John Daly • Traditional Irish Fiddle

A native of Cork, fiddle player John Daly now lives in Chicago where he performs about town and often anchors the sessions at the famous Abbey pub. This is where I myself first met John, and had a wonderful time playing with him and discovering on the go his inventive style of variation. John confessed almost apologetically that it wasn't to everybody's taste, but I have always been fascinated by that aspect of traditional playing, and could not get enough. John seems to have kept that penchant somewhat in check on this, his first solo album, and the music is a little more tame than my "live" experience had made me expect. Not that the album is in any way boring, quite the opposite. The influences on John's style of playing are diverse, from the music of Co. Leitrim and Fermanagh which he was exposed to while living in Co. Cavan, to the air playing of the great Shetland fiddle master Willie Hunter. These diverse influences reflect on the repertoire chosen for this album, including quite a few tunes penned by John himself, and on the manner in which it is performed, to give great variety to the whole. John is accompanied on piano by several well-known players, including Marty Fahey, Kevin Brehony (Sligo), and Davie Keith (Shetland), and is joined on a couple of airs by violin and viola player Liz Knowles.

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Nacido en Cork, el violinista John Daly vive ahora en Chicago, donde actúa por toda la ciudad y a menudo es el presentador de las sesiones en el famoso pub Abbey. Aquí es donde yo mismo conocí a John por primera vez, y pasé un tiempo maravilloso jugando con él y descubriendo sobre la marcha su inventivo estilo de variación. John confesó casi apologéticamente que no era para todos los gustos, pero siempre me ha fascinado ese aspecto de la interpretación tradicional, y no podía ser suficiente. John parece haber mantenido esa afición algo controlada en este, su primer álbum en solitario, y la música es un poco más mansa de lo que mi experiencia "en vivo" me había hecho esperar. No es que el álbum sea aburrido, sino todo lo contrario. Las influencias en el estilo de tocar de John son diversas, desde la música de Co. Leitrim y Fermanagh, a los que estuvo expuesto mientras vivía en Co. Cavan, al aire del gran maestro del violín de Shetland, Willie Hunter. Estas diversas influencias se reflejan en el repertorio elegido para este álbum, incluyendo bastantes temas escritos por el propio John, y en la forma en que se interpreta, para dar gran variedad al conjunto. John está acompañado al piano por varios músicos de renombre, entre ellos Marty Fahey, Kevin Brehony (Sligo) y Davie Keith (Shetland), y está acompañado en un par de aires por el violín y la viola Liz Knowles.

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1. Jigs: Junior Gill / The Blacksmith’s Fiddle / Compliments to Cleek
2. Reels: Love at the Endings / Killarney Boys of Pleasure
3. Air: Love of the Isles
4. Hornpipes: Flaherty’s / Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
5.Reels: Ruddal and Roses / Full o’ the Wavin’
6. Jigs: Princess Nancy / The Crown of Thorns
7. Reels: Music at Phil’s / All About Rhythm
8. Air: Alcie
9. Reels: Pigeon on the Gate / Geehan’s
10. Jigs: The Nifty Fiddler / The Twinbrook
11. Reels: Marie McLean / Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Welcome to Shetland
12. Jigs: The Currach / Jack Allen
13. Reels: The First Lady of Shetland / Georgina’s / The Drummer
14.Air: Lament for Lowrie Ida Lea






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