Loftus

loftus

Track Listings

1. Raisin

2. Emma's Rubber Leg

3. Haywine

4. Stolen From a Rifle Clean Brothel

5. King Carp in a Dan Ryan Ditch

6. Theme from Loftus Nine

7. Nervous

8. Bell and Hammer

9. Penguin Boy's Love Story

10. When the Electricity Goes Out in the Submarine

11. Marlon Perkins

12. Cake

13. Blind

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Brian Deck (Red Red Meat, Orso)
Curtis Harvey (Rex)
Phil Spirito (Rex)
Ben Massarella (Red Red Meat)
Tim Hurley (Red Red Meat)
Doug Scharin (Out In Worship, June of '44)
Tim Rutili (Red Red Meat, Califone)
Bundy K. Brown (Tortoise, Directions)

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Loftus

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Great duet!

Across the Black River
Kevin Burke , and Cal Scott
Manufacturer: Loftus Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PLXFJ2
Release Date: 2007-05-08

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The Green Fields of Woodford / Seanamhac Tube Station
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Product Description

This recording is an exciting collaboration between renowned Irish fiddler, Kevin Burke, and guitarist/composer, Cal Scott. For over 30 years Kevin has been a well-known figure in the Irish music world both as a soloist and as a member of such esteemed groups as The Bothy Band, Patrick Street and The Celtic Fiddle Festival. Cal Scott, a principle member of Oregon's perennially popular Trail Band, has played in folk, rock and jazz groups for three decades; recorded and produced over twenty CDs; and has composed music for many films including over thirty documentaries for PBS. Across the Black River features the unique talents of musicians, Johnny B. Connolly (accordion) from Bridgetown, Michael McGoldrick (flutes) from Capercaillie and Phil Baker (bass) from Pink Martini. As well as beautifully crafted interpretations of traditional tunes Across the Black River includes two waltzes, both written by Cal, a reworking of a Bill Monroe bluegrass classic and an air written by Phil Cunningham in remembrance of his brother, Johnny, the famous Scottish fiddler.

Album Description

This CD is a collaboration between Irish fiddler, Kevin Burke, and guitarist/composer, Cal Scott. For over 30 years, Kevin's been well-known in Irish music both as a soloist and as a member of The Bothy Band, Patrick Street and The Celtic Fiddle Festival. Cal Scott, of Oregon's Trail Band, has played in folk, rock and jazz groups for three decades; recorded and produced over 20 CDs; and composed music for many films including over 30 PBS documentaries. Across the Black River features Johnny B. Connolly (accordion) from Bridgetown, Michael McGoldrick (flutes) from Capercaillie and Phil Baker (bass) from Pink Martini. As well as beautifully crafted interpretations of traditional tunes, Across the Black River includes an air written by Phil Cunningham in remembrance of his brother, Johnny, the famous Scottish fiddler.

Customer Reviews:

Great duet!.......2007-05-17

Kevin Burke has never sounded better than on this first outing on his own record label. Cal Scott joins him on guitar through predominantly, though not exclusively, Irish traditional tunes played the Kevin Burke way. Both contribute some original tunes that fit comfortably together in this inspired mix. Scott is the real surprise here; he accompanies Irish tunes just fine. Some tunes include well-known guest musicians to provide extra texture to a tune with flute, button accordion, or electric bass. If you're a Burke fan already, you should like this CD. If you don't mind tasteful variations tossed in among your Irish traditional music, you'll like this. All instrumental, played by masters.

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A delicate fusion of classical and folk timbres
Good music...odd recording.
Carolan's Harp

Carolan's Harp
Turlough O'Carolan , Andrew Lawrence-King , and The Harp Consort
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Celtic Harp/O'Carolan's Dream/The Music of O'Carolan
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Mephisto & Co.

