Walker of the Snow

“By turn world-weary, tender and deeply philosophical, Tyrrell wanders through vastly different landscapes… Here be folk music as it was meant to be: pugilistic at times, all embracing at others. Tyrrell’s appetite for telling it like it is is as unquenchable as ever.”
Siobhan Long – Irish Times.

“No other writer or singer in Ireland would have apprehended the shadow much less made substance of this cycle of songs. This is an album to be listened to gently for the enjoyment of its gusto. It deserves the widest possible audience”. Eamonn Mc Cann

Taking its name from a poem by 19th century Dublin poet Charles Dawson Shanley, “The Walker of the Snow” is an album diverse in character but unified in direction.  Tyrrell’s voice, of course, takes center stage; its raw “growl” both conveys the album’s thematic cues and complements well its tendency toward sparse, atmospheric arrangements.  Tyrrell’s selections – some original, others taken from the traditional repertory, adapted from poetry or borrowed from songwriters outside the tradition – all revel in story and metaphor, often injected with a bracing (and disarming) directness that impels listeners to understand the messages in them.  
    The album’s musical arrangements are built on Tyrrell’s mandocello and tenor guitar, but many also include acoustic, electric & slide guitar, Hammond organ, and even synthesizer.  With this palette of instruments, all the tracks are able to retain a sense of bardic familiarity typical of Tyrrell’s style, but it allows in an occasional folk-rock sensibility that moves the album beyond the typical borders of Irish traditional song.

For example, his version of the traditional “She Moves Through The Fair,” echoes Fairport Convention’s 1968 folk-rock recording in tone.  However, Tyrrell’s unmistakable delivery and phrasing make the composition his own.  The same can be said of his take on John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero,” a song that few can adapt effectively, but one on which Tyrrell excels.Led by Tyrrell’s powerful voice, “The Walker of the Snow” is an excellent album that explores the corners of existential meaning.  It will surely appeal to trad fans, especially those interested in ballads and vocal music, but Tyrrell’s style is hard to pin down and can therefore reach out across genres – hopefully, people “out there” will hear him.

Daniel Neely Irish Echo

Track List

‘Sad Gypsy  ‘Reading Gaol’ ‘Ringsend’ ‘Sammy’s Bar’ ‘She Moves Through The Fair’ ‘Old Man And The Flower’ ‘Walker Of The Snow’ ’You Are My Sunshine’ ‘Working Life Out’ ‘The Lark In The Morning’ ‘Seal Tamall ar Strae’ ‘The Derry Air’ ’On Top Of Old Smokey’ ‘Working Class Hero’ ‘Hung Out To Dry’ ‘The Black Hole’ ‘Raggad In Paris’ ‘I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound’

Cry of a Dreamer

In the middle of the fourteen unsurpassable and frighteningly good tracks on Cry Of A Dreamer there’s a trilogy of poems by John Boyle O’Reilly set to music by Sean Tyrrell. “The genuine article” Billboard (US)

 “Words are recruited by him (Tyrrell) from a kaleidoscope of eras, sources and writers, fed into the processor of his cranium, to be measured, tried on and fitted out with the singer’s forte  – a fine tune”, The Irish Times

 “(Tyrrell) displays an assortment of indigenous musical styles from Cajun to Blues, to rock to Irish traditional”, held together by astonishingly accomplished musicianship, rooted in the heartfelt tradition of honesty” HotPress

Track List

‘Mattie’ ‘Coast of Malabar’ ‘Demolition Dan’ ‘Isle of Innisfree’ ‘House of Delight’ ‘November Rain’ ‘Blue-Green Bangle’ Trilogy: ‘Message of Peace’ ‘Cry of the Dreamer’ ‘Only from Day to Day’ ‘No-Go’ ‘Connie’s Song’ ‘Fortune for the Finder’ ‘The Twelfth of July’

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There is a serious Roy Harperish originality to this guy, even though he sings a lot of other people’s songs and trad anthems such as Wild Mountain Thyme.

Seán Tyrrell has fostered a reputation as a lover of language, of poetry, of words strung together in webs that capture moments and places.  This reputation was confirmed by his first album (released in 1994) and is further strengthened by this latest CD. Roots.

Track List

‘The Rising of the Moon’ ‘The Orchard’ ‘The Lights of Little Christmas’  ‘Bad Luck to this Marching’ ‘One Eye Open’ ‘Song of Wandering Aengus’ ‘Roisin came with the Wren Boys’ ‘Dark Horse on the Wind’ ‘John Lewis’s/The Kilfada’ ‘Game Over’ ‘The Ghost of Billy Mulvihill’ ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ ‘Skin the Goat’ ‘Red River Valley’ ‘Maidin Shámhna’ ‘Lilia’s Crush/The Humours of Áine’

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Message of Peace (Double CD)

‘Message Of Peace’ tells the amazing story of a lesser-known Irish hero John Boyle O’Reilly…Tyrrell effortlessly traces his journey from early childhood set against a backdrop of famine, revolution, Fenianism… intertwined with songs ranging from O’Reilly’s own poems set to music by Seán to among others Bob Dylan,  Bobby Sands , Oscar Wilde…

Rising Tide

Rising Tide’ is a collective brilliant visual and aural narrative, full of fresh and inspired convictions, delivered in a self -assured and luminously distinctive voice. Irish Examiner.

