Sarah McQuaid: Music
The Tempest
(Sarah McQuaid)
Trad arr. S. McQuaid/G. O’Beirne
I’ve slowed this down to a march tempo, which gives it quite a different feel from the way it’s usually played. We went for the kitchen sink on this one, but I think the tune can take it! I found the following tidbit in an old issue of Ceol magazine: “This reel with its peculiar rhythm John Kelly obtained from Patrick Ahern, an old fiddle player of Athea, Co. Limerick, and is typical of the music of that locality.” (Sarah – guitar; Gerry O’Beirne – ukelele; Colm McCaughey – fiddle; John McSherry – low whistle, uilleann pipes; Kevin Murphy – cello)