Fiddle Music, by Danny Diamond

Fiddle Music

by Danny Diamond

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1.	The Green Fields of America / My Love is in America 03:27	info	buy track
2.	The Humours of Ayle House / The Tailor Small's 03:28	info	buy track
3.	The Few Bob / The Humours of Ballyconnell 03:22	info	buy track
4.	The Mountain Streams / Jenny's Welcome to Charlie 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Danny Diamond: Fiddle Ian Lynch: Uilleann pipes drones
5.	Danny Diamond's Jigs 04:43	info	buy track
6.	The Log Cabin / Seán sa Cheo / The Eel in the Sink 03:54	info	buy track
7.	Rodney's Glory / Napoleon Crossing the Alps 04:43	info	buy track
8.	Danny Meehan's / Con McGinley's 02:05	info	buy track
9.	Cal Callaghan's Hornpipes 04:08	info	buy track
10.	The Salamanca / The Maid in the Cherry Tree / The Mistress of the House 04:23	info	buy track
11.	Leslie Bingham 03:53	info	buy track
12.	The Old Cowhill / The Roving Bachelor 02:28	info	buy track

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Fiddle Muisc is the debut solo album from Danny Diamond (Slow Moving Clouds, Mórga). Diamond’s unique and distinctive fiddle style is revealed on this recording: built on a wide range of influences, from Dublin fiddlers Tommie Potts and Seán Keane, to his parents’ music and the fiddle tradition of Co. Donegal, to American old-time and Nordic fiddle music. The album features tunes from the Irish traditional repertoire alongside five of Danny’s compositions which draw on Irish, Nordic and American folk music traditions for inspiration.

In a 5-star review in The Irish Times (August 1st 2014), Siobhán Long described Diamond’s playing as ‘ambitious and authoritative’ and acclaimed the album as a ‘definite contender for CD of the year’. Daniel Neely writing in The Irish Echo (August 6th 2014) hailed Fiddle Music as ‘a brilliant album that reflects both a high-level professional engagement with the music’s deeper history and also a grounded understanding of what the current trends are’. In September 2014 Fiddle Music was chosen as Album of the Month on TradConnect.com, with reviewer Tony Lawless praising the album as ‘truly outstanding’, describing Diamond’s music as ‘visceral in its intensity and individuality’, and rating the recording in the top 5 releases of the year.

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released July 1, 2014

All accompaniment on the album is drone-based, played on fiddle, nyckelharpa, uilleann pipes and accordion. This approach, which was born of a desire to explore beyond conventional Irish traditional backing instruments, gives the recording a unique and unusual character. The accompaniment is provided by Aki (Danny & Aki, Seti the First) on nyckelharpa, by Ian Lynch (Lynched) on uilleann pipes drones, and by Danny himself on open-tuned fiddle. Danny is also joined on three duet tracks by Dermy Diamond on fiddle, by Eoin Ó Beaglaoich on concertina, and by sean-nós dancer Anna Lethert.

The recordings were made in a naturalistic setting in the Irish Traditional Music Archive studio, Dublin. The fiddle tracks were recorded using two ribbon microphones in a stereo configuration to fully capture the warmth and body of the instrument’s sound; editing and post-processing was kept to a minimum.

The distinctive cover and internal artwork was created by Belfast artist Susan Hughes.

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Danny Diamond Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fiddle player / composer / recording engineer / researcher with a background in Irish traditional music; currently based between Minneapolis, USA and Dublin, Ireland.

discography

Let Fly

Feb 2021
Elbow Room

Oct 2017
NORTH

Jul 2016
Fiddle Music

Jul 2014

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