I am wanting to build a collection of recordings featuring the Anglo concertina on at least one track. Being that my list is short, I would welcome any and all suggestions. Email me directly or post to this board.

-- Ken Fleming (ken1gd@flash.net), April 14, 1998

Answers

The Irish group Nomos has a Jefferies Anglo on every track of their CDs.

-- Leon Peek (lapeek@iglobal.net), April 15, 1998.

Here's a pretty good listing

Here's a very nice list to get you started -- it's from the Appendix 7 (Discography) of "The Irish Concertina" by Mick Bramich (great book!) which also has a companion cassette featuring superb playing by Bramich (on a 30-button Jeffries anglo). See my "Learning" page for more info on the book. I think most of these are Anglo players, but I'm not sure about all of them. They all feature concertina quite prominently I think.

• Terry Bingham: "Terry Bingham"
• Terry Bingham, John Kelly, Tommy McMahon and Bernard O'Sullivan: "Farewell to Lissycasey"
• Jack and Father Charlie Coen: "The Branch Line" (see my "Music" page for more details)
• Jackie Daly: "Jackie Daley"
• Chris Droney: "The Fertile Rock"
• Chris Droney: "Irish Dance Music"
• Noel Hill, Tony Mac Mahon and Iarla Ó Lionáird: "Music of Dreams"
• Noel Hill and Tony Mac Mahon: "I gCnoc na Graí"
• Noel Hill: "The Irish Concertina"
• Gabriel McArdle, Ben Lennon, Séamus Quinn and Ciarán Curran: "Dog Big And Dog Little"
• John McMahon, Seámus McMahon, Dermot Lernihan, Noreen O'Donaghue, Frank Cullen and Maurice Coyle (collectively "Fisherstreet"): "Out In The Night"
• Mary MacNamara: "Traditional Music From East Clare"
• William Mullaly: "The First Irish Concertina Player To Record"
• Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon: "Clare Concertinas"
• Miko, Gussie and Pakie Russell: "The Russell Family Of Doolin, County Clare"
• Chris Sherburn and Denny Bartley: "Last Night's Fun!"
• Niall Vallely, Liz Doherty, Gerry McKee, Frank Torpey and John Spillane (collectively "Nomos"): "I Won't be Afraid Any More"
• John Williams: "John Williams"

-- Paul Schwartz (pss@bigfoot.com), April 15, 1998.

Concertina Recordings

I would like to add a couple or so suggestions, An obscure LP that I have a taped copy of and no notes called Road Map of Ireland, delightful and Pure Drop concertina and whistle only.

Also Check out Frank Edgley & son's new CD Bridges,(www.MNSi.net/~edgley/bridges.htm) Franks very prominant and solid anglo playing is right on top of most tracks.

Look out for Tommy Keane & Jacquline McCarthy Wind Anomg the Reeds for some outstanding piping and concertina (MMc Cd51 Maree Music Co, Treanlaur, Mareen, Co Galway, ireland Tel: 091 794344

Jacquiline's Father Tommy McCarthy has just released a CD featuring his piping and concertina work, sorry, I've heard it but do not yet own a cop to be able to give you the catalog numbers, but it should show up on the NPU uilleann piping pages soon.

And not mentioned on another post was Father Charlie Coen Solo self titled tape that may all ready be out of print, I like it better than the duet with his brother

Mike

-- Mike Euritt (meuritt@jps.net), April 20, 1998.

I play the concertina on The Road Map of Ireland referred to in one of your earlier responses, and came across this site while using my ree AOL hours on a new computer. Let me know if you would like a copy, or any more details about the recording - it was produced by Outlet from Belfast c. 1981 in conjunction with a whistle player called Robert Mc Gouran from Dublin. Regards, Tom Mc Gonigle, 27 Croft Hill, Belfast, BT8 6GX.

-- Tom Mc Gonigle (tmcgon9050@aol.com), February 27, 1999.