ASIN: B000001TZM
Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

Carolan's Harp: Try If It Is In Tune
Carolan's Harp: Mr. James Betagh
Carolan's Harp: Jigg To The Above
Carolan's Lamentation: Carolan's Lamentn
Carolan's Receipt For Whiskey: Carolan's Receipt
Carolan's Receipt For Whiskey: Bumper Squire Jones
Carolan's Concerto: Docr. Delaney & Loftus Jones
Carolan's Concerto: Mrs. Costeloe
Carolan's Concerto: Susai Ni Cheallaigh
Carolan's Concerto: Sr Arthur Shean
Carolan's Concerto: Planxty Connor
Carolan's Dream: Carolan's Rambles to Teague (Variations On When She Cam Bem)
Carolan's Dream: Fairy Queen By sigr e Carrollini
Carolan's Dream: Ta Me Mo chodladh
Carolan's Dream: Bridget Cruise
Carolan's Dream
Carolan's Dream: I'm asleep & don't waken me
Carolan's Devotion: Miss MacDermott (The Arethusa)
Carolan's Devotion: Carrollan's Devotion
Carolan's Devotion: Mr. Hugh O'Donnel
Carolan's Farwell To Music: O Flin
Carolan's Farwell To Music: Carolan's Cup
Carolan's Farwell To Music: Carolan's Farewell
Carolan's Farwell To Music: Seperation Of Soul And Body
Carolan's Farwell To Music: Charles MacCabe's Lamentation For His Dear And Beloved Friend, Terence Carolan

Customer Reviews:

A delicate fusion of classical and folk timbres.......2006-09-30

Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), a blind, itinerant harper from Baroque-era Ireland, is noted for his enduring compositions, which combine the best of continental Baroque sensibilities with the traditional music of his native land. In "O'Carolan's Harp," noted early music artist Andrew Lawrence King and his Harp Consort offer a graceful, nuanced interpretation of that fusion of elements. Sparkling metal-strung Irish harps join with violins and viols, citterns and gitterns, flutes, bagpipes and occasional drums to produce a glittering period sound tending towards the pensive or quietly mournful, but periodically erupting into bouyant joy. For this recording, The Harp Consort comprises no less than thirteen musicians, including King on harps, David Douglass on violin, Paul O'Dette on theorbo, cittern and guitar, Pedro Estevan on percussion, Belinda Sykes on shawm and bagpipes, and singers Caitriona O'Leary and Nigel Rogers. Other gentle interpretations of O'Carolan's music include Narada's compilation albums: "Celtic Treasure" I and II. For more early music by Andrew Lawrence King and The Harp Consort, try the ebulliently spicey "Spanish Dances" and "Missa Mexicana," or the modal medieval beauty of "Miracles of Notre-Dame."

Good music...odd recording........2005-03-19

No question that there is some really nice music here, but this is one of the strangest recordings I've heard since the first decade of digital. At most volume levels, the quiet, ethereal music is too soft, esp. the solo harp pieces...then, once you find the optimal volume level for that music, the louder and more rambunctious music comes across uncomfortably loud.

With the resonant acoustic, and the variety of instrumental timbres and combinations involved, this may not have been an easy recording to make, but it seems the dynamic range is still unnaturally wide. If the music itself wasn't so enjoyable, my copy would probably be sitting in a used CD bin, but after a lot of "tweaking" with the volume level, I finally found one--and ONLY one--volume setting at which all of the music comes across reasonably clearly, w/o having to sit right in front of the speakers or listen on headphones; so I made a note of that level and put it in the CD booklet.

If you are a person who has a CD changer, and likes to make programs, you can forget including this one in a "mix:" virtually anything you play with it sounds MUCH too loud by comparison.

In case you're skeptical about my review, I am by no means "fussy" about recording quality. I've collected well over a thousand CD's over twenty years, and I can only recall having a similar complaint about a couple of other recordings.

Carolan's Harp.......2004-04-09

This work is a wonderful tribute to a musical genius form the late 1600's / early 1700's. Some have called Carolan the National Composer of Ireland. The arrangements are suprerb, the recording is bright and warm and the material ( like all great art ), remains fresh and vibrant even today. The music is both unmistakeably irish / continental and baroque. If you are thinking about this work ... stop thinking and get it.

