Jim Keefe​’​s / Ballyvourney / Johnny Mickey Barry​’​s (Polkas)

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Polkas: JIM KEEFE’S / BALLYVOURNEY / JOHNNY MICKEY BARRY’S

Igor Yudintsev – C#/D accordion
Anton Zille – fiddle
Evgeny Kazenkov – bouzouki
Sophie Petkevich – keyboards

Jackie Daly of Kanturk, Co. Cork is a hero for button box players around the world, and Russia is no exception. Kirov’s own Igoryok learned this set from Jackie’s iconic Music From Sliabh Luachra, which other members of the band would of course be familiar with. Tony counts himself lucky for not just having played a few tunes with Jackie, but also for having been privy to his wit – an integral part of a real Sliabh Luachra musician that can hardly be captured on a recording! Another Cork-Russian connection is the friendship Tony and Katya forged with Timmy O’Connor of Toureendarby – a local accordion legend and a man with the sunniest smile in the world. Dig a bit deeper, and you find out that Timmy is a source of many a tune, as was his neighbour and mentor Johnny Mickey Barry – the old concertina player Jackie got the third polka in this set from. Katya once carried her harp all the way to Newmarket, and then some, to play Toureendarby Polka with Timmy, and she later repeated this feat in rural Russia, entertaining Kursk chickens and horses with the sweet sounds of her Fisher, before she could play it for the local set-dancers in the city. All in all, we would love to see more folks from Minsk to Vladivostok (roughly 6,000 miles by road) play these fine Sliabh Luachra tunes in sessions and, just so you know, our Belarusian friends have already been playing some!

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from From Sliabh Moscó to Cathair Pheadair, released July 4, 2021
Traditional polkas arranged by Polca an Rí.

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