OK I'll brag a little bit! I've wanted to do this for a long time and things finally came together. My son, who was raised on traditional music since he was an infant but later became a heavy metal guitarist, did the guitar tracks (don't worry this isn't a metal album!). We recorded the vocals and guitar here in the States, then I took that over to Ireland where three friends - Chris Caldwell, Brendan Monahan and Stevie Mulholland (members of the trad group Killultagh) added whistle, mandolin, bodhran and fiddle. In both cases we didn't have much time in the studio but thankfully the result came out very nice - even though it was recorded in different locations it has a very "live" feel to it!

Here's the list of tracks:

Glenlogie (Bonnie Jean O'Bethelnie)
The Golden Vanity
As I Roved Out
If I Were a Blackbird
The Newry Highwayman
The Snows They Melt the Soonest
The Humours of the King of Ballyhooley
Crazy Kate (The Elf King's Reel)
Swan Song
The Four Marys
Mattie Groves

Crazy Kate and Swan Song were written by a friend, and the rest are traditional.

If anybody wants to order a copy just pm me for now, cost is $15.00 and I'll throw in postage. I'm working on getting the information on my website and hopefully sound clips. I'll probably sell it on line at Cantaria eventually.

It sure was a lot of work and there were times I though things would never pan out, but I'm so happy with the result!!!!