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fave it Traditional Folk | Celtic New Age
10 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on Aidan Burke
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:06 The Star of Munster/The Reel Of Rio/The Humours of Westport lyrics BUY MP3 05:06 The Star of Munster/The Reel Of Rio/The Humours of Westport lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:06 The Star of Munster/The Reel Of Rio/The Humours of Westport
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:41 Feel the Bow/Thanks to Gavin/Burkes lyrics BUY MP3 06:41 Feel the Bow/Thanks to Gavin/Burkes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:41 Feel the Bow/Thanks to Gavin/Burkes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:23 Oslo´s Call/New Hands lyrics BUY MP3 03:23 Oslo´s Call/New Hands lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:23 Oslo´s Call/New Hands
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:05 Tune For Miceal lyrics BUY MP3 04:05 Tune For Miceal lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:05 Tune For Miceal
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 Salvia/The Reverends Daughter lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 Salvia/The Reverends Daughter lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 Salvia/The Reverends Daughter
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:56 The Morning Dew/Niall Keegans/Sweeney´s Buttermilk/Callaghans lyrics BUY MP3 06:56 The Morning Dew/Niall Keegans/Sweeney´s Buttermilk/Callaghans lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:56 The Morning Dew/Niall Keegans/Sweeney´s Buttermilk/Callaghans
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:11 Lios an Uisce/Up in the Air/The Lonesome Jig/The Monahan jig lyrics BUY MP3 08:11 Lios an Uisce/Up in the Air/The Lonesome Jig/The Monahan jig lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:11 Lios an Uisce/Up in the Air/The Lonesome Jig/The Monahan jig
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:17 Gary Connoly´s/Punch in the Dark/On The Floor lyrics BUY MP3 05:17 Gary Connoly´s/Punch in the Dark/On The Floor lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:17 Gary Connoly´s/Punch in the Dark/On The Floor
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 Yanninas Inspiration/Any Fur Coat lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 Yanninas Inspiration/Any Fur Coat lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 Yanninas Inspiration/Any Fur Coat
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 Jerry Hollands/The Dodgy Chanter/Michael Colemans lyrics BUY MP3 03:56 Jerry Hollands/The Dodgy Chanter/Michael Colemans lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:56 Jerry Hollands/The Dodgy Chanter/Michael Colemans
The fire and passion of this album heralds the arrival of a new movement in Irish Music. It knocks the dry startchiness out of the common reel. The Irish Jig is no longer an apologetic folk tune. Freedom of expression has now found its rightful place here
Bio / Background
Born of Sligo and Tipperary parents Aidan was brought up in the Irish culture of music song and dance, he was playing and dancing at an early age - the drums at 2years, dancing at 5 years.
Having Kevin Burke (Fiddle player in The Bothy Band, Patrick Street and Open House.) as a first cousin he was destined to play the fiddle and started at 8 years.
Aidan has been playing music for 33 years, mainly the Fiddle, Drums and Bodhrán, but he also plays Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo and a whole host of Percussion instruments. He was taught the drums from the age of 10 to 16 by Adrian Macintosh, (Humphrey Littleton's drummer) and the fiddle by Margaret Hayes(age 8-12)and later(14-15) Sean O'Shea.
Aidan has won twenty 1st place titles and as many 2nd and 3rds on his main instruments between The Fleadh Cheoil na Breataine and Fleadh na hEireann.
↓ more ↓He has performed and recorded with a wide variety of musicians including Poormouth featuring Jack E McCauley (Van Morrisons Guitarist in Them and Clive Bunker ex drummer with Jethro Tull), The Drovers, Comas,The Tide, Tony Hinnigan (James Horner's Top session player and whistle player on the number 1 song from The Titanic C.D.) Roger Dinsdale (Banjo player with The Grid.) Skirm, Paul Murray (Singer with Big Tom and Daniel O'Donnel) and supported bands such as The Water boys, Planxty, Stockton's Wing, Ron Kavenna, Gwerz, The Chieftains and The Wolfe Tones, he also found time to play the lead fiddle in 'Leprechauns' starring Whoppi Goldberg.
Aidan has held workshops on the fiddle and bodhrán in Ireland, Britain, America and Asia and adjudicated at Fleadhs all over London.
He played in Hong Kong for 4 months bringing the Irish culture to Asia and played live on the radio for over 1,000,000 listeners and in Chicago live on tv with The Drovers for an estimated 2,000,000 viewers.
Aidan is a founder member of the new super group "Comas"
Featuring Sylvain Barou;(flute,Uilleann Pipes) Philip Masure;(guitar) and Jackie Moran;(Bodhran) all of whom appear on this album.
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