Humours Of Highgate, by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie and Mick Leahy

Humours Of Highgate

by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie and Mick Leahy

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1.	Reels: The Dunmore Lasses / The Hare's Paw 03:15	buy track
2.	Jigs: Cliffs of Moher / The Pooca 03:12	buy track
3.	Reels: The Copperplate / The Sword in Hand 03:14	buy track
4.	Reels: Paddy O'Brien's Within a Mile of Dublin 02:17	buy track
5.	Reels: Patsy Touhey's / The Roscommon Reel 02:46	buy track
6.	Jigs: Up Sligo / The Shoemaker's Fancy 03:14	buy track
7.	Reels: The Boys of Ballisodare / The Honeymoon 03:49	buy track
8.	Reels: St. Ruth's Bush / The Knotted Chord 04:05	buy track
9.	Reels: The Green Meadows / The Humours of Lissadel 02:35	buy track
10.	Jigs: The Maid on the Green / Lark on the Strand 03:17	buy track
11.	Hornpipes: Cal Callaghan's / Mahony's 03:36	buy track
12.	Reels: The Flax in Bloom / Trim the Velvet 03:49	buy track
13.	Reels: The Concert Reel / The Flowers of Redhill 03:15	buy track
14.	Reel: The Laurel Tree 03:49	buy track

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Sometimes a glance backwards is exactly what's needed to replenish our musical appetites. That's what London-born flute player John Blake has done with his latest recording, in the company of two other second-generation Irish musicians. There's an easy fluency in Lamond Gillespie's fiddle on the set of reels (Paddy O'Brien's), augmented by Mick Leahy's self-effacing banjo and Blake's subtle piano lines: evocative of an age when lives weren't held ransom by the clock. The trio's refusal to smooth the edges is a welcome one, too; repeated listening reveals the natural ebb and flow, particularly of Blake's magically illicit flute lines on the jig set headlined by Up Sligo. Studious sleeve notes and an inclination towards the wanton pursuit of a good tune add up to a delicately balanced gem of a collection.

Siobhán Long - The Irish Times

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released March 7, 2007

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