Paddy O'Brien - Mixing the Punch

Paddy O'Brien, the All-Ireland accordion champion renowned as one of the most powerful and passionate players of Irish traditional music today, celebrates the release of his second solo recording, MIXING THE PUNCH. MIXING THE PUNCH features Paddy O'Brien playing his old 1947 Paolo Soprani button accordion (an instrument that once belonged to legendary musician Sonny Brogan). The new CD offers a wide mixture of jigs, reels, and hornpipes, one slow air, and one selection of polkas, which are Paddy's own compositions. The tunes included are particular versions from Counties Clare and Donegal, or settings from players Paddy has known over the years, and filtered through his own taste and musical expression. Paddy is accompanied on MIXING THE PUNCH by Teresa Baker, a wonderful piano player who hails from Portland, Oregon. Fellow Offalyman, Felim Egan from Cloghan, plays a selection of jigs on solo accordion as a guest artist.

1) Reels: The Tinker's Occupation/The Rambling Reel
2) Jigs: The Hearty Boys of Ballymote/Young Tom Ennis
3) Reels: Tossing the Feathers in County Clare/The Shores of Donegal
4) Reels: Sean Ryan's/Biti' Bread and Atin' It
5) Jigs: The Trip to Galway/Mixing the Punch
6) Slow Air: The Flight of the Wild Geese
7) Reels: Artur Darley's/The Glen of Aherlow
8) Jigs: Michael Doherty's/The Western Road
9) Polkas: The Wooden City Polkas
10) Reels: Connemara Stockings/The Union Reel
11) Jigs: Apples in Winter/Sliabh Russell
12) Reels: The Fashion That the Ladies Wore/Cormac Lunny's
13) Hornpipes: Poll Ha'penny/Gerry Egan's
14) Jigs: The Humours of Rahey/The Rambling Pitchfork
15) Reels: Imelda Roland's/The Flags of Dublin/Paddy from Donegal
16) Jigs: The Boys of the Town/The Hag with the Money
17) Reels: The Crosses of Annagh/Tom Doherty's