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Black Bear
Crossing... "The Sea" - released Spring 2009.
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Personnel &
Instrumentation
Kathryn Brosky: fiddle, viola
Lucy Henry: flute, whistle, tenor recorder, hammered dulcimer
Wendy McCormick: Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, accordion, piano, concertina
Phylleri Ball: piano, bodhran, alto recorder, washboard, shaker
- On the CD
- Galician Waltz (Spain)
- June Apple/The Kitchen Girl/Dubuque (United States) "reels"
- Fanny Po'er (Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland) "planxty"
- Swinging on the Ridge (Lucy Henry, composer & Flutist) "swing tune"
- Banks of Inverness/Martin O'Connor/Quarry Cross (British Isles) "reels"
- Kevin Keegan's Waltz (Ireland)
- Archibald Macdonald of Keppoch (Scotland) "aire"
- Auld Reekie (Scotland) "strathspey/reel"
- Dill Pickles Rag (Charles Johnson, United States)
- Knocknagow Jig (Ireland)
- Over the Waterfall/Old Mother Flanigan/Dem Golden Slippers (United States) "reels"
- Lady Elizabeth Cole's Reel (Robert Mackintosh, Scotland) / Mazurka Limousin (France)
- Captain O'Kane (Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland) "planxty"
- Father Kelly's/Julianne Johnson/Liza Jane (United States) "reels"
- Star of the County Down (Ireland) "aire/waltz/reel"
- Fig for a Kiss/The Butterfly (Ireland) "slip jigs"
Credits: Engineered and Mastered
by: Tim Breon at Mary Lindsay welch Honors Hall, Lycoming College, in Williamsport, PA. Rehearsal spaces provided by Sides Family Music Center. All tunes are in the public domain and are the arrangements of Black Bear Crossing, except for track 4, compose by Lucy Henry. Cover photos Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. Manufactured and printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken, NJ, U.S.A.
Black Bear Crossing... "The Trail"
Personnel & Instrumentation
Phylleri Ball: keyboard, shaker,
Appalachian mountain dulcimer, bodhran
Melissa Becker: fiddle, vocals
Warren Fisher: bass, guitar
Lucy Henry: flute, tenor recorder,
whistle, hammered dulcimer, vocals
Wendy McCormick: hammered dulcimer,
accordion, folk harp
- On the CD
Audio samples of selected pieces are provided
in MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed, audio downloads can
be slow.
- The Titan
Listen
to a Sample 3771 KB
(Chris Norman,
used by permission)
- Metsakukkia (waltz from
Finland)
- The Arran Boat (Irish Air)
- Drops of Brandy (traditional
Scottish slip jig)
- Da Shaald's O'Foula/Irishman's Heart to the Ladies/Top of
Cork Road (traditional jigs)
- Monday Morning Reel (Phil
Cunningham, used by permission)
- Battle of the Somme (traditional
Scottish march)
- Humors of Tulla/Glass of Beer/Drowsy Maggie
(traditional reels)
- Whistling Gypsy (Irish
folk song)
- Mississippi Sawyer/Sandy River Belles/The Boatman
(traditional old-timey reels)
- Kolomeike
Listen
to a Sample 3614 KB
(traditional
Klezmer tune)
- Woe Betyde Thy Wearie Bodie (traditional
Scottish tune)
- Sweetness of Mary
Listen
to a Sample 3042 KB
(Joan
McDonald Boes)
- Levis Beaulieu/St. Joseph's Reel/Frenchie's Reel
(traditional reels)
- Summer's End (Ken Kolodner,
used by permission)
- Star of the Country Down (traditional
Irish Air)
- Never Been Better/Two White Nickels
(Hank Laramee/John Hutchison)
Credits: Hank Laramee email - hlaramee@quik.com.
Ken Kolodner, Fenchurch Music, BMI, 2001. Chris Norman, BMI. Engineered
and mastered by Tim Breon at Clarke Chapel, Lycoming College. Manufactured
and printed by Disc Maker, Pennsauken, NJ, USA.
© 2001/2005 Ken Kolodner, Fenchurch Music, BMI/Chris Norman BMI.
Black Bear
Crossing... "The Bridge"
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Personnel &
Instrumentation
Phylleri Ball: keyboard, alto recorder,
accordion
Denny Fisher: bodhran, bowed psaltry,
string bass, washboard
Lucy Henry: hammered dulcimer, flute,
penny whistle,
soprano
recorder, vocals
Bryan King: banjo, bouzouki, fiddle,
guitar, mandolin
Wendy McCormick: accordion, Celtic
harp, concertina, hammered dulcimer
- On the CD
Audio samples of selected pieces are provided
in MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed, audio downloads can
be slow.
- Black Bear Crossing/Lucy's Lilt/The Bear Jig
Listen
to a Sample 938 KB
(composed
by Lucy Henry in 2000)
- Hewlett (composed by the
blind Irish harper, Turlough O'Carolan)
- The Detroit Schottische (A
Scottish Dance)
- Blackberry Blossom/Jenny Lind Polka/ Red Wing
(traditional
American favorites)
- Saddle the Ponies (Irish
Jig)
- Sibheag Si Mhor (composed
by Turlough O'Carolan)
- Friday the Thirteenth
(A
hambo composed by Rodney Sauer on April 13, 1990.
Used
by Permission)
- The Little Red Fox
Listen
to a Sample 470 KB
(Gaelic
children's song - vocal by Lucy Henry)
- Mairi's Wedding
(traditional
Scottish bridal song from the Isle of Lewis)
- The Ash Grove
Listen
to a Sample 2286 KB
(traditional
Welsh tune)
- Road to Lisdoonvarna/Tobin's Favorite/Swallowtail Jig
(traditional
Irish jigs)
- Ootpick Waltz (also called
"The Eskimo Waltz")
- Maggie in the Wood/Dennis Murphy's/Bill Sullivan's
(traditional
Irish polkas)
- Out on the Ocean/Garret Barry's (traditional
Irish jigs)
- The Chanter's Tune (haunting
melody in mixolydian mode, played
with
bowed psaltry drone)
- My Darling Asleep/Kesh/Morrison's Jig (popular
Irish jigs)
- Julia Delaney/ Dick Gossips/Tam Lin (traditional
Irish reels)
Credits: Engineered and Mastered
by: Tim Breon at R & J Studio, South Williamsport, PA. All tunes
are in the public domain and are the arrangements of Black Bear Crossing,
except track 1, composed by Lucy Henry in 2000, and track 7 composed
by Rodney Sauers in 1990. Used by Permission. Cover photo at Buttonwood
Covered Bridge. Instrument photo at Phylleri's centennial barn, Trout
Run, PA. CD manufactured & printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken, NJ.
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