Celtic Cafe

Washington Post
A thoroughly enjoyable and evocative travelogue.

Mike Joyce

Product Description
Irish, Scottish, French and Flemish Traditions Merge in Celtic Cafe.Celtic Cafe, a new recording from Maggie's Music, sends an authentically fresh album of pan-European music into the deluge of Celtic releases this March. It is a lively evocation of a cafe at the crossroads of European culture, with Flemish carillon and Parisian musette music, clog and row dances from Belgium, & airs, jigs & reels from Ireland & Scotland.

The intermingling of Celtic and Northern European music has historic roots which are explored in the album. Its centerpiece, the Napoleon Suite, is a 16-minute evocation of the repertoires of mercenary soldiers who fought at Waterloo in Belgium, the crossroads of Europe. The suite binds together such traditional tunes as Will You Go To Flanders,Wellington's Coming and Bonaparte's Retreat introduced by an impressionistic collage of pipes and battle sounds created by producer Bobby Read.

Special guests include: Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle & viola; Mark Hillmann, uilleann pipes; Bobby Read, woodwinds & soprano sax; Dwight Purvis, French horn; Ralph Gordon, bass; Dave Wiesler, piano; Andrea Hoag, fiddle and Paddy League on percussion.

Celtic Cafe

Tracks:

Breton Dance/ Star of Munster
Min De Barra aire
Siobhan ODonnells/ Handsome Young Maidens
Style Musette
Hong Herald
Bear Island/ S sa Cheo/ Hong Herald
Behind the Bush in the Garden/ Sergeant Early s Dream/ Lady Anne Montgomery
Belgian Jig Set : Colonne la Gavre/ Saboti de Nonceveux/ La Marchande
Valse Petit Duner
Flemish Carillon Set : Wel Island/ Chimes of Dunkirk/ Air
Paspie Menuet/ Mr. Waller (Turlough OCarolan)
Gathering at Waterloo/ Will You Go to Flanders
Wellingtons Coming
Victors Return
Waterloo Hornpipe
Bonapartes Defeat
The Battle/ The Retreat
Lamentation for the Fallen Heroes of Waterloo
The 78ths Farewell to Belgium

Album Description

Irish, Scottish, French and Flemish Traditions Merge in Celtic Cafe.Celtic Cafe, a new recording from Maggie's Music, sends an authentically fresh album of pan-European music into the deluge of Celtic releases this March. It is a lively evocation of a cafe at the crossroads of European culture, with Flemish carillon and Parisian musette music, clog and row dances from Belgium, & airs, jigs & reels from Ireland & Scotland.

Customer Reviews:

irish,French,Flemish at the cultural crossroads of Europe.......2001-03-14

Celtic Cafe, a new recording from Maggie's Music, sends an authentically fresh album of pan-European music into the deluge of Celtic releases this March. It is a lively evocation of a cafe at the crossroads of European culture, with Flemish carillon and Parisian musette music, clog and row dances from Belgium, & airs, jigs & reels from Ireland & Scotland. The intermingling of Celtic and Northern European music has historic roots which are explored in the album. Its centerpiece, the Napoleon Suite, is a 16-minute evocation of the repertoires of mercenary soldiers who fought at Waterloo in Belgium, the crossroads of Europe. The suite binds together such traditional tunes as Will You Go To Flanders,Wellington's Coming and Bonaparte's Retreat introduced by an impressionistic collage of pipes and battle sounds created by producer Bobby Read. Belgian musician Paul Oorts joins American multi-instrumentalist Karen Ashbrook in this tour de force of imagination and scholarship. Ashbrook is considered one of the world's finest hammered dulcimer players. Her specialty is Irish music, and she is also a gifted Irish flute and pennywhistle player. Karen Ashbrook has five releases on the Maggie's Music label: the solo albums Hills of Erin (MM207) and Knock on the Door (MM212); and albums with Ceoltoiri Celtic Ensemble -- Women of Ireland (MM218), Silver Apples of the Moon (MM202) and Celtic Lace (MM203). Oorts is an accomplished, oft-recorded string player (mandolin, cittern, classical and steel string guitars) who also plays the musette accordion. A medievalist and translator, he teaches French at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Oorts's musical education took place in the pubs, cafes and coffee houses of Belgium and France. Karen Ashbrook spent several years as a musical expatriate in Europe and Asia. They say: "This CD celebrates an institution that contributed mightily to the development and the vitality of folk music - the cafe and its Irish cousin, the pub. Our best recollections are of late nights spent in these venues, sessioning with old musicians and listening to the lore of the buskers (street performers). We invite you into our café here music, old and new, Celtic and continental, brought together a Belgian and an American Irish musician who fell in love." also,Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle & viola; Mark Hillmann, uilleann pipes; Bobby Read, woodwinds & soprano sax; Dwight Purvis, French horn; Ralph Gordon, bass; Dave Wiesler, piano; Andrea Hoag, fiddle and Paddy League on percussion.

