{"title":"Michael McGoldrick","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"michael-mcgoldrick-fused","title":"Fused","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael McGoldrick - Fused\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fused”, is a masterpiece, mixing traditional with trance and fusion. The collection of some of Mike’s favourite tunes as well as some brilliant self-penned tracks has been described as one of the most ground-breaking folk albums of all time, redirecting the future of traditional music. The album boasts contributions from some of the leading lights in Celtic music, including Capercaillie’s Donald Shaw with Alan Kelly and Dezi Donnelly, who by now had been crowned 1999 Young Traditional Musician of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album also features the guest vocals from Karan Casey and Capercaillie’s Karen Matheson. Combining various musical styles and instruments, including trumpet and saxophone with tablas, bamboo flute and electric guitar, “Fused” could not have been more appropriately named. The man who Mike is often described as being the Celtic version of, DJ Talvin Singh, also contributes samples to form an end result that is a stunning cycle of instrumentals blending jungle and hip-hop beats with jazz, Asian and Celtic music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“fUSED is a thing of beauty”\u003cbr\u003eHOT PRESS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52480088539476,"sku":"VERTCD051","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Michael_McGoldrick_Fused.jpg?v=1751907067"},{"product_id":"michael-mcgoldrick-wired","title":"Wired","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael McGoldrick - Wired\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaster of flute, whistles and uillean pipes, Michael McGoldrick releases his much anticipated new album ‘Wired’. The product of 3 years writing, recording, experimenting and perfecting his art, it is the natural successor to his seminal album ‘Fused’ from 2000,only even bolder and more captivating, incorporating alternative sounds into traditional music to create a brilliant fusion at the cutting edge of folk music that positively bursts with energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musicians involved in realising this project read like a who’s who of traditional music’s great players from bands like Capercaillie, Flook! And Shooglenifty including Dezi Donnelly (fiddle), Ed Boyd (guitar), JonJoe Kelly (bodhran), Donald Shaw (keyboards), Ewen Vernal (bass), Parvinder Bharat (tabla), Neil Yates (trumpet), Manus Lunny (bouzouki) and James Mackintosh (drums). Also John McCusker (fiddle), Alison Brown (banjo) and the Scottish string ensemble bring their unique sound to the tracks. But it is McGoldrick himself who consolidates his reputation for creating ground-breaking music in this genre, with a recording that brings his lyrical and pulsating flute and pipe playing to the fore against a musical backdrop of mesmerizing grooves, sounds and attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52480088441172,"sku":"VERTCD074","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Michael_McGoldrick_Wired.jpg?v=1752086532"},{"product_id":"michael-mcgoldrick-aurora","title":"Aurora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael McGoldrick - Aurora\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing influences from a life and world beyond his Manchunian roots, Aurora is a collection of tunes and songs from the internationally acclaimed flute player, the majority of which are self penned, with some traditional material as well – including a song, featuring, Heidi Talbot performing a stunning guest vocal on “Waterfront” written by Louisiana’s finest old time master, Dirk Powell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as long time musical associates like Dezi Donnelly and Donald Shaw, the credits do indeed read like a “who’s who” of the folk and world genres that Michael McGoldrick is so prominent in, names familiar to us all, as diverse as John McCusker, Donal Lunny, Ed Boyd – an enthralling performance by Parvinder Bharat on tabla, as well as stunning guest performances from Anna Massie, Signy Jakobsdottir, Dermot Byrne and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52480088342868,"sku":"VERTCD090","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Michael_McGoldrick_Aurora.jpg?v=1751899425"},{"product_id":"michael-mcgoldrick-arc","title":"Arc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael McGoldrick - Arc\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t be deceived by Michael McGoldrick’s scant solo output: instead, be excited - be very excited - at the arrival of his new album, Arc: his first since 2010, and only his fifth in 22 years. Such unhurried intervals make any McGoldrick release an auspicious event, with each both cementing and extending the flautist, whistle player, uilleann piper and composer’s repute as one of today’s towering instrumental talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis solo work’s slow distillation is directly symbiotic with McGoldrick’s prolifically freewheeling collaborative career, across multiple genres, impelled by a seemingly boundless appetite for - and delight in – the music-making he’s pursued since childhood. Listing all the notable bands, projects and recordings his playing has graced would take up much of this document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeavily edited highlights include co-founding both Lúnasa and Flook; numerous guest appearances with Afro-Celt Sound System, Kate Rusby and Julie Fowlis; a linchpin role in legendary percussionist Zakir Hussain’s globe-trotting Pulse of the World project, and eight years’ touring and recording with Mark Knopfler. Alongside his 21-year membership of Scotland’s iconic Capercaillie, and his annual turn in The Transatlantic Sessions, McGoldrick also joins Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin and John Doyle in new Irish supergroup Usher’s Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Michael is in a class of his own – it’s always a joy to share a stage or a studio (or a beer) with him”\u003cbr\u003eMARK KNOPFLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the greatest flute players in the world”\u003cbr\u003eBBC MUSIC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52479967560020,"sku":"VERTCD111","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Michael_McGoldrick_Arc.jpg?v=1751897812"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.verticalrecords.co.uk\/collections\/michael-mcgoldrick-1.oembed","provider":"Vertical Records Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}