Light Through the Leaves -- Traditional Irish Wind Instruments

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Product Description This album of field recordings from the late 1970s, was the first anthology to be issued of Irish traditional music in America on wind instruments. It was a timely project as there had been such a wonderful tradition of great flute, tin whistle and uilleann pipe playing in Irish music in America from the mid nineteenth century onwards - sadly most of it undocumented. Since the time of these recordings, a whole new generation of accomplished young Irish American tin whistle and flute players and uilleann pipers has emerged, as the music enjoys an extraordinary renaissance on the concert and festival stage all over the world. The players of today inherit a great tradition forged mostly in the homes of the musicians who kept the flame alive when there were few who cared about the old music. This anthology celebrates the strong foundation on which this renaissance was built. Amazon.com Irish traditional musicians have embraced three wind instruments: the tin whistle, the flute, and the uilleann pipes. Light Through the Leaves is a collection of recordings made by Mick Moloney of Irish-American musicians playing these instruments in the late 1970s. The performers include musicians who were born in America such as pipers Tim Britton and Bill Ochs, flautists Mark Roberts and Richard Hughes, and tin whistle player Larry McCullough, and Irish-born immigrants like piper Al Purcell and flautists Noel Rice and Mike Rafferty. All of the selections are played without accompaniment, which is the highest test of the player's art. Each of the musicians acquits himself with aplomb, and the high level of musicianship throughout makes these recordings a delightful example of the variety of traditional music playable on wind instruments. --Michael Simmons