Tom Delany -The Lark's Call -The job of Journeywork, Dinny O'Brien's, The Pigeon on the Gate

A track from Tom Delany's new album due for release on the 24th of February 2022.
Available for download soon at www.tomdelany.com

“Here you may enjoy a sparkling collection by an Uilleann piper with a love of beauty in music, one who wears his
heart on his sleeve”. So says acclaimed producer and songwriter Gerry O’Beirne.
Born in France, Tom Delany has been playing Irish traditional music since the age of 12, when his Father Rory,
who emigrated from Ireland in the 1980’s taught him to play the tin whistle. By thirteen, Tom had picked up the
Uilleann pipes, and was already performing regularly around France. Inspired by the travelling style of piping which he
encountered in recordings of Johnny Doran, Paddy Keenan and Davy Spillane. Tom’s music was later greatly
influenced by the playing of Mickey Dunne, John McSherry and Blackie O’Connell. Since his first of many visits to
County Clare, Tom has developed a particular fondness for the music of the west of Ireland. A founder member of the
band Four Winds alongside Daoiri Farrell, Tom plays in duo with Caroline Keane and is a member of the transatlantic
collaboration Coast to Coast
Tom says “I've been toying with the idea of making an album for a few years. The more time I spent playing with
people around the world the more I realised how many ways there are to interpret Irish Music and that's the beauty of
it. Personally, I grew up listening to the music of the 70's- bands like the Bothy Band, Planxty or the Chieftains heavily
influenced my approach. So once I started putting this album together the tunes and arrangements naturally came to
me”. Gerry O’Beirne adds “ Tom Delany has been living near Dingle for the last few years and on these tracks you can
hear traces of the individualism that courses through the Corca Dhuibhne music scene. Evident too is the drive
associated with the music of the storied session pubs in Ennis where he has played with some of the best. But this
music harks back especially to the rolling roistering troubadours of 1970’s Ireland and it’s clear that he has spent more
time than most listening to the LPs of Mulligan and Claddagh, Topic and Gael Linn”.
Joining Tom on the album are some of Ireland’s finest Caroline Keane on Concertina, Alan Murray on Guitar &
Bouzouki, Brian O’Loughlin on Flute, Laura Kerr on Fiddle, Conor Lyons on Bodhrán, Camille Philippe on Mandolin, all
hewn together beautifully in studio by former Lúnasa guitarist Donogh Hennessy. Tom adds “I teamed up with some
of my very good friends who I knew understood the concept and my taste in music.  Most of the tunes recorded have
been around for decades if not centuries and will more than likely be at the centre of the tradition for a long time. The
pipes are obviously at the forefront but the album also includes whistles, concertina, fiddle, flute, mandolin, bodhran,
guitar and bouzouki played by some of my favourite players and all really old friends”.

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