First Through the Gate

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

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