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Bachue Cafe
Bachue
Manufacturer: Celtic America Llc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000OIOTQ4
Release Date: 2002-01-01

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The Early Years
The American Cafe Orchestra
Manufacturer: Orb Discs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAEX92
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

Dailey's Reel/Golden Wedding/The Reconciliation
Schottische from Lima
Doc Harris' Hornpipe
Dark Island
Highlander's Farewell/Waiting for Nancy/Kalotaszegi Legenyes
McFadden's Favorite/Blackberry Blossom
Holev Vals
Opera Reel/Sean Frank's
Festival Waltz
Big Scioty/Come Along Jody
Alsarby Polska
Beatrice
Assim E O Maxixe
Verret's/Newlywed's Reel/Reel du Voyageur/Miss Shepard's
San Rafael
Sally Ann

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Original Songs full of Truth and Passion

Can You Hear Me
Brian Freeman
Manufacturer: Cafe
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000008TB7
Release Date: 1997-12-02

Tracks:

Can You Hear Me
One Hand Clapping
Grass is Greener
Do You Know
Charmed
No Place Like Home
Love Through The Years
Crossing Over
Time Marches On
You are There
Open The Door
The People In My Village

Album Description

Brian FreemanÕs fourth recording "Can You Hear Me" features 12 original songs performed on guitar, mandolin, and vocals.

The songs are melodic and choruses catching. They emphasize the importance of friends, family and community, written in a timeless style reminiscent of traditional Celtic songs. They take you on a journey back through childhood ("Can You Hear Me" and "No Place Like Home") and to middle age ("Time Marches On"), through the joy of birth ("Charmed") and the realization of death ("Crossing Over"), through the emotions of envy ("Grass is Greener"), and the need for recognition ("One Hand Clapping"). He acknowledges his loved ones ("Do You Know") and friends and neighbors ("You Are There" and "People in my Village") and the various stage of love ("Love Through The Years").

"Can You Hear Me" is a portrait of life presented with sensitivity, poetry, and vivid in detail - it is a passage through one life and all our lives acknowledging what is important in this exquisite fabric of living.

Interwoven into the delicate threads are silken melodies, binding bass lines, and guest soloists on Celtic harp, oboe, bagpipes, pennywhistle and synthesizer.

Customer Reviews:

Original Songs full of Truth and Passion.......2003-05-28

This is a wonderful album full of original songs dealing with the love and tribulations of life in a melodic, unique and approachable manner. All the songs are written from the heart with a story to tell that speaks to everyone on a personal level. A delightful album that you'll play over and over again.

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If you can find this CD--GRAB IT!

Live at the Cactus Cafe
Ed Miller
Manufacturer: Celtic America Llc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000N0R4QK
Release Date: 2005-08-01

Customer Reviews:

If you can find this CD--GRAB IT!.......2007-07-26

There's no place to listen to live music better than the Cactus in Austin. There's something about the little bar on the University of Texas Union that just brings out the best in music. Some of Miller's funniest music is on here.

"Overgate" talks about a young farm boy who goes to the red light district and ends up in quite an escapade.

"Jeely Piece Song" is a protest song about the urbanization of Glasgow, but who'd have thought that lunch delivery problems would cause such a song?

"Burke and Hare" talks about the Edinburgh grave robbers who supplied bodies for Dr. Knox at the medical college.

Of course, there's my favorite, "The Old Woman and Her Cat", which Miller dedicates to all the 'demented cat lovers' out there.

This is one CD I listen to often. It's highly listenable and cheering.

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