Track Listing: 1. The Honeymoon/Lough Mountain/Love at the Endings 2. Currants for Cakes, Raisins for Everything/Scatter the Mud/Langstrom's Pony 3. Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair/The Victory 4. Loftus Jones 5. The Humours of Bandon/The Orange Rogue 6. Tim Maloney/The Piper's Despair/The Connaught Heifers 7. The Harvest Home/The Liverpool Hornpipe 8. The Joyous Waltz 9. The Sheep in the Boat/The Lauchrachán's Jig/The Legacy 10. The Fall of Dunboy 11. Barr na Chuille/The Ballina Lassies/Gorman's 12. King of the Pipers/Sean Bui 13. The Knotted Chord/enny's Welcome to Charlie/Molly Bán Click on underlined titles to hear MP3 sound bites

We are delighted to announce our release of this fine CD of Clare concertina music.

Edel Fox
Chords & Beryls
E&RCD002

Guest musicians:
Jack Talty: Piano
Padraic O'Reilly: Piano
Mick Connelly: Bouzouki
Brian Mooney: Bouzouki
Johnny Ringo McDonagh: Bodhran & Bones
Una McLaughlin: Voila & Cello


Edel Fox is a concertina player from Miltown Malbay Co. Clare. She began playing at the age of 7 and was fortunate to be brought up in an area and environment where traditional music was in abundance. Edel learnt much of her music from concertina players Noel Hill, Dymphna O’Sullivan, Tim Collins and Tony O’Connell as well as local musicians such as Pete Haugh, Michael Mahoney and Peadar Crotty. Over the years, Edel’s playing has been hugely influenced by the music and recordings of Willie Clancy, Bobby Casey, Junior Crehan and Mrs. Crotty, to name but a few. Edel spent much of her teenage years playing with, and learning from Jackie Daly, who she cites as one of her influences. In 2004, Edel was awarded the TG4 Gradam Ceoltóir Óg na Bliana (Young Musician of the Year). Since then she has travelled extensively as both a teacher and performer of the tradition. She released an album to critical acclaim with Ronan O’Flaherty in 2006. Edel spent some time studying in the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick where she received a BA in Irish Music and Dance in 2007. Edel is a recent graduate of the MA in Music Therapy. In addition to her work as a music therapist, Edel continues to teach concertina and perform extensively. Edel has just released her debut solo CD entitled “Chords and Beryls”.

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