Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington - The New Road

(July 2000) 16 tracks (53 mins): Jigs: James McMahon's Jig / Paddy Mullin's Jig * Reels: The Limerick Lassies / The Dogs Among the Bushes * Marches: The Battle of Aughrim / Napoleon Crossing the Alps * Jigs: Paidin O' Raffeartaigh / Darby the Driver * Slides: The Glen CottageSlide / Danny Abs' / The Star Above the Garter * Reels: The Rakish Highlander / Toss the Feathers * Air: Lament for Lugh Darcy * Hornpipes: The Harlequin / Father Dollard's / Behind the Ditch in Pairc Anna * Jigs: The One That Was Lost / Anach Cuain * Reels: Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel / The Doon Reel * Reel: Jenny Dang the Weaver * Jigs: Jack Walsh's Jig / Winnie Hayes * Reels: The New Road / The Old Man's Blackthorn Stick * Hornpipes: Sean O'Duibhir an Ghleanna * Jigs: The Woods of Old Limerick / The Walls of Liscarroll * Hornpipes: The Rover Through the Bog / The Blackbird.

Accordion player Charlie Piggott, originally from Cork, was one of the founding members of De Dannan and more recently The Lonely Stranded Band. He toured extensively with both bands and as a solo artist.

Charlie teams up with esteemed Kerry fiddler Gerry Harrington. Well known in Kerry/Cork music circles and to the Irish-American music fraternity, Gerry's music was brought to a wider audience during the 1990s through the release of two exquisite albums.

Charlie Piggot (accordion) and Gerry Harrington (fiddle) with Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhran), Sean O' Loingsigh (bouzouki) and Eugene Kelly (piano).

"Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington are both excellent players of the traditional music with individual reputations to prove it, and when they play as a duet it is special - a natural coming together of skills and sensitivities with a respect not simply for the notes and phrases of which tunes are made, but also for the tunes themselves." (Peter Browne)