MP3 Rirá - Return of the Day With Stuart Mitchell

Irish Traditional music with driving jigs and reels on fiddle, keyboard, and bodhran meets classic interpretations of Irish songs and ballads by a brilliant tenor.

15 MP3 Songs in this album (53:53) !
Related styles: WORLD: Celtic, FOLK: Irish Traditional



Details:
Rirá is well known in the Milwaukee Irish music scene and has played at Milwaukee's Irish Fest for many years. They are known for distinctive instrumental arrangements of traditional Irish and other Celtic music on fiddle, keyboard and bodhran. Their passion is to share their love of traditional dance tunes designed to get your toes tapping! They also demonstrate an appreciation for airs, waltzes, and O'Carolan compositions. Rirá's album includes the singing of a young operatic tenor whose renditions of Irish songs often bring standing ovations!

"Milwaukee Irish music veterans Rira, Ed Paloucek on fiddle, Kathleen Congleton on keyboards, and Jack Congleton on percussion, are joined by tenor Stuart Mitchell on this live, and debut, album. The playing is almost flawless. Paloucekâs fiddling crosses from the extremely dynamic to the poignantly nuanced, the latter best shown on âAskeaton Abbeyâ. Kathleenâs skillfully backs and enhances Edâs fiddle with her playing, or on the reprise of âKathleenâs Waltzâ, her taking the lead with elan. Stuart Mitchellâs singing adds a new edge to the band, and he performs well on âCarrickfergus.â Jack Congleton keeps the beat well syncopated. A very small but appreciative crowd provided background." Irish American Post