must be made of two tracks, The Homes of Donegal, which all but eclipses
Paul Brady's reading of the song, and the title track, written by Tim Wood about the
Sharpeville Six and one of the strongest political songs of our time..."
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Folk North West |
"A
pleasure to listen to. A very, very nice album." |
| Tracklist | The Hurleys |
Homes of Donegal |
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Tone Rowe's/Smithy's Baccy Tin/Caliope House |
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How can my poor heart? |
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Frenchie's Reel/President Garfield's |
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Johnny Miner |
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The Gold Ring/O'Mahoney's |
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Cross The River |
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The Lark in the Morning |
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The Goodnight Waltz |
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The Overgate |
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Calum Donaldson/Mick Johnson's Parrot/Da
Grocer |
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Wish the wars were all over |
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Ben's Foot/Birmingham Fling |
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Catalogue
details |
Old Bridge Music OBMCD01, 1990 |
Old Bridge Music
PO Box 7, ILKLEY, LS29 9RY, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1943 602203
