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Tús Nua

By Gatehouse


  1. Spailpín Fánach
  2. Jimmy Giblin’s
    The Gneeveguilla
    The Casagh
  3. Slán Agus Beannacht
  4. The Frost Is All Over
    The Mouse In The Cupboard
  5. Dobbin’s Flowery Vale
  6. Tús Nua
  7. Easter Snow
  8. The Drummer Boy
    The Lad With The Pladdie
  9. Casadh An tSúgáin
  10. Joe Ryan’s
    Buckley’s Fancy
    The Laurel Tree
  11. The Ploughboy
  12. The Girls From The Gatehouse
    James Murray’s
    The Laughing Spoons
  13. Over The Mountain
  14. The Bullock On The Bonnet
    The Leitrim Thrush
    Murray’s No. 1.

Three comments

Re: Tús Nua

Gatehouse release their debut CD,Tús Nua. The band line up is JohnMcEvoy (fiddle/viola/piano) Jacinta McEvoy(guitar/concertina) Rachel Garvey(vocals) and John Wynne(flutes/whistles). Guesting on the recording are Cyril O‘Donoghue(Bouzooki) Séamus O’ Kane(bodhrán) and Dónal O‘Connor(piano/harpsichord).This is a great collection of songs and tunes from Roscommon Connamara Ulster and beyond. There are new compositions from John McEvoy - Tús Nua,the title track,and The Girls From The Gatehouse. There are also some nice recent compositions like James Murray’s Jig and Murray’s No.1 from Sligo’s James Murray as well as The Bullock On The Bonnet by Peadar O’’ Ríada. This is a sweet debut recording that is already gaining a lot of plaudits.

Notation links

2.2 The Gneev[e]guilla reel, aka. The Pride of Rathmore (Traditional) https://thesession.org/tunes/876 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1614
2.3 The Casagh reel (Johnny Henry) https://thesession.org/tunes/10426 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/3657
4.2 The mouse in the cupboard (Traditional) https://thesession.org/tunes/1454 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1274
7 Easter Snow (4/4 melody by Jimmy Fallon); IS NOT https://thesession.org/tunes/10319) see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/3444
8.1 The drummer boy, aka. The piper o’ Dundee (Traditional) https://thesession.org/tunes/2041 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/661 PRECEDES
8.2 The laddie with the pladdie (Traditional) https://thesession.org/tunes/2986 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/3398
10.1 Joe Ryan’s mazurka (Traditional) IS NOT the hornpipe at https://thesession.org/tunes/7028
11 The ploughboy, aka. The gay ploughboy (new melody by Pauline Hanly) IS NOT The curly headed ploughboy at https://thesession.org/tunes/8948
14.1 The bullock on the bonnet, aka. Larry Lavin’s choice (Traditional from O’Neill) https://thesession.org/tunes/4045 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/587
14.3 Murray’s no.1, aka. The Sligo reel (James Murray) https://thesession.org/tunes/7089 see also https://www.irishtune.info/tune/5147