Burke,Kevin An Evening With Kevin Burke CD

An Evening with Kevin Burke is a live concert recording, bringing the listener directly into the concert theatre for a highly personal and captivating musical experience. Recorded in Ireland, Philadelphia and Kevin's adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon, the exceptional fiddle music and the engaging stories beautifully capture the charm and intimacy of this renowned fiddler's solo appearances. To quote from Kevin himself: "When I was young I often found that what the older musicians had to say was just as enriching as the tunes they played. Influenced by those previous generations I often tell stories (usually light-hearted) during my concerts in order to illustrate something about the music. On this CD, I have included excerpts from these stories and personal reflections in an effort to transform the formality of the concert hall into something more reminiscent of an evening with friends gathered together to exchange their stories and their music."

1. Spoken Introduction 2. Cashman's Polka/ Lehane's Polka/ Walsh's Polka 3. Spoken Introduction to "Tuttle's Reel" Set 4. Tuttle's Reel/The Bunch of Green Rushes/The Maids of Mitchelstown 5. Spoken Intro to "Lucy's Fling" Set 6. Lucy's Fling/S'ioma Ruc a Chunnaic Mi/Some Say the Devil Is Dead 7. Spoken Intro to O'Carolan Set 8. O'Carolan's Concerto/Loftus Jones 9. Spoken Intro to "Across the Black River" Set 10. Across the Black River/Paid?n O'Rafferty 11. Spoken Intro to "Paris Nights" 12. Paris Nights 13. The Sailor on the Rock/Michael Kennedy's Reel/The Hop Down Reel 14. Spoken Intro to "Seanamhac Tube Station" 15. Seanamhac Tube Station 16. Spoken Intro to "Galway Bay/Drunken Sailor" 17. Galway Bay/The Drunken Sailor 18. Spoken Intro to "Glen Cottage Polka" Set 19. The Glen Cottage Polka/The Tolka Polka 20. The Pigeon on the Gate/Lafferty's Reel/The Morning Dew 21. Spoken Memories of Johnny Cunningham 22. The Dion Reel/The Mouth of the Tobique