From: Pete Fyfe
[petefyfe_at_aol_dot_com]
Sent: 13 March 2012 15:20
Subject: Pete Fyfe - Karen Ryan
(The Coast Road)
Attachments: Karen Ryan - The Coast
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KAREN RYAN - The Coast Road (Clo
Iar-Chonnacht CICD 188)
This is the kind of recording
that harks back to the old days of "Paddy In The Smoke" and Danny ?Concrete
Fingers' Meehan playing at The Favourite. Possibly aimed at a more
traditionally biased audience Ryan's style of fiddle playing (sometimes opening
with the predominantly two chord piano introduction so beloved of Irish set
dancers everywhere provided by long term associate Pete Quinn) will give some
indication to those like myself who used to sit at the altar of the likes of
Raymond Rowland, Liam Farrell and John Bowe. There are plenty of great
standards including "Sally Gardens", "Miss McCloud's" and "Saddle The Pony" but
it's Karen's beautifully fluid whistle playing on "The Swallow's Tail/The Sunny
Banks/The London Lasses" set that does it for me. This may not be a rip-roaring
album or one that's trying to be ?different' but if its rock solid performances
of some excellent tunes you're looking for I'd suggest you check it out. www.karenryan.net
PETE FYFE