Dermot Byrne and Pierre Schryer - 2 Worlds United

(2000) 12 tracks (45 mins): Kimmel's Fancy * The Roads to the Glen / Pigeon On the Gate / Martin Rocheford's * Lady Montgomery / Randall's / The E-Flat Tune * Sourgrass and Granite / Pierre's Right Arm * The Low Level / The Lochside * John Stephen of Chance Inn / Farewell to Whiskey * Tiarna Mhuigheo * The Silver Slipper / The Lancer's Jig * Galope et chaine de cotillon / Pointe du Pic * To Dermot from Pierre / My Only Sister / Just for Curry * Larry Og / Gan Ainm / Reel For Carl * Piper's Inn / Moving Cloud I / Moving Cloud II.

Dermot Byrne (Accordion, Melodeon) and Pierre Schryer (Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Percussion) with Ciaran Curran (Bouzouki) * Nathan Curry (Guitar, Bodhran, Mandolin, Cittern) * Brian Pickell (Guitar, Mandolin) * Julie Schryer (Piano) * Frank Kilkelly (Guitar) * Merrie Klazek (Trumpet) * Steven Cooney (Guitars, Percussion) and James Stephens (Bass).

"Two master musicians - Pierre of Canada and Dermot of Ireland's Altan - create a tantalizing transatlantic link between their respective traditions. This is the fiddle and accordion music of breathtaking diversity and dexterity". (Earle Hitchener, The Wall Street Journal, Irish Echo)