Colcannon

EST. 0 // ORIGIN: United States

Band Biography

Current Lineup

Brian Mullins

Cynthia Jaffe

Jean Bolger

Mick Bolger

Mike Fitzmaurice

Former Members

Colcannon Discography & Release Catalog

Three Days In May

2010 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Late April/Early May 4:02 2. Fare Thee Well, Whisky 4:22 3. Katie’s Rambles/Swimming in the Gutter 3:09 4. Jenny Picking Cockles/Jenny’s Chickens 5:15 5. An Bunnán Buí (The Yellow Bittern) 4:54 6. The Mother Set 3:26 7. Return to Fingal/The Golden Keyboard/The Toormore Slide/The Youngest Daughter 6:02 8. I Have a Rendezvous With Death 2:52 9. March of Ides 2:29 10. Koprivshtitsa 5:03 11. Planxty Macaleese 2:05 12. The Hermit 2:42 13. Man of Words 3:32 14. The Wheels of the World/The Man of the House 3:17 15. The Night Visit/The Earl’s Chair 5:43

The Pooka and the Fiddler & Happy as Larry

2005 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Tune - 'Britches full of Stiches' (trad.) - introduction 0:40 2. Tune - 'Ril Ui Raghaille' (trad.) - Sean Seamuisin Donnachada Ban 2:22 3. Tune - 'Humours of Tulla' (trad.) 1:14 4. "And Sean assumed that all was well ..." 2:46 5. The Pooka 0:59 6. Tune - 'The Dunmore Lasses' (trad.) 2:17 7. Tune - 'Aoibhneas Eilis Ui Chellaigh' (trad.) 1:11 8. "Except that somewhere in his mind ..." - tune - 'Slieve Russell' (trad.) 1:50 9. "Sean bent to get his fiddle out ..." - tune - 'Glenveagh' (Mike Fitzmaurice) 2:40 10. The Merry Sisters of Misery - tune - 'On a Cold Winter's Day' (trad.) 1:22 11. "Play a goltraí for us ..." - tune - 'Errigal McCreigh' (trad.) 3:06 12. "And now let's have a geantraí ..." 2:00 13. Song - 'Olaim Punch' (trad.) 1:34 14. Tune - 'Suantrai' (trad.) 3:03 15. "It's time to take our leave ..." - tune - 'The Dunmore Lasses' (trad.) 4:31 16. "When Sean had told his mother the story ..." - tune reprise - 'Ril Ui Raghaille' (trad.)/'The Bucks of Oranmore' (trad.) 2:28 17. Tune - 'Mahogany Gaspipe' (Mick Bolger) - introduction 1:43 18. Tune - 'Happy as Larry' (Mike Fitzmaurice) - "Yes, Larry was a happy man ..." 2:09 19. Tune - 'Britches full of Stitches' (trad.') - at the ceili 0:31 20. "Not so very far away ..." - tune - 'The Bo Junter' (trad.) 2:39 21. At Umrygar - "The king, meanwhile, had grown so sad ..." - tune - 'Umrygar' (Jean Bolger) 3:02 22. The happiest man in Ireland? "There was some brief discussion ..." 0:58 23. Tune - 'Mock-a-Ruddy' (Rod Garnett) - In the barley field. 0:47 24. The courtier arrives ... - tune - 'The Guttersnipe Hornpipe' (Brian Mullins) 3:43 25. Tune reprise - 'Umrygar' (Jean Bolger) 0:32 26. Larry and the King 4:21 27. Tune reprise - 'Mahogany Gaspipe' (Mick Bolger) 1:10

Saint Bartholemew's Feast

2000 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Saint Bartholemew's Feast 2:26 2. Little Drummer 3:20 3. Dermot O'Dowd/The Cloud Peak Rant/Tip, The Wonder Dog 4:02 4. Mary from Dungloe 5:06 5. Siamese Triplets 2:13 6. Henry Martin 4:05 7. Mo Ghrasa Ar Maidin/Port Mhuineachain 3:32 8. Cill Chais 3:29 9. The Wife of Riley's Brother 2:56 10. The Confession 2:13 11. The Third of January 4:54 12. Yellow Doll 3:51 13. The Bellefield 2:19 14. Silas 5:40 15. Cnoic Fhada Muighdhorna/An Chos Tinn/An Cailin Sa Chrann Silini 4:57