‘Side by Side’ ‘Marian’s Song’ ‘Coast of Malabar’ ‘Such a Night of Stars’ The Quaker’ ‘Cap and Bells’ ‘The Lights of Little Christmas’ ‘Game Over’ ‘The Ghost of Billy Mulvihill’ ‘The Twelfth of July’ ‘South of the Border’ ‘Isle of Innisfree’ ‘The Man for Galway’ ‘Connie’s Song’ ‘Green Eye of the Little Yellow God’ ‘Time You Old Gypsyman’ Mattie

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Sean Tyrrell’s album of songs and tunes recorded at his home in County Clare. Released in the Spring of 2002.

‘Time you Old Gypsy Man’ ‘Satisfied Mind’ ‘Sweet Ballyvaughan’ ‘Midnight in the Burren’ ‘The Faltering Flame’ ‘All the Wild Young Children’ ‘The Black Kerryman/The Moon Chasing Down the clouds catching rabbits’ ‘One Starry Night’ ‘An Spailpín Fánach ‘Mulvihill’s/Irish Washerwoman/Whelan’s’ ‘John 0′Dreams”Green Eye of the Little Yellow God’ ‘Belladonna in the Bar’ ‘Hotel du Cain’ ‘Dead Kings’ ‘Fahy’s’ ‘The Stolen Child’ ‘Hocus Pocus’

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The Seán Tyrrell Collection( 6 CD’s Plus)

A brilliant collection of six CD’s at a great price! Plus your choice of either Walker Of The Snow or Message Of Peace Double CD. All at the great price of €65 and includes postage.

Cry of a Dreamer

Mattie’ ‘Coast of Malabar’ ‘Demolition Dan’ ‘Isle of Innisfree’  ‘House of Delight’ ‘November Rain’ ‘Blue-Green Bangle’ Trilogy: ‘Message of Peace’ ‘Cry of the Dreamer’ ‘Only from Day to Day’ No-Go’ ‘Connie’s Song’ ‘Fortune for the Finder’ ‘The Twelfth of July’

THE ORCHARD,

‘The Rising of the Moon’ ‘The Orchard’ ‘The Lights of Little Christmas’  ‘Bad Luck to this Marching’ ‘One Eye Open’ ‘Song of Wandering Aengus’ ‘Roisin came with the Wren Boys’ ‘Dark Horse on the Wind’ ‘John Lewis’s/The Kilfada’ ‘Game Over’ ‘The Ghost of Billy Mulvihill’ ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ ‘Skin the Goat’ ‘Red River Valley’ ‘Maidin Shámhna’ ‘Lilia’s Crush/The Humours of Áine’

BELLADONNA

‘Time you Old Gypsy Man’ ‘Satisfied Mind’ ‘Sweet Ballyvaughan’ ‘Midnight in the Burren’ ‘The Faltering Flame’ ‘All the Wild Young Children’ ‘The Black Kerryman/The Moon Chasing Down the clouds catching rabbits’ ‘One Starry Night’ ‘An Spailpín Fánach ‘Mulvihill’s/Irish Washerwoman/Whelan’s’ ‘John 0′Dreams”Green Eye of the Little Yellow God’ ‘Belladonna in the Bar’ ‘Hotel du Cain’ ‘Dead Kings’ ‘Fahy’s’ ‘The Stolen Child’ ‘Hocus Pocus’

Rising Tide

‘Side by Side’ ‘Marian’s Song’ ‘Coast of Malabar’ ‘Such a Night of Stars’ The Quaker’ ‘Cap and Bells’ ‘The Lights of Little Christmas’ ‘Game Over’ ‘The Ghost of Billy Mulvihill’ ‘The Twelfth of July’ ‘South of the Border’ ‘Isle of Innisfree’ ‘The Man for Galway’ ‘Connie’s Song’ ‘Green Eye of the Little Yellow God’ ‘Time You Old Gypsyman’ Mattie

SEÁN TYRRELL LIVE

‘Bad luck to the Marching”Boolavogue’ ‘Phil the Fluters Ball”Dark Horse on the Wind’ ‘Seal Tamall Ar Strae’ ‘Sliabh Na Mban’ ‘Ballyroan’ ‘An Spailpin Fanach’ ‘Elegant People’ ‘Rambling Pitchfork’ ‘Rock Salt and Nails’ ‘Hocus Pocus’ ‘Carraigdonn’ ‘Sammy’s Bar’ ‘Derry Air’ ‘Harvest Home’ ‘Rambler and a Gambler’

BELLADONNA Solo Mix.

‘Time you Old Gypsy Man’ ‘Satisfied Mind’ ‘Sweet Ballyvaughan’ ‘Midnight in the Burren’ ‘The Faltering Flame’ ‘All the Wild Young Children’ ‘The Black Kerryman/The Moon Chasing Down the clouds catching rabbits’ ‘One Starry Night’ ‘An Spailpín Fánach ‘Mulvihill’s/Irish Washerwoman/Whelan’s’ ‘John 0′Dreams”Green Eye of the Little Yellow God’ ‘Belladonna in the Bar’ ‘Hotel du Cain’ ‘Dead Kings’ ‘Fahy’s’ ‘The Stolen Child’ ‘Hocus Pocus’

Belladonna Solo Mix

The Belladonna Solo Mix Album.

And so the story goes….
Tyrrell, Glackin, Browne.

An intuitive ease, bred of years sharing tunes and sessions, marks the mood and tenor of this long-awaited collaboration from singer Seán Tyrrell, fiddler Kevin Glackin and piper Ronan Browne.