Gavin Whelan - Gavin Whelan

(November 2001) 15 tracks (51 mins): The Blackhaired Lass / The Mountain Top / Paddy Fahey's * Jigs: Seamus Connolly's / Tommy Peoples' * Reels: Brogan's Ferry / Lough Mountain / Paddy Fahey's / Augha Cashel * Highlands: James Byrne's * Reels: The Eel in the Sink / Mamma's Pet / Miss Langford's * Air: A Hiuadai Pheadair Eamainn * Jigs: The Pipe On the Hob / The Piper's Chair / Na Ceannabhain Bhana * Reels: The Westwind / The Gooseberry Bush * Hornpipes: Mary McNamera / The Fairy Queen * Jigs: The Cliffs of Moher / Spot the Wallop / Paddy's Resource * Reels: John Brady's / Palmer's Gate / Thad Casey's * Air: Dark Woman of the Glen * Reels: Tie the Ribbons / The Girl That Broke My Heart / Devany's Goat * Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll / Scattering the Mud * Reels: Micheal Relihan's / Gan Ainm / Patsy Toughey's.

Gavin Whelan is widely regarded as one of the finest exponents of the tin whistle, or penny whistle as it is sometimes called.

Born and raised in Dublin, Gavin’s interest in traditional Irish music began when as a young boy his parents would bring him trips to Co Clare where he learned from the late, great Micho Russell from Doolin.

Gavin Whelan (whistles) with Eoin O'Neil and Mick Brodrick (bouzouki), Ian Lamb, Donnacha Moynihan and Gavin Rolston (guitar), Colm Murphy and Donnacha Gough (bodhran), Finbarr Naughton (mandolin), Zoe Conway (fiddle) and Eogan Lynch (concertina).