Harry Bradley - As I Carelessly Did Stray

(June 2002) 15 tracks: The Walls of Liscarrol / The Castlebar Races (reels) * The Ballroom Favourite #2 / The Belle of the Ball (barndances) * The Tinkers Stick / Within a Mile of Dublin (reels) * Colonel Rodger's Favourite / Johnny Henry's (reels) * Jim Coleman's / Spellan's Fiddle (hornpipes) * The Lilies in the Field / The Gatehouse Maid (reels) * The Kinnegad Slashers / An Port Ard (jigs) * The Pretty Girl Milking her Cow (song air) * Paddy Mills' / The Lady on the Lady (reels) * The Shaskeen / Bonnie Kate (reels) * The Ash Grove (song air) * The Old Maids of Galway / My Mary Anne (reels) * My Love is but a Lassie / Bonaparte crossing the Rhine (polka / march) * Highland / Captain Kelly's (highland / reels) * The Lady of the House / The Tailors Timble (reels).

Irish flute music of yesterday and today. Harry plays D, E-flat, C and marching band flutes and C whistle through a collection of well-loved and recently composed tunes from the Irish repertoire. Bodhran, bouzouki, fiddle and foot-steps make the accompaniment.

A native of Belfast, Harry Bradley is known throughout Ireland for his flute playing and throughout the world for his debut record. This, his second album, sees Harry playing flutes and whistle in his own elegant style. His approach to his music is energetic, and playful, at times even humorous.