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First Through the Gate

Brian Conway
First Through the Gate
CD 14.98
Digital Download 9.99
In his long-awaited, stunning solo debut, premier Irish-American fiddler Brian Conway performs with a skill, grace, and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his own. Well known in the New York Irish/Celtic community, Conway has won numerous fiddling competitions, and has been called one of the best fiddlers of his generation. Nothing is missed in Brian Conway's Sligo style of fiddling. From hop jigs to hornpipes, and highlands to slow airs, Conway preserves and passes along the best of the past while melding it with the talent and imagination of the present.

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Track Listing

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Reels: The Liffey Banks / The Concert Reel / The Donegal Traveler (medley) Brian Conway 03:46
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102
Slip Jigs: The Foxhunter / Barney Brallaghan / Comb Your Hair and Curl It (medley) Brian Conway 02:23
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103
Reels: The Mullingar Lea / Dowd's No. 9 / The Lass of Carracastle (medley) Brian Conway 03:46
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104
Jigs: Up Sligo No. 2 / Contentment Is Wealth / The Scotsman Over the Border (medley) Brian Conway 03:07
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105
Reels: The Blackberry Blossom / The Silver Spire / The Dawn (medley) Brian Conway 03:38
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106
Hornpipes: The Cuckoo / Flowers of Spring / Dunphy's (medley) Brian Conway 04:18
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107
Reels: The Dairy Maid's Reel / The Reelof Bogie / Langton's Favorites (medley) Brian Conway 03:41
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108
Highlands: O'Flynn's Fancy / Casey's Pig / Jimmy Lyons' (medley) Brian Conway 03:17
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109
Reels: Paddy Ryan's Dream / Never Was Piping So Gay / John McGrath's (medley) Brian Conway 03:51
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110
Reels: Jenny's Welcome to Charlie / Tom Steele (medley) Brian Conway 04:14
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111
Slow Air: An raibh tú ag an gCarraig? (Were you at the Rock?) Brian Conway 04:25
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112
Reels: Martin Wynne's Nos. 1,2,3 and 4 Brian Conway 04:42
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113
Hornpipes: Minnie Foster's Clog / The Newcastle Hornpipe / Fly by Night No.2 (medley) Brian Conway 04:34
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114
Jigs: Jerry's Beaver Hat / Scatter the Mud / Kitty's Wedding (medley) Brian Conway 03:45
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115
Reels:The Spike Island Lasses / Tom Moylan's Frolics (medley) Brian Conway 02:29

Release Info

Catalog Number

SFW40481

Year(s) Released

2002

Label(s)/Collection(s)

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Artist(s)

Brian Conway

Country(s)

Ireland, United States

Genre(s)

American Folk, Celtic, Old Time

Recording Era(s)

1990s

Credit(s)

Edward Haber - Producer, Mastering Engineer
 Brian Conway - Producer
 Earle Hitchner - Liner Notes
 Don Meade - Liner Notes
 Mick Moloney - Liner Notes
 Whitney Lane - Photographer (Cover)
 Communication Visual - Designer
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