Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider - The Butterfly

Label: 251 Records
Format: CD
Colour: Yellow, cream
Genre: Traditional, folk

This is a collaborative album from Martin Hayes and Brooklyn Rider. Recorded in 2016, the album celebrates a decade-long musical friendship between celebrated Irish fiddler and New York’s omnivorous string quartet.

Tracklist:

1. Maghera Mountain

2. O'Neills March

3. Jenny's Welcome Home to Charlie

4. The Butterfly

5. Bob and Bernie

6. Ship in Full Sail

7. Drunken Sailor 

8. Mulqueen's

9. Port Na bPucai

10. An Rogaire Dubh

11. P. Joe's Reel

12. Hole in the Hedge

Press:

"A masterclass in risk-taking and at the same time an unapologetic doffing of their collective caps to the seemingly simple tunes that form the backbone of most early traditional musicians' repertoires" - The Irish Times ★★★★★