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Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp's selection includes a text-sound piece from 1968 by Clark Coolidge, a song from Sons of Noel and Adrian, and pianist Jeroen van Veen playing music by Wim Mertens.

Verity Sharp celebrates St Patrick's Day with Sean MacDonnchadha, Noel Hill, Tony MacMahon and part of the performance given by fiddler Martin Hayes at the 2007 Bath International Festival.

Plus a text-sound piece from 1968 by Clark Coolidge, a song from Brighton-based Sons of Noel and Adrian, and pianist Jeroen van Veen playing music by Wim Mertens.

Verity Sharp
Produced By Olwen Fisher

23:15
Noel Hill (concertina); Tony MacMahon (accordion): The Humours of Castlefin
Album: I gCnoc na Grai
Gael Linn CEFCD 114

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23:17
Nicolas Repac: Harlem Jungle
Album: Swing Swing
No Format NOF2

23:20
Matthaios Tsahourides & lyra/Hussein Zahawy (percussion): Return
Album: One Word
Awakening Records CD AWK08

(Segue)

23:26
John Doyle (guitar & voice); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Tim O’Brien (harmony vocal); Kenny Malone (percussion) & Danny Thompson (bass): Jack Dolan
Album: Wayward Son
Compass 7 4408 2

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23:30
Liz Carroll (fiddle) & John Doyle (guitar): The Silver Spear, The Earl’s Chair, The Musical Priest
Album: Lost In The Loop
Green Linnett GLCD 1199

23:35
Seán MacDonnchadha: An Spailpín Fánach (The Migrant Labourer)
Album: Voice of the People Volume 20
Topic TSCD 670

(Segue)

23:38
Clark Coolidge: Preface (1968 – excerpt)
Album: 10+2:12 American Text Sound Pieces
Other Minds OM 1006 2

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23:44
Last Days: New House
Album: The Safety of the North
N5MD CATMD166

23:46
Sons of Noel and Adrian: The Wreck Is Not A Boat
EP: The Wreck Is Not A Boat
Shelsmusic

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23:50
Tartini: Senti Lo Mare (Listen to the Sea)
Performed By Red Priest
Album: Pirates of the Sea
Red Priest Recordings RP004

23:55
Musicians from the village of Clejani, Romania: The Song of the Innkeeper’s Wife
Album: The World of Traditional Music - Europe
Ocora C 561066

(Segue)

00:06
Holländer: Die Kleptomanin
Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries
Album: Trust
Hoanzl H550-2

00:10
Mertens: Struggle for Pleasure
Performed By Jeroen van Veen (piano)
Album: Minimal Piano Collection Vol. VIII
Brilliant Classics 8551

(Segue)

00:16
Antony and the Johnsons: Daylight and the Sun
Album: The Crying Light
Rough Trade RTRADCD 443

00:22
Martin Hayes (fiddle) & Dennis Cahill (guitar): The Windswept hill of Tula – Ed Reavy’s – Martin Connolly’s – The Cavern Reel – The Torn Coat – The Mountain Lark – Unnamed Reel
Taken from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording at the Bath Festival 2007

00:37
Trad: Red Haired Mary
Mary & Eileen Sheridan
Album: A Call from the Musical Heart of Cavan
Claddagh Records

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00:40
Catherine Faure, Évelyne Girardon & Sylvie Berger: C’était une dame de Bordeaux
Album: Répertoire
Compagnie Beline CB35810

00:44
Nicolas Repac: Revue Noire
Album: Swing Swing
No Format NOF2

(Segue)

00:47
Last Days: This is Not An Ending
Album: The Safety of the North
N5MD CATMD166

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00:52
Cathal McConnell (flutes); Richard Thompson (guitars); Dave Mattacks (drums): Leaving Kintail
Album: Long Expectant Comes At Last
Compass 7 4287 2

00:56
John Butcher: Wind Piece
Album: Resonant Spaces
Con Front 17

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