Corvus

2000 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Olaim Punch/The Pigtown Fling 2:04 2. County Carlow 3:03 3. The Ploughboy Lads 3:39 4. Green Tea/Blue Pantaloons/Lovely Lassie Winking 2:42 5. Last Letter Home 3:20 6. Roberto Corvus 3:12 7. April 3:24 8. Vespers Hinge 3:45 9. The Praties 4:10 10. Throw the Beetle at Her/Swaggering Jig/Tear It To Rags 3:24 11. Flags 3:12 12. The Best Dream 2:14 13. Margaret's Birthday 2:07 14. Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin 2:30 15. Bolton Street Medley (Bolton Street/Silver Tip/Silver Spire/Green Fields of Roscommon) 3:10

The Life of Riley's Brother

1995 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Deoraí/Pedals and Wheels 3:24 2. Bríd Bhéasach 2:55 3. Step It Out, Mary 3:02 4. Éamonn a' Chnoic/The Icy Sidewalk 4:36 5. Simple Again 3:49 6. The Life of Riley's Brother 3:13 7. General Grant's Visit 3:49 8. Like Martha Blake 3:48 9. Yeshe in the Garden 2:21 10. The Streets of Forbes 4:14 11. Blackbirds & Thrushes/Loud Mary 3:44 12. The Rare Ould Times 5:16 13. Mollaí Ní hAilpín/The Dusty Windowsill/The Merry Harriers 5:46

Athens Hotel

1993 // FULL-LENGTH

1. The Newry Highwayman 3:09 2. The Red Kite 2:54 3. Athens Hotel 3:20 4. Sister Josephine 3:05 5. Reels 3:02 6. Nancy Spain 4:58 7. Stella Maris 3:51 8. The Gentleman Soldier 2:52 9. The Streets of Our Town 4:26 10. Ben’s Two-Step / Jumping Ship 2:41 11. Crooked Jack 3:25 12. Cad Ē Sind Don Tē Sin 2:04 13. Glenveagh (medley) 5:35

Some Foreign Land

1991 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Siege of Kinsale / Flight to Salamanca 4:39 2. Bermuda Line 4:24 3. Gravel Walk 2:12 4. Planxty Colcannon 2:52 5. The Bachelor 2:51 6. Oxford Road / Bloom of Youth 2:43 7. Kilkelly 6:52 8. "P" Stands for Paddy 2:44 9. Balleydesmond Polkas 3:02 10. Anach Cuain 3:39 11. The Game Cock 2:58 12. Planxty Ellie Murphy 5:00 13. Slip Jigs: A Fig for a Kiss / Drops of Brandy / Up and Down Again 2:41 14. The Hungry Grass 4:11 15. The Rann Maker 4:31

The Parting Glass

1989 // FULL-LENGTH

1. Back Home in Derry --:-- 2. The Butterfly --:-- 3. Dark-eyed Molly --:-- 4. Three Drunken Maidens --:-- 5. Jigs: Smash the Windows / Lilting Banshee --:-- 6. I Wish They'd Do It Now --:-- 7. As I Roved Out --:-- 8. An Bealach Uaigneach --:-- 9. The Queen of Argyll --:-- 10. Reels: Peeler's Jacket / Ah, Surely / Green Mountain / Peeler's Jacket --:-- 11. Leaving Nancy --:-- 12. Bonny Ship the Diamond --:-- 13. Polkas: Salmontails Up the River / Rakes of Mallow / Tully Gaol / Salmontails --:-- 14. The Parting Glass --:--

Trad.

1970 // FULL-LENGTH

1. The Ale is Dear / The Glass of Beer 4:29 2. Mollai na gCuach Ni Chuilleanain (Curly Haired Molly Hollywood) 4:24 3. Ril Ui Raghaille (Reilly's Reel) / The Bucks of Oranmore 3:38 4. Benjamin Bowmaneer 4:08 5. Aoibhneas Eilis Ni Cheallaigh (Eilis Kelly's Delight) / Droim Chonga (Drim Cong) / Ryan's Rant 3:32 6. Jimmy, Mo Mhile Stor 3:47 7. Hunt the Cat / The Hatter From Nenagh 3:10 8. Alan Tyne of Harrow 4:37 9. Julia Delaney / McFarley's 4:30 10. The May Morning Dew 5:56 11. The New Road / Nelson's Pillar / An Bothar Cam (The Crooked Road) 3:11 12. The Wealthy Squire 2:33 13. Aililiu Na Gamhna 3:32 14. Young Terence MacDonough 4:45