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"B"

by Cormac Begley

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benhockenberry
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benhockenberry Alternately ferocious and sensitive, this album digs into the rhythmic and harmonic possibilities of the concertina. There's pyrotechnics, for sure (the air-button solo on To War!) but there's also a beautiful, lyrical approach to a number of slow pieces, with interweaving lines of countermelody -- he's anything but a one-trick pony. Among my favorite solo trad albums.
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jadearama There's albums that re-define the edges of the tradition and change it forever. Lonesome Touch by Hayes & Cahill was one of them.... 'B' is another.
Stonking good rhythm that makes me rethink every tune I play or want to play in the future Favorite track: Rolling in the Barrel / O'Neill's March / Tralee Jail.
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limelight lampshades Makes the instrument breathe
- sounds ancient and totally modern. Never about speed always about soul.
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    This album, entitled ‘B’, is my second solo album. ‘B’ also stands for ‘Bass’, ‘Baile’, ‘Beaglaoich’, ‘Begley’, ‘Blueprint’ and a list of insults in both the Irish and English language! For this album I set out to explore the sound potentials of the Bass and Baritone concertina range. With this record being the first solo Bass concertina album of any musical genre, I felt it was important to share and highlight the possibilities of the instrument on a single album.

    I asked the west Kerry artist, Dómhnal Ó Bric, to design the fretwork on the front cover of the album. With help from Denis Powell and Pat Lawless, the design was cut into wood and engraved into metal. This fretwork contains a number of images and stories from Baile an Rua Bhroic, Paróiste Mordhach and Corca Dhuibhne (i.e., the Dingle Peninsula).

    This hexagonal album cover is bigger in size than my debut solo album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of "B" via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Here is a limited edition lasercut design of the Vynl 'B'. These will be available online over the coming weeks but will only be available at concerts initially. Pre orders on bandcamp will be shipped on July 1st.

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This album, entitled ‘B’, is my second solo album. ‘B’ also stands for ‘Bass’, ‘Baile’, ‘Beaglaoich’, ‘Begley’, ‘Blueprint’ and a list of insults in both the Irish and English language! For this album I set out to explore the sound potentials of the Bass and Baritone concertina range. With this record being the first solo Bass concertina album of any musical genre, I felt it was important to share and highlight the possibilities of the instrument on a single album.

This hexagonal album cover is bigger in size than my debut solo album. I asked the west Kerry artist, Dómhnal Ó Bric, to design the fretwork on the front cover of the album. With help from Denis Powell and Pat Lawless, the design was cut into wood and engraved into metal. This fretwork contains within it a number of images and stories from Baile an Rua Bhroic, Paróiste Mordhach and Corca Dhuibhne (i.e., the Dingle Peninsula).

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released May 14, 2022

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Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley is a bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a west-Kerry musical family. He plays in a number of projects including: duets including Clíodhna Ní Bheaglaoich, Jack Talty, Caoimhín O Raghallaigh and Liam Ó Maonlaí; a trio entitle 'Concertina'; and with the band Ré.He is the founder of Airt and award winning Tunes in the Church live concert series in Galway & Dublin. ... more

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