CD $15
Sweeney’s Dream Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo
Kevin Burke
Recorded in 1972, this album captures young Kevin Burke’s stunning artistry during his earliest years in the United States.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings includes 28 page booklet with extensive notes.
Tracks:
- Love at the Ending
- Humours of Lissadell/Sweeney’s Dream
- Murphy’s Hornpipe
- Sligo Maid/Woman of the House/Sailor’s Bonnet
- The Strayaway Child
- College Groves
- Toss the Feathers
- King of the Fairies
- Mason’s Apron/Laingston’s Hornpipe
- Bunch of Keys/The Girl That Broke My Heart
- Bonnie Kate/Jennie’s Chickens
- Rise a Mile
- Brendan McGinchey’s/Sweeney’s Buttermilk
- The Turtle/The Chicken in the (Saucepan)
- The Kid on the Mountain
- Polkas
- George White’s Favourite/Coleman’s Cross