The Flow
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The Flow is an album by Chris Leslie.
This album is mostly instrumental. Although Chris Leslie is best known for his fiddle playing in Fairport Convention, these cuts sound nothing like Fairport. Some of it sounds like music of Thailand or Tibet, and other parts sound jazzy or new age. Perhaps the Scottish band "Shooglenifty" are the nearest reference point. It has a shimmering, slightly hestitant quality to it.
Running time 42 minutes 44 seconds. Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire 1997. Tracks 2 and 6 produced by Simon Mayor. Other tracks produced by Tim Healey. Released on CD in 1997.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ballydesmond/ Scartaglen" (Trad)
- "Eliz Iza/ Derobee de Guingamp" (Trad / Trad)
- "Aignish" (Traditional)
- "The Witch of the Glen" (Trad)
- "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (Words: Thomas Moore. Tune: Trad)
- "Lime Rock" (Trad)
- "The Old Blackbird" (Trad)
- "The Flow" (Chris Leslie)
- "Niel Gow's Lament for Abercairney" (Niel Gow)
- "Paddy Ryan's Dream/ The Inimitable Reel/ The Macroom Lassies" (Trad)
- "Kishmul's Galley" (Trad)
- "Tune for the Land of Snows" (Chris Leslie)
[edit] Personnel
- Chris Leslie (violins, tingshaws, singing bowl, electric tambura)
- Maartin Allcock (acoustic guitar, electric guitar)
- Simon Mayor (mandola, mandocello, mandolin)
- Margaret Knight (concert harp)
- Anne-Marie Doyle (Irish step-dancing)
- Martin Simpson (acoustic guitar)
- Ric Sanders (electric violin, viola, cello).
