Mairearad Green and Mike Vass · 2017
A Day A Month
Accordion and fiddle, all the melodies traditional, recorded in a croft house in Achnahaird and on the boat.
Recorded in a croft house Achnahaird, aboard Sweet Harmony Inverkip · Mixed and mastered Gloworm, West Regent Street
The back of the sleeve
- Recorded
- Mike Vass, in a small croft house in Mairearad’s home village of Achnahaird, and aboard his boat
- Mixed and mastered
- Iain Hutchison, GloWorm Recording
- Photography
- Sheila Green
- Cover
- Mairearad Green
- Catalogue
- Buie Records BUIECD04, 7 September 2017
- Players
- Mairearad Green, piano accordion · Mike Vass, fiddle and tenor guitar
People
- Recorded
- Mike Vass, in a small croft house in Mairearad’s home village of Achnahaird, and aboard his boat
- Mixed and mastered
- Iain Hutchison, GloWorm Recording
- Photography
- Sheila Green
- Cover
- Mairearad Green
- Catalogue
- Buie Records BUIECD04, 7 September 2017
- Players
- Mairearad Green, piano accordion · Mike Vass, fiddle and tenor guitar
The record
Ten sets of traditional tunes, puirt to reels, from the duo that would become A.D.A.M. It was recorded in a croft house in Mairearad Green’s home village of Achnahaird, and on Vass’s boat.
Tracks
- 01Puirt3:26
the tunes: Ruidhlidh na Coilich Dhubha · Ille Bhig
- 02Jigs4:10
- 03Dhomhnuil4:02
- 04Buntàta5:29
- 05Catch2:14
- 06Megs3:26
the tunes: Whisky Welcome Back Again · Meg Mhòr na Lurachan
- 07Reels3:12
- 08Hyndford2:59
- 09Miss Muir2:19
- 10Hail5:37
Cuttings
A line from each piece. Where the full piece is online, it is linked.
Bright Young Folk
…the jerky strathspey rhythms of Megs slot neatly into Vass’ economical and precise guitar chords.”
Folking.com
“Mike Vass’ guitar opens ‘Tha’m Buntàta Mòr’ with Mairearad’s accordion initially taking the melody before Mike’s fiddle sweeps back into the fray. It’s one the album’s best tracks.”
Connections
- Everybody Wants to Be Like Mary The duo became A.D.A.M