PRECIOUSLY few Irish bands can compare in both virtuosity and versatility with Solas, a quintet of truly dazzling individual talents.Multiple All-lreland champion Séamus Egan plays no fewer than eight instruments, John Williams is a gifted button accordionist and the only American ever to win the coveted All-lreland sen- ior concertina title, Winifred Horan weaves deft classical touches with an earthy passion in her fiddling, Karan Casey possesses a crystalline voice that can soar like no other, and John Doyle provides faultless guitar rhythms throughout.But the sum of Solas is far greater than their impressive parts, combining to produce a marvelously spirited and textured sound rich in imagination, innovation, and tradition.They are the most exciting Irish band to emerge in many years – as this stunning debut album attests.– Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo April 1996
Tracks:
1. Side A NÍL Na LÁ2. The Flowing Bowl3. Máire Breathnach's #14. The Doon5. The Mason's Men6. The Newry Highwayman7. The White Petticoat8. Stan Chapmans9. The Miller's Maggot10. I Wonder What's Keeping My True11. Love Tonight12. The Yellow Tinker13. Cranking Out14. Master Crowley's #215. Side B Dougie MacDonalds16. Máirebreathnach's #217. The Antrim Rose18. Atlantic Waves19. Toss the Feathers20. Johnny's Gone for a Soldier21. Gan Ainm22. The Humours of Whiskey23. Leslie's March24. Lament for Frankie25. Timmy Cliffords26. The Return Home27. O'Ot Be Est Da Vong28. John Joe Caseys