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Music Blew Me Away!
His music has the soul, all musician should provide to us.
Music for Dreamers and Lovers
The most gentle, luscious Celtic music I have EVER heard!
Aryeh Frankfurter's album is serenly beautiful.

O'Carolan's Dream
Aryeh Frankfurter
Manufacturer: Songbird
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009D3X
Release Date: 1998-07-07

Tracks:

Captain O'Kane
O'Carolan's Quarrel With The Landlady
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Squire Woods Lamentation on The Refusal Of His Half Pence
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Plaxty Colonel Irwin/Lord Inchiquin
O'Carolan's Cup
Lady Athenry
Roe O'Neil's Lamentation
Planxty Browne
Loftus Jones
O'Carolan's Dream

Customer Reviews:

Music Blew Me Away!.......2002-09-05

I recently had the opportunity to hear Aryeh at the Kings Mountain Art & Music Faire in Woodside, CA. I heard about 30 seconds of his live music and stepped up to buy one of his CD's. This one was recommended and I must admit this music does indeed possess special spiritual and spacial qualities. I knew I'd find the artist who would play the harp as it has always been associated- with heavenly sounds. This music is fabulous and is a bit of a departure from his previous more traditional Celtic influences. Although, I'm trying to find his Songs of Scandinavian CD through a regular source, and I'm not finding it. Don't pass this music up if you're looking for lift in your consciousness too.

His music has the soul, all musician should provide to us........1999-12-12

When I listened to private sampler, copy of Frankfurter's harp from my best friend, I've started to order this CD before tape finished. Actually, this is the most beautiful celtic music album, I've ever listened. However, more than that, his music has the soul, which all musician should provide to listener. But, we can rarely get it. I think this CD is the treasure in my life. I want to encourage you to meet this finest album. At least, you can understand why I'm so happy that I'm writing this to you. I hope you will appreciate it, like I did to my friend for his kind introduction.

Music for Dreamers and Lovers.......1999-12-08

The musical genius of Mr. Frankfurter weaves together the voices of harp, strings, and other instuments, in his own arrangements of classical melodies as well as original compositions. This music evokes what is best in all of us. Great for meditation, massage time, or rocking your toddler to sleep. Better than The Chieftains!

The most gentle, luscious Celtic music I have EVER heard!.......1999-08-17

I just sent this email to Aryeh. It conveys so well how I feel about his music that I thought I'd share it here, too:

"I heard your harp as I walked towards Fisherman's Wharf recently on my very first visit to San Francisco, and I turned to my sister and said, "Where is that wonderful music coming from? Let's find it!" We followed our ears (and hearts) to Ghirardelli Square and watched and listened to you play your beautiful music. I was totally entranced. I have been in love with Celtic music for several years, and I own an extensive collection of Celtic music CDs and other "world" music. But your masterful playing of the harp moved me in a way I haven't felt before.

I bought "Lest the Harp Strings Unravel" that day, and I've listened to it at work and at home every day since I got back to Florida. It amazes me that I never tire of it, even if the same CD plays over and over again for 10 or 12 hours. Just hearing the gentle, luscious strains of your harp transports me back to the Bay and that gorgeous day in the City.

I think now that I must have more! I'll definitely be ordering more of your music - for myself and others. Thanks for playing it for us."

Aryeh Frankfurter's album is serenly beautiful........1998-12-19

I own several of Aryeh's albums. His music is hauntingly beautiful. Of all my albums, his are my favorite. I can listen to them all day, day after day. I am currently purchasing this album for a dear friend and her newborn. I can think of no better music to refresh the mother and calm the infant, allowing them both to enter into a most beautiful musical world.

