WELCOME HERE AGAIN is Hayes and Cahill's first new studio album in ten years. It was once common for Irish musicians to record one tune at a time, to make each one a self-contained masterpiece. Coleman did it. Morrison did it. Martin Hayes is not of their stature - not yet anyway- but together with Dennis Cahill he aspires to the same musical crucible which renders the essence of the tunes, revealed in their purest form, accessible and appealing to all. The mesmeric rhythms, the tantalizing slow release of melody, the extra tone from viola or tuned-down fiddle, all of that and more is on this album. After almost ten years, Hayes and Cahill are indeed WELCOME HERE AGAIN.

Tracklist:

Clare Reel, The
High Jig, The
Lane to the Glen/Fahy's [Reels]: Lane To the Glen / Fahy's
Dear Irish Boy [Slow Air], The
Night Poor Larry Was Stretched [Slip Jig], The
P. Joe's Reel
Rogaire Dubh [Jig], An
Jenny's Welcome to Charlie [Reel]
Girl That Broke My Heart [Reel], The
Wind Swept Hill of Tulla [Slow Air], The
Galtee Hunt [Set Dance], The
John Naughton's Green Mountain/Welcome Here Again [Reels]: John
Mulqueen's [Reel]
Booley House Jig [Slip Jig], The
O'Reilly's Greyhound/Palmer's Gate [Reels]: O'Reilly's Greyhound
Coleman's March
The New Post Office/The Pigeon on the Gate/The New Custom House
Frank Kean's [Reel]

UPC: 048248123327
Label: Green Linnet
Release Date: 2.12.08
Format: CD

Hayes/Cahill - Welcome Here Again (CD)