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Recent Releases featuring John McGann on guitar/mandolin/octave mandolin:
John McGann Plays Bach, Debussy and Rodrigo CD release
The Boston Edge (Mapleshade records)
Joe Derrane- Accordion
Séamus Connolly- Fiddle
John McGann- mandolin and guitar
A "dream team" Irish trio plays traditional jigs, reels and airs
with passion and originality. Led by button accordion master Joe
Derrane, 2004 National Heritage winner. Locked tight as a drum with Joe
are Séamus Connolly, the golden-toned fiddler who's won the
All-Irish Championship ten times, and guitarist/mandolinist John
McGann, a National Flat-Picking Champion. The recording is so pure and
spacious, the instrumental timbres are so rich and dynamic that the
trio sounds almost orchestral.
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MP3 (6 MB):
The Curragh Races/The Skylark/The Reconciliation
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Billy Rush's Jig/Brosnahan's Frolic/The Miner's Jig
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The Devil and the Dirk/The Trip to Windsor/Brumley Brae
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Remembering Curly/The Twins/Mordaunt's Fancy
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John Kelly's Concertina Reel/Kiss the Bride/Martin Ainsboro's
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Whiddon's/The Nightlight/Hannah McGann's
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The Humors of Lisheen / McMahon's Jig/The Merry Old Woman
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Miss McLeod's Hornpipe/Petticoat Promenade
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Patsy Touhey's Reel/The Gooseberry Bush/Reilly's
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Chief O'Neill's Favorite/The First Of June
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Sporting Paddy/Sheila Coyle's/The Hare's Paw
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The Killaloe Boat/Gan Ainm/Gan Ainm
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The Man From Newry/The Last Of The Twins
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The Dash to Portabello/McFarley's Reel/Geegan's Reel
Frank Ferrel and Friends- Fiddle Dance (Great Meadow Music)
I enjoyed playing guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin and lap steel on this project.
Wherever there are great fiddlers, you will find Frank Ferrel.
Truly one of America's top fiddler, here you have him with his long
time friends and fellow musicians, Peter Barnes, John McGann, and Joe
Derrane*. He offers a vibrant, deeply pleasurable, and thoroughly
convincing musical essay on Yankee fiddling, its range, roots and
aesthetics. It is also music for Contra dancing, which remains the
beating heart of the New England style.
* Joe Derrane is the only New England Irish musicians to ever receive
the National Endowment for the Arts' vaunted National Heritage Fellow
ship Award.
1. Trip to the Well, Galway Belles, Church Street
2. Sean Reid's, The Watchmaker, The Milliner's Daughter
3. Amelia
4. Mullingar Races, Joe Cooley's Reel, The Longford Collector
5. Jean Carignan Medley
6. Maid on the Green, The Miner's Jig, The Short Road
7. Two-Step du Bob, Two-Step du Ray
8. The Old Dutch Churn, Looney McTwalter, Mike Moloney's
9. Peter Feeney's Dream, Flowers of the Flock
10. Port Patrick, Whelan's, Brodie Kieric's
11. Beans, Humors of Maine
12. The Blue Eyed Lassie
13. Andrea's Waltz
14. The Rollicking Boys Around Tandragee, Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife
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Wayfaring Strangers This Train (Rounder)
The Dactyls-
as heard on NPR's "Says You"
John McGann, Frank Ferrel, Peter Barnes, Rushad Eggleston
All full length tunes as originally performed before massive editing
Billy Walsh "Widdershins" 2nd solo CD
with John McGann, Richard Gates, Dave Mattacks, Matt Gordy, Jim Whitney, Tom Megan and more. Excellent singer/songwriter and good friend. CD only $10 postpaid in USA
Chris Moore and John McGann: Rust Farm (Daring Records)
10 original songs by Chris and John
joined by Jim Whitney (bass) and Bill MacGillivray (drums)
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"SNOWS OF MARCH"
Rust Farm's 2nd CD, produced by Tim O'Brien, an all-acoustic set of original music recorded "live in the studio".
out of print at the moment!
John McGann "Upslide" (Green Linnet 2118)
1995 instrumental album of original and traditional music combining Celtic and American styles.Primarily acoustic music, but a few electric guitars in there as well. Guests include Evan Stover of Fiddle Fever on violin and viola, John Whelan of Kips Bay on accordion, members of Beacon Hillbillies, Jim Mouradian and Sharon McGann. Includes 12 of my original compositions as well as a long medley of fiddle tunes and Debussy's "La Fille aux cheveux de lin" arranged for two guitars and bass. I also play dobro, steel, electric and acoustic guitars and mandolin.
