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Mick O'Brien: May Morning Dew

With
Terry Crehan: Fiddle
Mick Giblin: Guitar
Gary O'Briain: Mandocello & Keyboards
Seamus Brett: Piano & Keyboards

Life

Born in Dublin, Ireland,^[1] Mick began his musical education on the uilleann pipes in the renowned Thomas Street Pipers Club in Dublin. His father Dinny O'Brien, a traditional "box" player, was also a constant source of tunes and inspiration.

Mick recorded his first LP with his family when he was 13 years old. He later joined Na Píobairí Uilleann, an organisation founded to promote piping, where he absorbed hundreds of tunes and refined his technique. His playing can be heard on numerous recordings with artists such as The Dubliners, Frankie Gavin and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

Mick has toured extensively and given master classes throughout Europe and North America. His highly acclaimed solo CD of traditional Irish music; "May Morning Dew" was released in 1996.

In 2003, Mick released Kitty Lie Over along with fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. It was named No.1 Traditional Album of 2003 by Earle Hitchner in the Irish Echo.^[2]

2011 saw the release of Mick's second album with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. The new album is named Deadly Buzz Aoibhinn Crónán.

Mick is former a teacher in St Davids C.B.S in Artane Dublin, where he taught Geography and Irish, among other subjects. Mick also looked after the hurlers of the school.

Mick has worked with several Irish composers including Michael Holohan, Linda Buckley and Dave Flynn.^[3]

He premiered the first ever set of Études for Uilleann Pipes in 2011 at the Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry. They were composed for him by Dave Flynn.
Wikipedia.

Audio

Track 1: May Morning Dew

Track 2: Sporting Molly

Track 3: Humours of Lisheen

Track 4: The Camaronian

Track Listing

Statia Donnelly's/ I Will if I Can/ Patsy Geary's
Higgin's Hornpipe/ The Cuckoo's Nest
Kerry Reel/ Kerry Fling/ Joe Bane's
Bumper Squire Jones/ An Sean Duine/ O'Sullivan's March
Caslean an Oir/ Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back
May Morning Dew/ Sporting Nell
Micko Russell's/ Moneymusk
An Rogaire Dubh/ Connaughtman's Rambles/ Cailleach an Airgrid
The Strawberry Blossom/ The Honeymoon
Johnny Cope
Farewell to Miltown/ West Clare Railway/ Sporting Molly
Humours of Lisheen/ Tom Billy's Fancy/ Humours of Kilkenny
An Buachaill Dreoite
The Camaronion/ Greenfields of Rossbeigh/ Connaught Heifers

Dubliners, Uilleann piper Mick O'Brien & his daughter Aoife Ní Bhriain (fiddle) with a set of reels : Kitty in the Lane (0:00) & The Callan Lasses (1:51), in a clip from the Geantraí music series first broadcast on TG4 in 2013.

Also available from Copperplate

Mick O'Brien & Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh: Kitty Lie Over
Mick O'Brien & Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh: Deadly Buzz
Mick & Aoife Ní Bhriann & Emer Mayock: Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts
Mick & Aoife Ní Bhriann & Emer Mayock: More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts

Press Reviews

Irish Music Magazine
Concert and flat pipes, whistles and Flutes not only demonstrate Mick O'Brien's great instrumental versatility, but also make a fine job of the challenge of presenting yet another fine piping album...award this piper his pedestal and to prove that the Uilleann pipes can still do what they were designed for; self accompaniment of a primary melody. Fintan Vallely,

Hot Press
May Morning Dew is a snapshot of the best in trad music with not an inch left over for ego. Get your record shop to stock it and put it on their play station and you'll be seduced utterly. Siobhan Long, 11 out of a possible 12

Evening Herald
May Morning Dew offers an interesting selection of tunes played in an easy unpretentious style with tasteful accompaniment by fiddler Terry Crehan and producer Garry O'Briain on Mandocello and Keyboards. This recording is one the nicest packages I've seen in a long time, beautifully designed with lovely photography and detailed notes.

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