Heathery Breeze cover

Heathery Breeze

Released

Irish flute player Matt Molloy is best known to fans of Celtic music as a member of the Chieftains, but he has also had a richly productive career as a solo artist. The Heathery Breeze is one of his best albums. It opens with “The Moving Cloud,” one of the loveliest tunes in the Irish repertoire. He makes his way through other favorite tunes as well, like “Drowsy Maggie,” “The Bush in Bloom,” and “Frieze Britches,” accompanied primarily by guitarist/bouzouki player Donal Lunny. Molloy’s technique is astounding — he can play more ornaments and articulations using his throat than other flutists can execute with their fingers — but he never loses sight of the tune itself.

Rick Anderson

Recommended by

Suggestions
North Star cover

North Star

Kyle Carey
Lowlands cover

Lowlands

Susan McKeown
All in Good Time cover

All in Good Time

Patrick Street
Woven cover

Woven

Jenna Moynihan
Lotus Blossom cover

Lotus Blossom

Andrea Brachfeld
Taking Flight cover

Taking Flight

Amelia Hogan
Lark Rise to Candleford cover

Lark Rise to Candleford

Keith Dewhurst, Albion Country Band
Fourmilehouse cover

Fourmilehouse

John Kelly, Alan Kelly
Carry Them With Us cover

Carry Them With Us

Brìghde Chaimbeul
Liege & Lief cover

Liege & Lief

Fairport Convention