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Remarkable!
Stunning performances by and outstanding group
Stunning performances by and outstanding group

Sweet Harmony

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Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001

ASIN: B00005UV41
Release Date: 2001-12-15

Tracks:

No Mark - from Four Pastorales (Cecil Effinger)
Noon - from Four Pastorales (Cecil Effinger)
Basket - from Four Pastorales (Cecil Effinger)
Wood - from Four Pastorales (Cecil Effinger)
To Daffodiles - from Five Flower Songs (Benjamin Britten)
, The Succession of the Four Sweet Months - from Five Flower Songs (Benjamin Britten)
Marsh Flowers - from Five Flower Songs (Benjamin Britten)
The Evening Primrose - from Five Flower Songs (Benjamin Britten)
Ballad of Green Broom - from Five Flower Songs (Benjamin Britten)
May - from The Rossetti Songs (James Hopkins)
Echo (Come to Me in the Silence of the Night) - from The Rossetti Songs (James Hopkins)
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Soir sur la plaine (Lili Boulanger)
There Will Be Rest (Frank Ticheli)
In Praise of Music (John Alexander)
Sweet Harmony (John Alexander)

Album Description

This album features Pacific Chorale's 30-voice professional chamber ensemble performing both a cappella and accompanied choral music.

Cecil Effinger's set of four songs is based on the poems of Thomas Hornsby Ferril. All of the songs are accompanied by the mournful and beautiful tones of a solo oboe.

Benjamin Britten wrote his Five Flower Songs in 1950 as a "floral" tribute to his friends Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst on their silver wedding anniversary.

James Hopkins composed "Echo (Come to Me in the Silence of the Night)" as a gift to Pacific Chorale. The successful reception of that movement encouraged Hopkins to create an entire song cycle featuring the beautiful, mostly wistful poetry of Christina Rossetti.

Lili Boulanger entered the Prix de Rome competition in 1913, becoming one of the few women ever permitted to attempt the contest—and the first to win it. "Soir sur la plaine" was Boulanger's first-round submission. This recording features the piano reduction of the restored orchestral score.

Sara Teasdale's "There Will Be Rest," one of her last poems, is a perfect summary of her lifelong concern for the stars and their ancient promise of peace. Frank Ticheli's choral setting is designed to capture the poem's purity of spirit and delicate lyricism.

In 1996 John Alexander embarked on a project to compose a collection of songs using texts which demonstrate the extraordinary effect music has on the human experience. "Musica," (which is featured on Pacific Chorale's recording of the same name), uses an anonymous Latin text, first set to music by Orlando di Lasso in the 16th century. "In Praise of Music" is set to John Dryden's A Song for St. Cecilia's Day and "Sweet Harmony." is set to text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene 1.

Customer Reviews:

Remarkable!.......2002-03-15

Great musicianship. Accomplished with the proficiency of masters, this music as a true artform performed with the greatest skill!

Stunning performances by and outstanding group.......2002-03-01

This is a stunning performance by an outstanding new ensemble. The John Alexander Singers have only been around for about 8 years, but have developed into a wonderful group under the baton of Maestro Alexander. The CD itself offers a nice variety of 20th century music that is beautifully performed and easy to understand. The Effinger pieces are accompanied by superb oboist Lon Bussell. The clarity of line and subtle nuance of dynamic are most enjoyable. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys fine A Capella ensemble singing.

Stunning performances by and outstanding group.......2002-03-01

This is a stunning performance by an outstanding new ensemble. The John Alexander Singers have only been around for about 8 years, but have developed into a wonderful group under the baton of Maestro Alexander. The CD itself offers a nice variety of 20th century music that is beautifully performed and easy to understand. The Effinger pieces are accompanied by superb oboist Len Bussell. The clarity of line and subtle nuance of dynamic are most enjoyable. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys fine A Capella ensemble singing.

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Straight to Amy
Amy Loftus
Manufacturer: Appletree
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007YLML0
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Produced by Will Kimbrough (Todd Snider, Kate Campbell, Adrienne Young) John Prine's bass player Dave Jacques, Patty Griffin and Emmylou Harris' keyboardist John Deaderick among others appear. Twelve strong original songs and a folk version of the Clash's "Straight to Hell"

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Times Change
Edward Loftus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000N6JSQ8

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11 tracks

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The Fame Game

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007BK4A
Release Date: 2002-10-28

Tracks:

Sweet Little Lady
I'll Sing It
Senorita Tell Me Why
Midsummer Night's Dream Come True
Land Of Make Believe
The Fame Game
All Inside Of You
Burn The Candle At Both Ends
Man Who's Really Been Around the Town
This Cycle
Mary Kate
Heaven In Your Heart
Should Anything Ever Happen
Where Do You Go?

