Belfast-born fiddle players Conor Caldwell and Danny Diamond seamlessly blend their shared northern musical heritage with the fruits of further-afield musical adventures to create a landmark contemporary Irish fiddle recording. New compositions sit at ease beside forgotten gems from old manuscript collections; rich and inventive fiddle textures drift in and out with fiery melody lines, while careworn tunes learned in childhood are re-imagined and re-arranged.

The album is the latest in a line of acclaimed contemporary traditional/folk records to have emerged from the Irish Traditional Music Archive’s Dublin studio, following the likes of Lynched’s Cold Old Fire and Diamond’s 2014 solo debut Fiddle Music.

NORTH’s striking cover artwork, an abstract representation of two fiddles, was created by fiddle-player and visual artist Sinéad Onóra Kennedy; with typography and design by Dublin-based designer, musician & artist Aki.

The project was financed in part by a Deis recording award from The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

1. Drunken Wag’ner 3:33
2. The Boys of Bluehill 3:57
3. The Further In the Deeper 3:33
4. The Road to Glenlough 4:51
5. The Irish Washerwoman 3:56
6. Dochtúir Ó Baoill 5:14
7. Coolin Reels 4:25
8. The Two-Penny Jigs 4:23
9. The Floating Island 5:08
10. Down the Glen 3:56
11. The Belfast Mountains 3:32