Martin Hayes – Under the Moon (CD)

The second solo album from the County Clare fiddler, recorded in 1995 and steeped in the music of his home place. Where so much traditional playing reaches for speed and flash, Hayes goes the other way, drawing out the feeling in a tune until it almost stops time. The result is soulful, unhurried and quietly spellbinding.

He is joined by guitarist Steve Cooney, accordionist John Williams and his father, the great P.J. Hayes of the Tulla Céilí Band, on a set of reels, jigs, hornpipes and slow airs that move from playful to deeply moving and back again.

Includes "Rakish Paddy", "The Cliffs of Moher" and a closing turn through "Lucy Farr's".