GREAT MEADOW MUSIC

Wild Asparagus

Wild Asparagus is America’s “most traveled” contra band, and everywhere they go the halls are packed. People are whooping it up, enjoying their lively, sometimes hypnotic, joyous music. George Marshall (concertina and bodhran,) Ann Percival (piano and guitar) and David Cantieni (flute, whistles, alto saxophone and bombard) are the founders of Wild Asparagus. They are joined by Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Stuart Kenney (bass.) Very exciting music..

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Best of Wild Asparagus CD - $15 Hear Clip From Track #10

Wild Asparagus Some say Wild Asparagus is the hottest contra band from New England. Certainly those packing the local dance halls as they tour would agree. Best of Wild Asparagus includes selections from five Wild Asparagus' releases, starting with Music from a Little Known Planet in 1989, to their latest, Wherever You Go. As to their style of contra - Celtic influenced, but with their own special magic. 1. Fahey's,Woman of the House,Sligo Creek 2.Lafferty's 3.Contney's Yard, Heave Together, My Need 4.Mooncoin Jig,Whelan's 5. Jug of Punch,Jenny's Chickens 6. Norwegian Reinlender, Schottis from Idre 7. Camel Hump, Sam Bartlett's, Camel Hump 8.Enrichezvous 9 Baghad Gus, Gus Fuss 10 Congress Reel, Fisherman's Island, Return to Milltown 11 The Big Reel, Rare 12 Ootpik Waltz Sam Bartlett, David Cantieni, Van Kaynor, Stuart Kenney, Mary Lea, George Marshall, Ann Percival, Sue Sternberg, Becky Tracy Special Guests: Lee Blackwell, Keith Murphy, Danny Noveck, Dirk Powell, Mark Roberts, Pete Sutherland Total Time 56.54

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Call of the Wild CD - $15

Wild Asparagus Here you have accomplished musicians playing lively, traditional music with their own flare. Wild Asparagus have a sound all of their own. Their tune choices are interesting and fun and they have arranged them in a very harmonious order. This is seductive music that draws you into it's web. Beware! 1. Congress Reel, Fisherman's Island, Return to Milltown 2. Sean Ryan's, Tony Rowe's, The Castletown Connors, The Gold Stud 3. Sunday River 4. Lad O'Beirne's, Tommy Cohen's Reel 5. Skidoo 6. Cul Aodh Jig, I Don't Know Why, Wissahickon Drive 7. Camel Hump, Sam Bartlett's, Camel Hump 8. Rhinoceros for Sue 9. Shaskeen Jig 10. Shaskeen Reel, Concert Reel, John Stenson's #2 11. When we're gone, long gone 12. Fahey's, Woman of the House, Sligo Creek George Marshall, David Cantieni, Ann Percival, Susan Sternberg, Sam Bartlett, Dirk Powell, Danny Noveck, Peter Sutherland 1993

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From the Floor Up CD - $15

Wild Asparagus Wild Asparagus really struts it's stuff on this their third CD. George Marshall's swirling concertina plays tag with Becky Tracy's fiddle and David Canteini's flute, oboe and bombard. Ann Percival's creative yet solid rhythm on guitar and piano keeps the rest of the crew in line. Some of their most memorable cuts are here, such as Lafferty's, the Orphan and Belle Gaspesie medleys. 1. Evil Dianne, Torrid Romance, Evil Diane 2. Alabama Rain 3. Jug of Punch, Pinch of Snuff, Jenny's Chickens, The Gravel Walk 4. Sean's Waltz 5. Mooncoin Jig, Whelan's 6. The Setting 7. Rolling in the Barrel, The Morning Dew, Rolling in the Barrel 8. Hommage a la Belle Gaspesie, Diable Vert, Reel de Lievre, Festival des Voyageurs, Stuart's Groove 9. Hard Old Memories, Rambling in the Meadow 10. The Orphan, Old John's Jig, The Bank of Ireland 11. Lafferty's 12. The Skye Boat Song 13. The Fiddlers Bidding, The Phoenix, Sporting Paddy George Marshall, David Cantieni, Ann Percival, Becky Tracy, Sam Bartlett, Stuart Kenney 1997

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Tone Roads CD - $15

Wild Asparagus Tone Roads is the first CD for Wild Asparagus. Released in 1990, Tone Roads also released a flurry of excitement in the contra music scene. The dance crowds were waiting for this recording and their wait was rewarded with first class music that spread the joy and excitement beyond the dance community to new audiences. Audiences found that Wild Asparagus produced first class listening music too. 1. High Part of the Road, The Tipsy Sailor, Out on the Ocean 2. La Grondeuse, La Belle Cathrine, Alfred Montmarquette's F# minor Reel 3.Wissahickon Drive, Banks of Ireland 4. Come Along Jody 5. The Dancer 6. First House of Connaught, Joys of My Life, Fermoy Lasses, Ingonish, Father Kelly's 7. Ootpik Waltz 8. Julia Delaney, Dick Gossip 9. Norwegian Reinlender, Schottis from Idre 10. Paddy Fahey's, Jig of Slurs, Eddie Kelly's, Jig of Slurs 11. Far Away 12. Concert Reel, Paddy on the Landfill George Marshall, David Cantieni, Ann Percival, Mary Lea, Susan Sternberg, Stuart Kenney 1990

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Wherever You Go CD - $15

Wild Asparagus Wild Asparagus produces great folk music. Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett of Popcorn Behavior says it all. "Folk Music at its best: uniquely fine-tuned and complex arrangements that are always rooted in the raw energy of dance music. Wild Asparagus produces folk music so full of ideas that you'll never lose interest, and with so much groove that you'll never stop dancing" 1. Contney's Yard, Heave Together, My Needs 2. Superman's Song 3. Baghad Gus, Gus Fuss 4. Sport, Location, Location, Location 5. Love at the Five and Dime, Father Francis Cameron 6. Tommy Peoples', Man From Bundoran, Up the Track, Glass of Beer 7. Gavotte des Montagnes 8. Valse por Pele, Early 9. The Old Bush, The Scholar, Jenny Picking Cockles 10. Mapeking, Lark In the Morning 11. The Big Reel, Rare 12. Wherever You Go When You Sleep Becky Tracy, David Cantieni, George Marshall, Ann Percival, Stuart Kenney, Keith Murphy, Lee Blackwell 2001

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