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Mcnally's Row of Flats
Mick Moloney
Mcnally's Row of Flats
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop
 
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Mick Moloney?s new album, McNally?s Row of Flats, pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era of Irish-American history and song. It centers on the work of actor/writer Ed Harrigan and musician David Braham, who were the toa...  more »

     
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All Artists: Mick Moloney
Title: Mcnally's Row of Flats
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Compass Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 3/14/2006
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop
Styles: Traditional Folk, British & Celtic Folk, Celtic, Europe, Britain & Ireland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 766397442624

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Mick Moloney?s new album, McNally?s Row of Flats, pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era of Irish-American history and song. It centers on the work of actor/writer Ed Harrigan and musician David Braham, who were the toast of the Great White Way in an era when the intersection of minstrelsy and vaudeville were poised to give birth to what we now know as American Musical Theatre. Harrigan and his performing partner Tony Hart both began their careers in the minstrelsy circuit before collaborating on a series of satirical sketches based on the immigrant communities of New York City. In the 1870s, Harrigan parlayed their most popular sketches into a series of incredibly successful musical plays, for which he and pit-orchestra leader Braham wrote the songs Moloney revisits on McNally?s Row of Flats. Equally qualified as a musician and anthropologist, Mick Moloney brings to these songs the perfect balance of historical insight and musical relevance. Born in Ireland, Moloney came to America in 1973 and pursued a career that uniquely combines the roles of musician, folklorist, author, presenter, radio and television personality, and educator. He holds a Ph.D. in folklore, and teaches at New York University in their Irish Studies program.

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Pedro D. Perez | 10/26/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Nick Moloney's efforts in bringing back to us the music of late XIX century NYC vaudeville are to be applauded, but after the delightful opening track that gives its name to the record, it becomes less an alive musical experience and more a museum expedition. I know, a difficult trick to pull off, but their treatment of the "McNally's Row of Flats" track shows that it could have been done..."
Fantastic
Michael Monagan | LA | 04/21/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"These were the pop songs from the late 19th century but because they weren't recorded we've lost them, until now. What a wonderful bunch of songs not only as history but because they're great music. They fit very well in the Stephen Foster tradition. The recordings are excellent. Great singing, great playing, great arrangements. Now, who will stage one of the Harrigan and Hart shows?"
An American Treasure
Mr. Nowhere | Las Vegas, NV | 03/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The songs of Harrigan and Braham, written for musical shows towards the end of the 19th Century, are a lost treasure of American culture -- brought to vivid life again in fine performances by Mick Maloney on this CD. You can't get closer than this to the roil and energy and sweet aspiration of immigrant life in 19th-Century New York, when people from all over the world laughed and complained and butted heads with each other as they struggled to find a way of being Americans together."