This is the solo debut or premier fiddler Brian Conway, performaing with skill, grace and force with a melodies steeped in tradition but distinctively his own.

Tracklist:

Reels: The Liffey Banks/The Concert Reel/The Donegal Traveler: T
Slip Jigs: The Foxhunters/Barney Brallaghan/Comb Your Hair and C
Reels: The Mullingar Lea/Dowd's No. 9/The Lass of Carracastle: T
Jigs: Up Sligo No. 2/Contentment Is Wealth/The Scotsman Over the
Reels: The Blackberry Blossom/The Silver Spire/The Dawn: The Bla
Hornpipes: The Cuckoo/Flowers of Spring/Dunphy's: The Cuckoo / F
Reels: The Dairy Maid's Reel/The Reel of Bogie/Langton's Favorit
Highlands: O'Flynn's Fancy/Casey's Pig/Jimmy Lyons': O'Flynn's F
Reels: Paddy Ryan's Dream/Never Was Piping So Gay/John McGrath's
Reels: Jenny's Welcome to Charlie/Tom Steele: Jenny's Welcome To
Slow Air: An Raibh T£ Ag an Gcarraig? (Were You at the Rock?) ::
Reels: Martin Wynne's Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Hornpipes: Minnie Foster's Clog/The Newcastle Hornpipe/Fly By ..
Jerry's Beaver Hat/Scatter the Mud/Kitty's Wedding: Jerry's Beav
Reels: The Spike Island Lasses/Tom Moylan's Frolics: The Spike I

UPC: 093074048122
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 7.23.02
Format: CD

Brian Conway - First Through The Gate: Irish-American Fiddle Master (CD)