moyola cottage

£13.00

The 2024 debut solo album. 10 tracks of newly composed original music written by Damian McKee. Moyola Cottage is written from the heart and inspired by home, family and memories featuring tunes ranging from melodic slow pieces to moody marches and of course a plethora of reels, jigs and polkas, arranged with a bit of attitude.

Featuring musicians Liam Bradley, Niall Hanna, Rachel McGarrity, Chris McGlone, Brona Graham, Anthony Davis, Eamon Murray and Paul O’Donnell.

The 2024 debut solo album. 10 tracks of newly composed original music written by Damian McKee. Moyola Cottage is written from the heart and inspired by home, family and memories featuring tunes ranging from melodic slow pieces to moody marches and of course a plethora of reels, jigs and polkas, arranged with a bit of attitude.

Featuring musicians Liam Bradley, Niall Hanna, Rachel McGarrity, Chris McGlone, Brona Graham, Anthony Davis, Eamon Murray and Paul O’Donnell.

Tracks:

1.    RED MOON - Red Moon / Shorty Banjo  06.27

2.    DOWNSTREAM - Downstream  04.14

3.     BRIDGED - Bridged / Any Word of Tommy  03.24

4.     DREAMS OF HOLLY - Dreams of Holly  04.15

5.     BREAKDOWN - Breakdown / Skinny Mick’s Fort  04.17

6.     THE YARD - 7 Year Itch / The Yard  03.35

7.     BROPHY GIRLS - The Brophy Girls / Eems & Goose  05.05

8.     THE BLUFFER - The Bluffer / Scallywag / The Gingernutters  05.02

9.      MOYOLA COTTAGE - Moyola Cottage  05.07

10.    BIG RED JOE - Big Red Joe / Lucie Mac / Wee Q  04.57


Produced and arranged by: Liam Bradley and Damian McKee

All tracks composed by Damian.  Track 2 (Downstream) composed by Damian and Liam

Track 8 (The Bluffer) arranged by Anthony Davis with Damian and Liam

Engineered and recorded by: Liam Bradley at Fortwilliam House, Tobermore

Mixed by: Anthony Davis with Liam Bradley and Damian McKee

Mastered by: Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering

Cover Painting: Louise O’Donnell

Inside Painting: Maureen McKee

Sleeve Design: Murrough O’Kane (info@murrough.ie)

Musicians

Damian McKee - Button Accordion

with

Niall Hanna - voice on track 1; guitars on 1,3,4,5,6,7,10

Rachel McGarrity - voice on 1; fiddle, viola on 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10

Liam Bradley - piano, keys, synths, drum / bass programming on 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

Chris McGlone - bodhrán on 1,3,5,6,7,10

Brona Graham - banjo, mandolin on 1,3,6,7,10

Maureen McKee - whistles on 7,8,9

Anthony Davis - guitar on 2; piano, synths, drum / bass programming, guitars, bouzouki on 8

Paul O’Donnell - piano on 8

Eamon Murray - bodhrán on 2