Orange & Green (1995)

About this title: With two discs and 32 songs, Orange & Green is an outstanding set of Irish, British, and American folk music. With the first disc being comprised of a spirited live set, the listener gets the treat of hearing the revitalists interact with the excited crowd and give background on the songs they've chosen. The duo coax an amazing diversity of textures out of their wide range of instruments and generally sound as if they are using a whole backup band. On the second disc of studio recordings occasional backup musicians are employed, with the result being a very full and accomplished sound. A ... read more

Tracks:

1. Little Beggarman [Live] [Traditional]
2. Greenback Dollar [Live] [Axton/Ramsey]
3. The Hunter [Live] [Traditional]
4. The Leaving of Liverpool [Live] [Traditional]
5. The Sinking of the Reuben James [Live] [Guthrie]
6. Black Velvet Band [Live] [Traditional]
7. Nancy Whiskey [Live] [Traditional]
8. Bagpipe Medley: Wearin' O' the Green/Scotland the Brave/Garry Owen [Traditional]
9. Bonnie Prince Charlie Medley: Come O'Er the Stream Charlie/Wa Wadna F [Traditional]
10. Crime in Canada [Live]
11. Four Rode By [Live] [Tyson]
12. Zombie Jamboree [Live] [Mauge]
13. Rolling Down to Old Maui [Live] [Traditional]
14. Drunken Sailor/Sailor's Hornpipe [Live] [Traditional]
15. The Irish River [Traditional]
16. Mountain Tay [Traditional]
17. I Wish I Was in England [Moore]
18. The Mountains of Mourne [French]
19. A Unicorn [Scheidt]
20. O'Neill's March/The Battle of Aughrim [Traditional]
21. So Early, Early in the Spring [Traditional]
22. The Orange and the Green [Traditional]
23. The Queen of All Argyll [Stewart]
24. Hithergreen Reel [Scheidt]
25. The Cliffs of Dooneen [Traditional]
26. Fiddler's Green [Connolly]
27. The Rambling Rover [Stewart]
28. Jig Medley [Traditional]
29. Goodbye Mrs. Durkin [Traditional]
30. That's Not the Reason I Left Mullingar [Traditional]
31. Mountain Dew [Traditional]
32. Jock Stewart [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.