Frank Cassidy – Nil Gar Ann!

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TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC FROM DONEGAL

CNF 005

- New cd featuring the fiddle playing of Frank Cassidy of Teelin and featuring duets with John Doherty.

Audio Samples.

Tuam na Farraige:

Tiarna Muigh Eo:

Bonnie Kate:

Track Listing

  1. Tuam na Farraige // Hornpipe
  2. Down the Broom // Reel
  3. The Pinch of Snuff// Reel
  4. Tiarna Muigh Eo // Air
  5. Tiarna Muigh Eo
  6. The Wedding Jig
  7. Bonnie Kate // Reel
  8. Cronán na Mathar // Air
  9. Loch na Gar // Air
  10. Seamus Ennis recalls meeting Frank Cassidy
  11. Cuffe Street // Reel
  12. The Pinch of Snuff // Reel
  13. The Irish Washerwoman // Jig
  14. Introduction to Muineál a'Bhardail by Frank Cassidy// Speech
  15. Muineál a'Bhardail // Reel
  16. Myth Island // Air
  17. Cuffe Street /) Reel
  18. The Japanese Hornpipe // Hornpipe
  19. Con Cassidy talks about Frank Cassidy // Speech
  20. Beautiful Ohio // Waltz.
  21. The Lark on the Strand // Jig
  22. The Showman's Fancy/ Unritled // Hornpipes
  23. Con Cassidy speaks about Frank Cassidy // Speech (1:17)
  24. The Blacksmith's Fancy // Reel
  25. Rakish Paddy // Reel
  26. Dr Me Closkey remembers Frank Cassidy //
  27. Tiarna Muigh Eo // Air
  28. The Blackbird // Air
  29. The Japanese Hornpipe // Hornpipe
  30. The Mason's Apron // Reel
  31. Myth Island // Air
  32. Come back to Erin // Air
  33. Frank's greeting to his sister Kate // Speech
  34. Bonnie Kate // Reel
  35. Crónán na Máthar II Air

Níl gar ann!- Is the title of the new CD from Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí featuring the fiddle playing of Frank Cassidy from Teelin, Co Donegal.

The CD consists of 35 tracks running just over 59 mins playing time, it includes mostly the solo fiddle playing of Frank Cassidy and also 5 duet tracks featuring Frank playing with another Donegal fiddling great, John Doherty.

The CD features some speech items, the voice of Frank himself also his cousin Con Cassidy, Séamus Ennis and Dr Malachy McCloskey voicing their opinion of Frank's playing.

The recordings cover a period in time from 1946 to 1967 and are drawn from a number of sources, The Folklore Commission, the BBC Archives, TCD and private collections.

Some of Frank Cassidy's music has been heard on radio but much of this material will not have been heard by most fiddle fans before.

Although Frank Cassidy died in 1971, he is still often spoken of in traditional music circles, with very high regard. This album will be of great interest to Donegal music fans, since the fiddle playing of Frank Cassidy has not been generally available until now.

This is an important collection of music of the man who Séamus Ennis often said was the best fiddle player that he had ever met! In a roundabout way Séamus Ennis is also involved in the title of this CD, Séamus was very keen to record Frank Cassidy however when he would eventually persuade Frank to play for him, he might play a few tunes and then put the fiddle down again exclaiming Níl gar ann! ( " It's no use") he wasn't happy with the way he was playing.

The album comes with extensive notes and maintains the high production standards set by the previous releases from Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí.

Copperplate is very proud to have this title on our roster and to help it achieve its full potential will be supporting this release with a full-scale promotional mail out to media and retail. Contact Copperplate for all your PR needs. Please copy us on any reviews/features/airplay. Feedback always welcome.

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Press Reviews

The Wall Street Journal

"NIL GAR ANN!" by Frank Cassidy: Donegal has a long legacy of brilliant fiddlers, and Frank Cassidy (1900-1971) from Teelin was one of the best. Among the 35 tracks are two sterling fiddle duets by Cassidy and John Doherty from 1946 and three more by the pair from 1953. The CD title, "Nil Gar Ann," means "it's no use" and refers to Cassidy's comment to Seamus Ennis about making music after the deaths of his brothers Johnnie and Paddy, with whom he loved to play. There's some spectacular fiddling on this release. Earle Hitchner

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Price: £13.99

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