Rating: - Outstanding
On this album you hear Matt Molloy play a resonant, sonorouslow Bb flute and a brilliant, hornlike high Eb flute in addition to his regular D, giving a wonderful variety of timbres and textures to his playing. In particular, his track of Drowsy Maggie on the Bb just lays back and cooks, and his "Jenny's Chickens" on the Eb is played with a brilliant brutality that any lover of the stronger, harsher sounds of the wooden flute will immediately want more of.

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Rating: - Matt Molloy at his finest
Of Molloy's many recordings, this remains my favorite. With his usual virtuosity, he performs a selection of traditional tunes ranging from the lively to the gently melancholy. This album has a more consistent "feel" than most of his others: there isn't an intense heartbreaker (like "The Parting of Friends" or "O Rathaille's Grave"), and even the jollier tunes are restrained. But it's never dull: the variety comes from the different timbres of his wooden flutes, and from the characteristic tones ... Read More