The latest installment in the May Monday series!
01 – PLANXTY PARR (Karen Tweed) / DICKEYSTOWN HOP (Francis Ward) / RUANE THE MAN (Thomas McElvogue)
02 – HELEN TURNER’S TEXTET (Karen Tweed)
03 – AMICUM (Timo Alakotila) / VÄLKE (Elina Sipilä)
04 – LOVELY LORRAINE (Karen Tweed) / ROSA KVINT (Mattias Pérez)
05 – TANGUE PURPLE (Timo Alakotila)
06 – PILVI AND ESKOS BRUDVALS (Roger Tallroth) / THE DIAMOND (Billy McComiskey) / MANUKA COTTAGE (Karen Tweed)
07 – SNOWLAKE (Karen Tweed)
08 – ROOTS (JUURET) (Timo Alakotila)
09 – TERRY’S TANGO PAINTING (Karen Tweed) / RANNALLA (Vesa Tuomi)
10 – MNÁ NA hÉIREANN (Séan Ó Riada) / RICHIE DWYER’S (A Minor) (Richard Dwyer) / TRIP TO GALWAY (Noel Sweeney) / COL SIG OF THE 2-2-6 (Eilidh Shaw)
11 – PROLAPSUS (Timo Alakotila)
12 – JILL WALDEN’S MERINGUES (Karen Tweed) / BLACK AND WHITE (Karen Tweed)
13 – TA DA TWEEDIE (Karen Tweed)
Midsummer May Monday
Karen Tweed, accordion
Timo Alakotila, piano
With Guest Artists/Co-Arrangers:
Ruth Dornfelt, violin (4,7,8,9,13,14,15,19,20,23)
Catriona McKay,Irish harp (5,6,12,14,16,18,19,20,21)
Timo Myllykangas, bass (4,9,14,15,18,19,20,21)
Petri Hakala, mandolin, guitar (4,8,13,14,19,20)
Speedy Saarinen, guitars (4,5,6,9,13,21)
Shanti Paul Jayasinha, trumpet, fluegelhorn (4,8,12,13,20)
Thomas McElvogue, flute (2,3,19,20) (Tom plays a Concert D flute in Pink Ivory made by Norman Holmes & Bill McNaughton and an F Prattens Perfected Blackwood Flute made by Ian Corrigan)
Felis Quartet (15) Sirkka Kautonen, violin
Anja Syvälähde, violin
Helka Hakasalo, viola
Marion Göbel, cello
Recording/mixing: Speedy Saarinen, Mediagents, Helsinki
July, October 2016/May, June 2017
Mastering: Svante Forsbäck, Chartmakers
Arrangements: Timo Alakotila, Karen Tweed: 1-24
Producer: Timo Alakotila
Artwork: Mats Vuorenjuuri, Unikuva
Photos and additional Art Direction: Marion Göbel
Sketches: Karen Tweed
Cover Painting: Jarmo Kukkonen