Joe Dowling
For Ireland I'll not tell her name
This album is my life-long dream come true. You can tell my influences from the songs I have selected. I hope I’ve done them justice. All these songs have a special meaning to me from my childhood and from the times of Bregáin, touring the world with Jimmy Brennan, Seamus
Phelan, Anne Coughlan and Gabby Fitzgerald and others too numerous to name – I would like to thank them all for putting up with me through the years.
I would like to thank Matti Kallio for his time and encouragement in the starting and making of this album. He has great talent, endless patience and has spared no effort in the arranging and producing of this CD. Thanks also to Matti Laitinen who plays on every track of this album for his
endurance and never say die – attitude. Thanks for Heikki Kangasniemi for his trustworthy fiddle and Eero Turkka for the harmonica playing. Again, the Matti Kallio band and choir needs to be especially recognized. Thanks to Päivi for all her work behind the scenes.
Thanks to my family, friends and fans in Kilkenny, Ireland, London, U.K., Finland and all around Europe, Australia (Banyena) and America.
I hope you enjoy the album!
Kiitos paljon!
Joe Dowling
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1 Belfast Mill 4:02
The song Aragon Mill was written by Si Kahn in 1979 and refers to the closing of one of the main employers in the town of Aragon in Georgia, United States. The Belfast Mill is considered by many to be a traditional Irish song. (Si Kahn)
2 Dance to Your Daddy 3:19
I used to sing this as a lullaby to Siiri and would therefore like to dedicate it to her. In the middle of it is a Finnish tune called Tuoltapa kuuluu lehmänkello - meaning ‘I hear a cowbell’. (Trad.)
3 Voyage 3:23
I would like to dedicate this song by Johnny Duhan to my Mother and Father. (Johny Duhan)
4 Two Sisters 4:18
There are numerous versions of this ballad and folktale of sybling rivalry and greed, it has its equivalents in European traditions:
Scandinavian, Slavic and even Icelandic. (Trad.)
5 Next Market Day 3:38
This song is also known as The Comer Ballad. I used to sing it back in the days of the Carmel Hotel that was beside John’s Bridge, run by the late Greg Flannery, probably the best music house in Kilkenny. (Trad.)
6 Peter’s Song 3:20
Song written by Tommy Sands about Peter McArdle. I’d like to dedicate this song to PJ Wallace (Nice One!) who went to join the heavenly session.
(Tommy Sands)
7 Sam Hall 4:30
The song is based on the fate of Jack Hall, who was sold as a child to a chimney sweep for a guinea. He was hanged in the public hanging site Tyburn Hill near
Marble Arch in London for burglary in 1701. (Trad.)
8 Blackbird 5:13 » Listen a sample
This is a male version of the song. (Trad./Andy Stewart)
9 Paddy West 4:30
This is originally a sea shanty, stemming from the time of the Western Ocean
Packets. The Paddy West school in Liverpool transformed just about anybody into
a sailor – only to be thrown to the mercy of the oceans with minimal coaching for the hardships of the life of a seaman. (Trad.)
10 An Eirinn Ni Neosainn Ce Hi 3:00
Meaning For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name – I would like to thank Muiris de Buitléir for helping me with this song. (Trad.)
11 Thousands Are Sailing 6:21 » Listen a sample
A song about the thousands of emigrants leaving Ireland and the grief and the pain that they endured, also about the family and friends that they left behind, knowing that they would never see them again. (Trad./Andy Irvine)
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Recorded by Matti Laitinen and Matti Kallio / Mixed and produced by Matti Kallio, www.mattikallio.com / Mastered by JP Mönkkönen, Dicentia Oy / Musicians Joe Dowling - vocals, Heikki Kangasniemi - fiddle, Matti Laitinen - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, Eero Turkka - harmonica, Matti Kallio - accordion, whistles, keyboards, bass, guitar, background vocals / Recorded in Studio Kivi, Popkammari, Puxtudio and Sibelius Academy Studios / Mixed at the Sibelius Academy Studios / Photographs by Petri Kaipiainen / CD Cover Design by Hannamari Vahtikari / Special thanks to Pekka Ritaluoto, Juha Unkari and Ville Karas / Contact bregain@bregain.com, www.bregain.com
