Dan Milner & Guest Artists
Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs of the Sea (CD)

SFW-CD-40553

Pirates, shanghaiers, slavers, and smugglers are just some of the central characters in this album of lusty, authentic maritime songs; others are ardent patriots, hard-pressed immigrants, and weathered sailors sheltering in the taverns of the seven seas. All are midway between some dicey spot in life and an uncertain future. Their compelling stories of bold adventure are excitingly re-told here by an all-star crew of Irish singers and musicians led by vocalist/author Dan Milner.
Featuring an impressive array of guest musicians and singers, including Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies, John Doyle of Solas, Tim Collins of the renowned Kilfenora Ceili Band, All-Ireland champion fiddler Brian Conway, Robbie O'Connell and Susan McKeown, Irish Pirate Ballads captures centuries of tradition and the revelry, mischief, tales of love and caution that characterize nautical life.

Track listing:

1 Ten Thousand Miles Away Dan Milner, John Doyle, Robbie O’Connell 3:36
2 The Ballad of Ó Bruadair / Out on the Ocean Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Joanie Madden, John Doyle, Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell, Susan McKeown,Tim Collins 3:53
3 Saucy Ward Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue 4:12
4 Captain Coulston Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Joanie Madden 5:36
5 Granuaile Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Susan McKeown 3:47
6 Get Up Jack, John, Sit Down / Miss Thornton’s Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Joanie Madden, The Johnson Girls, Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell, Susan McKeown, Tim Collins 4:28
7 The Flying Cloud Dan Milner 6:25
8 Larry Maher’s Big Five-Gallon Jar Dan Milner, Bob Conroy, Mick Moloney,Robbie O’Connell, Tim Collins 3:13
9 Bold McCarthy (The City of Baltimore) Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Mick Moloney,Tim Collins 4:39
10 All for Me Grog / Parnell’s March Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell, Tim Collins 3:53
11 Castle Gardens (Sixty Years Ago) Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Joanie Madden 4:55
12 The Lowlands Low Dan Milner, Brian Conway, Gabriel Donohue, Joanie Madden, John Doyle, Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell, Tim Collins 4:12
13 The River Lea Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue, Joanie Madden, Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell 5:34

Published: 2009

Genre: Irish & Scottish & Brittany
Label: Smithsonian Folkways