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Citternalia

By Joseph Sobol


  1. Have A Drink With Me
    The Lark On The Strand
  2. A Long Way From Home
    The Crosses Of Annagh
  3. Carolan’s Concerto
    Pachabel’s Frolics
  4. Blind Mary
  5. Paul Ha’Penny
    The First Flight
  6. The Galway
    Ah Surely
  7. The Shaskeen
    The Swedish
  8. The Coolin
  9. Bill Malley’s
    The Kilnamona
  10. Malin Head
    Titletown
  11. Loftus Jones
  12. The Trip To Durrow
    The Mullingar Races
  13. O’Sullivan’s

Three comments

Citternalia

This is a very unusual album by Joseph Sobol. It’s a cittern album and it very good too! There is a great mix of tunes. From reels and jigs to hornpipes, planxtys, airs and barndances.

Those of you who are not usually exposed to mandolas, octave mandolins, citterns and bouzoukis as melody instrument may be in for an interesting surprise. Those who, like myself, are endlessly changing tunings for accompaniment and melody on mandolas etc should buy this for a point in the right direction.

Sobol changes his tunings quite frequently and capos up as far as fret 12 at one point!

The guest lineup is great too: John Williams, Larry Nugent, Paddy League and Brendan McKinney (Pipes).

Re: Citternalia

Some fine music on this CD, but for me, Larry Nugent steals the show on tracks #2 and#6 - outstanding playing.