John Williams, Steam - 46m 17s

Tracks & Durations

1. The New Custom House, Le Set de Americain, & Harris Dance Tune (reels)	4:10
2. John Brady's & The Hawk from Dundalk (jigs)	3:07
3. Paddy Canny's Toast & Paddy Fahy's (slow reels)	3:12
4. Miss Hamilton (18th C harp music)	5:28
5. The Humours of Kilclogher and Mrs. O'Sullivan's (jigs)	4:20
6. Tuamgrainey Castle & The Peterswell Hornpipe (hornpipes)	3:19
7. Up In The Garret & The Old Tipperary (slip jig, double jig)	3:18
8. Seo Uileo Thoil & The Deer's March (ancient gaelic lullaby, march)	4:28
9. Bill Harte's, Rolling Down the Hill, & John Brady's (reels)	3:12
10. The Bridal Jig, The Handsome Young Maidens, & The Lancers Jig (jigs)	3:00
11. Billy Brocker's, The Old Dudeen, & The Night We Had the Goats (reels)	2:35
12. Johnny O'Leary's & Patrick Maloney's Favorite (jigs)	2:34
13. Within a Mile of Dublin, Seany Dorris' Reel, & P. J. Pecurious Pachelbel Special (reels)	3:25

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Review

John Williams is a button accordion and concertina player of rare ability, and on Steam, his second solo recording of traditional Irish dance tunes, he demonstrates it when, paradoxically, he plays with great restraint. Sure, there are some very lively sets of jigs, reels, and hornpipes here. The version of "John Brady's and the Hawk from Dundalk," which features fiddler Liz Carroll and banjoist Seamus Egan, is taken at a tempo that would tax even the quickest step dancer. And on "P.J.'s Pecurious Pachelbel Special," a witty take on the Canon in D, Williams includes some particularly fancy fingering. But it's on the slow tunes like "Miss Hamilton," a lovely 18th-century harp melody, or "Seol Uileo Thoil and The Deer's March," an unusual blend of a lullaby and a march, that Williams shows his true gift. To play fast requires little more than nimble fingers, but to play slowly, and with the feeling the John Williams does, you need a profound understanding of the music that transcends technique. --Michael Simmons

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