Album Description

The theme intricately woven through this extremely melodic, thought- provoking CD is the struggle of it's characters to achieve fame and fortune in LA or the Big Apple. The title track, along with "Sweet Little Lady" and "Man Who's Really Been Around the Town" drive that theme home quite well. Other songs that contribute to the tone are "This Cycle", a disparaging lament of a day in the life; the sensual saga of the steamy side is captured in two-back-to-back funk rock numbers "All Inside Of You" and "Burn the Candle At Both Ends". Striking departures welcome the listener with the beautiful ballad writing Jim is capable of. "Midsummer Night's Dream Come True" see its central figure a woman trapped in Shakespeare's era(1592—inspired by the film "Shakespeare In Love"),unable to enact the roles in her time—and so she comes in a dream to play the various great roles of Juliet, Lady Macbeth, etc(and so her struggle for fame and recognition is relegated to someone's dreams—a stroke of genius on this writers part).

Following this Beatlesque gem is another dreamscape—"Land of Make Believe"—a lovely samba with a Genesis/Peter Gabriel atmosphere with clever tongue-twisting lyrics. "Mary Kate" is a Boston dreamballad about a pending high-school reunion; "Heaven In Your Heart" and "Should Anything Ever Happen" could be NSync's next two hits—absolutely beautiful modern pop songs with multiple part harmonies; and "Where Do You Go" is a brilliant ballad ala Elton John dealing with a woman trapped in a loveless marriage. The two remaining songs are possibly everyone's favorite songs on the CD and have been featured in the media. "Senorita Tell Me Why" was inspired by viewing a Ricky Martin special, and was written immediately after within one hour! This and many other tunes have received airplay in PA—"Senorita" additionally has been performed with Jim's trio "Three Together" in an opening act performance with Todd Rundgren, and on the Valley Arts TV show hosted by Paul Willistein on RCN Cable ! CH .4 in the Lehigh Valley.& the Blues Crew, does this sizzling tune with Jim as a duet—that Keith Richards guitar is Mr.Mike Rauscher(ex-Armadillos/ Seamrippers

Loftus
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One of the great

Great Album

Maybe I need more time.

Opiate Hillbilly Amalgam

One of the greatest accidental recordings of the '90s

Loftus
Loftus
Manufacturer: Perishable
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I6Q9
Release Date: 1998-01-01

Tracks:

Raisin
Emma's Rubber Leg
Haywine
Stolen From a Rifle Clean Brothel
King Carp in a Dan Ryan Ditch
Theme from Loftus Nine
Nervous
Bell and Hammer
Penguin Boy's Love Story
When the Electricity Goes Out in the Submarine
Marlon Perkins
Cake
Blind

Customer Reviews:

One of the great.......2005-05-06

This is such an amazing album, but one wonders why you would pay almost $40.00 for something you can buy on the Perishable Records website for $13.00.

Great Album.......2005-03-24

I really miss the days of Red Red Meat, June of 44, and Rex. This album really brings back some of that warm feeling. There are 1 or two tracks that are a little to improvisational but the majority of this side project album is well crafted and beautiful. If you like Califone, you need this record in your collection. The cover appears to be hand made. There is sandpaper glued to the front and the jaw is screen printed onto it. The cover is of a fine paper. Perisable records really puts an effort into packaging.

Maybe I need more time........2003-06-18

I really am questioning Pitchfork on this one. I just don't hear it!

Opiate Hillbilly Amalgam.......2003-04-25

This sounds like a drunken hillbilly and a bluesman got into a fistfight in a studio submerged in a sea of codeine and liquid valium. Inspired, weird, frightening and beautiful.

One of the greatest accidental recordings of the '90s.......1999-11-30

Picked it up after catching Curtis Harvey and Orso at Metro Cafe in DC. Can't stop listening to it. You are lucky to have stumbled upon this

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