The Music of Kevin Keegan

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Céad albam ón Sárbhoscadóir Kevin Keegan

This crucially important album is a fitting tribute to Kevin Keegan and will help to re-establish his rightful place among the most accomplished button accordionists in Irish traditional music during the 20th century.
- Earle Hitchner, The Irish Echo

Bhí Kevin Keegan ar dhuine de mháistrí an bhosca cheoil, agus tá an chéad albam dá chuid ceoil, The Music of Kevin Keegan, eisithe anois ar lipéad CIC. Is iad a dheartháir Vincent Keegan agus an boscadóir Joe Burke a chuir an t-albam seo le chéile, atá bunaithe ar thaifeadtaí ó chairde Kevin, le spiorad an cheoil agus an fhir a cheiliúradh agus a chaomhnú.

Ba dhaoine mór-le-rá iad i dtraidisiún an cheoil cairde Kevin Keegan, Joe agus Séamus Cooley agus Paddy O' Brien ina measc. Rugadh i dTír na Scrath in Oirthear na Gaillimhe é. Thosaigh sé ag seinm leis an mbanna ceoil Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band sna caogaidí agus ba ghearr gur bhain sé clú amach dó féin mar sárbhoscadóir. Beidh cuimhne ag a lán daoine ar na taifeadtaí a rinne sé thart ar an am seo le Paddy Fahey don chlár A Job of Journeywork ar Raidió Éireann, curtha i láthair ag Ciarán Mac Mathúna. Nuair a chuaigh an banna ar camchuairt ar fud na Stát Aontaithe i 1956 d'fhan Kevin thall agus chuir sé faoi i Chicago, áit ar chuir sé go mór le saol bríomhar an cheoil sa chathair. Níos deireanaí d'aistrigh sé go San Francisco, agus ba chúis inspioráide ansin é do ghlúin óg de cheoltóirí, á spreagadh chun ceol Gaelach a sheinm agus a fhoghlaim den chéad uair.

Deis eisceachtúil é The Music of Kevin Keegan blaiseadh a fháil de cheol an fhir seo nach mbíodh fáil air i ngar nó i gcóngar do stiúideo de ghnáth! Le 23 rian san iomlán, ina measc poirt, cornphíopaí, ríleanna, valsaí, máirseáil, rince fada agus dhá amhrán, The Little Thatched Cottage san áireamh, is conradh maith ar an airgead é. Beidh an-tóir ar The Music of Kevin Keegan acu siúd ar cuimhin leo Kevin anseo agus i Meiriceá, agus ag ceoltóirí óga agus iad siúd ar suim leo an ceol, go gcloisfidh siad an boscadóir breá seo i mbun a cheirde.

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Release of first album of Legendary Box Player Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan was a legendary box player and a new album just out on the CIC label is the first recording of his music to be released. The Music of Kevin Keegan was compiled by his friend and fellow box player Joe Burke, and by his brother Vincent Keegan, mainly from recordings donated by friends. It attempts to capture the spirit of the music and of the man for all time.

Kevin Keegan kept the company of other great traditional Irish musicians, and he counted Joe and Séamus Cooley and Paddy O' Brien among his close circle of friends. Kevin was born in Tiernascragh in East Galway. He joined the Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band in the early 1950s and earned a reputation as a master of the 2 row button accordion. The recordings he made around this time with Paddy Fahey for the RTÉ Radio programme A Job of Journeywork, presented by Ciarán Mac Mathúna, were much admired and will be remembered by many. The band toured the USA in 1956 and Kevin stayed on and settled in Chicago where he was a valuable addition to an already-vibrant music scene in the city. He later moved to San Francisco where he inspired a whole generation of young musicians to play and learn Irish music.

The Music of Kevin Keegan is a rare opportunity to experience the wonderful music of a man who would never have ventured too close to a recording studio! With all of 23 tracks in total, including jigs, hornpipes, reels, waltzes, a march, a long dance and two songs, including 'The Little Thatched Cottage', it offers outstanding value for money. The Music of Kevin Keegan will be cherished by those who remember Kevin in this country and in the USA, and will also be appreciated by younger musicians and music fans for the chance it gives them to hear this brilliant box player at work, and at play!

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