"A diverse, dense, dexterous delight"--Sing Out
"..a style that demonstrates a true mastery of the Irish and country/bluegrass instrumental traditions, but does go that one step beyond to make a personal statement, calling upon a true artistry that few possess."--Karen White, Victory Review
"One of New England's most notorious instrumental hotshots and sidemen-of-choice steps out here, with an album of his own. McGann excels on mandolin, guitar, pedal steel and a bewildering array of other instruments. This set of 22 pieces, 12 of them originals, betrays such a myriad of influences (Celtic, Bluegrass, Jazz) that it defies classification--except to say that it all blends together seamlessly and with great skill." --Elderly Instruments
"Upslide is one of those recordings that causes lesser musicians to give up in despair...in one word,splendid."--Dirty Linen
"Well this is a good 'un, it should appeal to a wide cross section of our readers as it draws on John McGann's bluegrass roots with the Beacon Hillbillies and mixes them with Celtic, French Canadian and Old Timey styles, to produce an interesting and entertaining cocktail...at times gentle and reflective...at other times, uptempo country picking in the style of Albert Lee.. this album is a refreshing variation on the type of acoustic instrumental albums usually found in these pages...a real toe-tapper, y'all..."- Folk on Tap, UK
FREE MP3 SAMPLE FROM UPSLIDE "REELS MEDLEY" (11.8 MB)
Deleted from Green Linnet's catalog, CDs sold out, scheduled to be reissued via Mel Bay in 2007, along with transcription books of tunes and solos from the CD.
CASSETTE BLOWOUT!!!! Only $5 (postpaid US) $7.50 postpaid overseas- original sealed CR02
John McGann "Plays Bach, Debussy, Rodrigo"(OCP 003)
A rare independently released cassette-only recording of original arrangements/transcriptions of keyboard, orchestral and choral scores for mandolin, mandola, mandocello and guitar.Includes Debussy's two Arabesques, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez among others.
NOW ON CD!!! John McGann Plays Bach, Debussy and Rodrigo CD release
JOHN McGANN PRESENTS THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE ORCHESTRA CD-
John McGann's imagination goes wild on this all original compact disc.
Tired of the same old stuff? How about some Polyrhythms, Polytonality, and Odd Melodies for the Adventurous Listener. Music inspired by Igor Stravinsky, Frank Zappa, Conlon Nancarrow, Leo Rowsome, Paul Hindemith, and Life in America circa 2001. A range of styles from psychedelic Polka to quasi-traditional contemporary classical, all delivered with a sense of humor, good rhythmic groove, and a unique sense of harmony.
Music scored for (in various combinations) Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, English horn, French Horn, Bassoon, Tuba, Trombone, Trumpet, String Quartet, Piano, Organ, Drum Set, Percussion and much more.
FREE MP3 SAMPLE: DANCE OF THE BUSHMEN (4.8 mb)
"Unbelivable, I'd love to hear it with a real orchestra...one of my favorite CDs!"- John Zeidler (master luthier and hard-to-please music lover)
CD Only-limited edition $10 postpaid in USA
Beacon Hillbillies "Duffield Station" (ESD) Our first, mostly live -in the studio recording; with Matt Glaser, Tony Trischka, Gordon Stone, John Whelan and Gene White. Lots of instrumentals as well as songs; 17 tunes in all!
FREE MP3 SAMPLE"LARAMIE DIVORCE" FROM DUFFIELD STATION (7.6 MB)
Out of print-out of stock!
Beacon Hillbillies "More Songs of Love and Murder"(ESD 80882)
Second release of original bluegrass-based music with John McGann, Jimmy Ryan (Blood Oranges), Jim Whitney, Stacy Phillips, Matt Glaser, Chris Moore, John Whelan and Gordon Stone.
"Highly recommended..rollicking"--Billboard 7/94.
"Four stars..stinging set..white hot
fretwork..sheds the genre's modern gloss and proves that bluegrass'
mournful spirit can be beautifully transmitted far away from the
Appalachians"--New Country 9/94
MP3 SAMPLE "TROUBLE HOUND" FROM MORE SONGS 4.8 MB
Out of print- all gone, sorry!
Beacon Hillbillies "Better Place" ( ESD 81092)
Third CD featuring the quartet of John McGann/ Jimmy Ryan/ Lauck Benson/ Jim Whitney. 11 original songs and instrumentals, plus a new arrangement of the traditional "Willie Moore".Our usual balance of traditional and progressive music.
CMJ (College Music Journal) 12/16/96: "...classic, down home style picking, with plaintive harmonies and delicious melodies. It's obvious these Hillbillies aren't dillettantes; the playing is superb, without the kind of tongue-in-cheek irony that can be both obnoxious and condescending. Beacon Hillbillies may not be from anywhere near the Bluegrass state, but their music is real just the same, because it comes from the heart."- Megan Frampton
FREE MP3 SAMPLE "MIDNIGHT SUN" FROM BETTER PLACE 8.6 MB
Out of print-out of stock!
