Russian musicians playing Irish music for Russian set-dancers is not something you see every day! We wanted to tell you our story, so the album features a painstakingly-designed 40-page illustrated booklet, revealing how Polca an Rí came to be, where the journey of playing for the sets has brought us, how we got all these wonderful tunes, and what Irish-Russian musical connections we've forged along the way. It comes in hard cover with fantastical art by Sophie Petkevich.
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The first tune in the set is the mixolydian specimen of the pair of jigs sharing this title, which Tony’s heard played in both Clare and Kerry. It is also one of the mixolydian tunes Pavel likes to play (of which he sure knows many!) The second jig is a mystery tune from an old Julia Clifford tape, a copy of which Julia’s son, flute player Billy Clifford, has generously given to Tony. It comes from a family of jigs sharing the turn of Brian O’Lynn with curiously alternating mode in the first part. A version of this tune appears in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland under the title Petticoat Loose, while Johnny O’Leary recorded it as Con Carthy’s, and every single one of them has a different key signature! Julia seemed to love modal jigs like this one, and her interpretation of it sounds the most original. It is also a nice callback to the quiet tunes with Billy that Tony was lucky to have in Miltown, Killarney and Tipperary. Billy and Catherine’s hospitality will forever stay in his memories!
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from From Sliabh Moscó to Cathair Pheadair,
released July 4, 2021
Traditional jigs arranged by Polca an Rí. The version of the second jig comes from Julia Clifford (1914–1997) of Lisheen, Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, and later of London and Norfolk, UK. The home tapes of Julia and Billy Clifford’s playing of the jig were made in the early 1970s.
A beautiful duo of our flute player Tatyana Vasilyeva and a long-time friend of Polca an Rí, harp player Katerina Merkulova. Featuring Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, flutes and whistles galore. Polca an Rí
Sliabh Luachra's finest - and star guests inspired by music of the area - are featured in this recording promoting a festival in Scully's, Newmarket, Co. Cork, home to a legendary 40-year-old session! Polca an Rí
Featuring some rarely-recorded Sliabh Luachra musicians, this album contains local legends that you've only seen in tune names! For more recent recordings be sure to visit sliabhluachra.bandcamp.com Polca an Rí
supported by 16 fans who also own “Pipe on the Hob / Julia Clifford’s (Jigs) – feat. Pavel Galushko”
I love the whole album and it’s so carefully curated! Thank you for adding the origins of the tunes. I absolutely loved the slow air,An Raibh Tu an an gCarraig and now I’m going to have to get the Star an over the Garter! I am glad to be able to listen to music from that era. My Grandaddy was a fiddle player from Donegal and though we spent every summer there I can’t remember what he played. I’m learning to play the fiddle at the age of 60 which is the hardest thing I’ve done in my li carmelg
supported by 15 fans who also own “Pipe on the Hob / Julia Clifford’s (Jigs) – feat. Pavel Galushko”
Masterful box playing. Has some very appealing, unusual quality to it - hard to put into words... might be the Sliabh Luachra style peeping through. musicstillspeaks