Bill Collins - Sum of the Parts

Bill and Nina met at a mountain dulcimer festival in 2004 and began exchanging musical concepts and arrangements. They discovered that they bring a similar approach to the dulcimer and share an admiration for certain kinds of tunes. This CD features 70 minutes of solos and duets played on standard, baritone, and bass dulcimers. A few months after the album\'s release, Nina was awarded the 2008 National Mountain Dulcimer Championship at the prestigious competition in Winfield, Kansas. \'...Simply one of the finest instrumental recordings I\'ve had the joy of experiencing...a glorious celebration of how wonderful this instrument can sound, and how it can sing, in the hands of two sensitive and skilled musicians with huge hearts for music...The music ranges from Celtic, to Shaker anthems, to Broadway, to original compositions.\' (unsolicited review by El McMeen)

1) Hector the Hero
2) The Londonderry Air
3) Mother's Tongue/The Ancients Song of Mourning/How My Soul Is Now
4) Cool Water
5) Hewlett/Fanny Power
6) Kean O'Hara/George Brabazon
7) Mary's Dream
8) Castle of Dromore
9) Will Ye No' Come Back Again/Annie Laurie
10) Priscilla's Waltz/Loft Mountain Waltz/Gratitude Waltz
11) Lady Athenry/Loftus Jones
12) Mrs. Judge
13) Suo Gan
14) Thomas Leixlip the Proud
15) Blue Bells of Scotland/When the Saints Go Marching in
16) Rage in the Rain
17) Once Upon a Time
18) Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
19) Skye Boat Song
20) Shenandoah
21) Hyfrydol
22) All Through the Night