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
with John McGann, Dave Mattacks, Jim Whitney and others
Great writing and singing from the author of "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing"
Available at Amazon.com
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Flynn Cohen- Dead String Rhythm- I produced and played on this fine recording by a great composer/guitarist.
Chris Pandolfi-Manhattan Handoff I played mandolin on three tracks of the Young Lion's original bluegrass banjo CD.
The Wayfaring Strangers- Shifting Sands of Time (Rounder) First album with Andy Statman, Matt Glaser, Tony Trischka, Ralph Stanley, Tim O'Brien, and many others.
Cathie Ryan (Shanachie) Ex-Cherish the Ladies vocalist, produced by Seamus Egan. Cathie is a fantastic singer; I'm happy to have been included on this project.Played guitar, mandolin and steel guitar.
Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham, Christian LeMaitre-Celtic Fiddle Festival (Green Linnet). Live recording from the original lineup in 1992. I'm the guitarist.
Kips Bay Ceili Band- Digging In (Green Linnet). I play electric guitar and/ or mandolin, dobro, lap steel. I'm on every cut.
Kips Bay Ceili Band-Into the Light (Green Linnet); electric guitar on one live track from Denmark's Tønder Festival 1995.
Gaelic Roots (Kells) 2-CD collection to benefit the Boston College Irish Studies Program.Seamus Connolly was kind enough to include me in this concert which also featured great artists like James Kelly, Daithi Sproule, Sean Potts, Paddy Keenan, Jackie Daly, Seamus Egan, Liz Carroll, Joe Derrane and many other excellent traditional musicians. I play a set of reels on mandolin, unaccompanied..
Celtic Magic (EasyBeat/Rounder) includes "Sligo Lament" from Upslide, as well as great pieces from John Whelan, Seamus Connolly,Altan, Jerry O'Sullivan and others
Dance of the Celts (Narada) a collection of tunes including one track from my Upslide CD. Other artists featured include Pat Kilbride, Kornog, Altan, Dervish, Buttons and Bows, Pat Kirtley and others.
Flatpicking '97 (Flatpicking Guitar Magazine) Compilation of 22 guitarists including David Grier, Scott Nygaard, Norman Blake and others. Includes "Honeybee" from my Upslide CD. I'm also on just about every following year's complilation.
Yoshihiro Arita- Whale Dance (Strictly Country). Hiro was one of my main performance pals in the '80's, he is an amazing multi-instrumentalist, National Banjo Champion, and all around great guy. This CD mixes up original music, American traditional and Django swing. Lots of improvising and fun.
Frank Ferrel- Yankee Dreams (Flying Fish); Moxie (Ethno Disc). I play guitar and mandolin on most of these fiddle tunes, some written by Frank, some from the Irish/Scottish/ Cape Breton traditions.
Matt Glaser- Play Fiddle Play (Flying Fish). Played on two cuts, and arranged "Foggy Mountain Special" for four saxophones plus rhythm section.
American Café Orchestra- Egyptian Dominoes (Northeastern). 1992 debut of an international band with members from Denmark and the USA. I arranged and played guitar, pedal steel, mandolin and mandola on about half the album. A blend of American and Scandanavian music with our personal slant on things.
John Whelan-From the Heart (Oenoke). Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin on two tracks. John is one of the greatest Irish accordionists.
Sunday's Well- We Don't Care Where Your Grandparents Are From (East Side Digital). I produced and played electric guitar, banjo, drums (!), bass and lap steel on this Boston pub band's first CD. Irish and Western?
Billy Walsh- Art, Sex and Religion (Rubrick). Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, dobro and steel work on most tracks; all great original songs by my good friend.
Cormac McCarthy- Picture Gallery Blues (Green Linnet). Mandolin and guitar on two songs by this excellent Maine singer/songwriter's 1995 release.
Leslie Smith- These Things Wrapped (Waterbug). Mandolin on one tune, lots of good music here from a great songwriter, whose music is included on the best-selling CD of "Cry Cry Cry".
Rodney Miller Airplang II (GreatMeadow) reissue of 1987 recording with Peter Barnes.
Other session work includes Aine Minogue, Vance Gilbert, Jimmy Ryan, Jeanne Morrill, Fred Small, Eddie McGarry, New England Bluegrass Band, Terry Kitchen, Flynn Cohen, Joanne Olshansky, Wheeler/Carroll, Childsplay (Producer), Latter Day Lizards (Producer), and many others.
