Joanie Madden - A Whistle on the Wind (1994)

"My earliest childhood memory is of Irish music sessions in our house. I was always mad for music and my mother could never get me to go to bed whenever there was any kind of hooley taking place at the many house parties that my parents hosted. New York was and still is one of the best hotbeds for traditional Irish music in the world and I was so fortunate to get to hear and play with so many of the greats." ~ Joanie Madden

Born in the Woodlawn section of The Bronx, New York, Joanie Madden has found her musical inspiration in her ancestral home of Ireland. The first American to win the Senior All-Ireland championship on the tin whistle, Madden is the youngest member inducted into the Irish-American Musicians Hall of Fame. The founder and leader of Cherish the Ladies, a band comprised of first generation Irish-American musicians, Madden has been equally successful on her own.

Personnel: Joanie Madden (flute, low whistle, whistle), Joe Madden (accordion), Johnny McDonagh (bodhran), Martin Murray (engineer), Mark Simos (guitar), Alyssa Pava (cello), John Williams (concertina), Liam Clancy (poetry, performer), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Mary Coogan (guitar), Gabriel Donohue (bass, producer, bodhran, bass acoustic, engineer, guitar, piano, bouzouki).

tracklist:

01. Marcus Hernon's Air
02. Johnny Doherty's/Sean Sa Cheo/Lady Gordon
03. The Idle Road/Tommy Mulhaire's/Ned Coleman's
04. Uncle Dano's/The Midnight Hornpipe
05. A Whistle On The Wind/The Jug Of Punch/The Dogs Among The Bushes
06. Hyne's March/Johnny Harling's/The Lasses Of Ballintra
07. Molly Ban/Paddy Lynn's Delite/Jack Maguire's/King Of The Clans
08. The Cat's Meow/Partners In Crime
09. Aggie White's/Miss Thornton/Rip The Calico
10. Blind Mary
11. The Smiling Lady/The Nervous Man/Sean Ryan's
12. John Brady's/The High Reel/Martin Wynne's
13. Mary Hynes

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