Brian Baynes - Celtic Guitar

About Celtic Guitar - Celtic music and dance are currently enjoying a more mainstream popularity world wide. This has naturally led to a fusion with other forms of music and the use of different instruments, a defining characteristic of all folk music 'Celtic Guitar' is an album that fits into this progression. While the guitar has enjoyed a prominent position as a backing instrument in recent decades, it is seldom heard as a lead instrument in Celtic music until now. Irish-born guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Brian Baynes, has brought together elements of one of the world's most popular instruments with one of the world's oldest musical traditions. Drawing on his own varied musical background and his love of the 'old melodies', Brian worked with top players in other musical fields as well as major names in the Celtic field (Grammy award winning record producer P.J. Curtis, Clare fiddler Martin Hayes) to produce this memorable and heartfelt album. From the evocative tones of the wooden flute to the modern sound of guitars, from four hundred year old harp tunes to soulful originals born of this old tradition, 'Celtic Guitar' delivers a refreshing blend of music that is truly a celebration of the old and the new.

1) The Foggy Dew
2) Star of the County Down/Tap the Barel
3) Garden of Ireland
4) The Bard of Armagh
5) The Butterfly
6) The South Wind (An Ghaoth Aneas)
7) Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill
8) O'Carolan's Draught
9) Sittin' on the Fence
10) Down By the Sally Gardens
11) The Flowers of Edinburgh
12) Amhran Na Linbh (Song of the Child)