Give Us Another - Joe Derrane with Felix Dolan

When Joe Derrane appeared at the Washington Irish Folk Festival in the mid-'90s, the 64-year-old button accordionist hadn't recorded in 40 years. He caused such a sensation, however, that Green Linnet invited the Boston native into the recording studio with duet partner Felix Dolan on piano. Derrane reemerged with Give Us Another, an all-instrumental affair that explains the excitement his 78s created in Irish-music circles during the late '40s and early '50s. On the new recording's 34 traditional tunes, Derrane again displays his gift for ornamenting a melody with triplets and grace notes while maintaining a crisp articulation on the squeeze box. --Geoffrey Himes Tracks: Shearing The Sheep/The Musical Priest 3:56  Knocknagow/Contentment Is Wealth 3:26  Thomond Bridge/The Belfast Hornpipe 3:41  The Broken Pledge/The Contradiction 3:32  Miss Bruce/The Absentminded Man/Welcome To Cork 3:14  The Liverpool Hornpipe/The Quarrelsome Piper/The Real Thing 4:36  The Silver Spire/Hitchner