The Music

"Brady's Leap takes you back in time when music was a medium for telling tales and preserving legends. With Guinness in hand, it's your ticket to green rolling hills and dark Irish pubs."

--Ron Shaklee, Youngstown, OH

The Road to Killeshandra

The band's premier CD, it's a marvelous and eclectic mix of traditional Irish tunes, original songs and polkas, plus translations and notable poems set to original music.
Produced by Rosewood Studios • Guest musicians Wes Homner, Peter Reese • Cover painting by Susan Russo.

1. Yellow Bittern; The Drinking Song Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

2. Dublin in the Rare Old Times

3. St. Brendan's VoyageClick to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

4. Green Grow the RushesClick to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

5. Achill Islland

6. Polkas: Brady's Leap, Powers;  Leaving Liverpool Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

7. Cavan Girl Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

8. Weela Wallia

9. Maid in her Father's Garden Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

10. Girl in Spain

11. Tell My Ma

12. Beta Male Blues

13. Old Woman of BeareClick to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

14. Galway Town

The Road to Killeshandra is available at:
Amazon.com
CDbaby


Heart Of The Stranger

The second CD from Brady's Leap continues the tradition of New-Celtic: the exciting and eclectic mixing of old poems and new music.
Cover painting by Robert Carioscia.

1. Not Enough Zeroes Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection. Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

2. Jolly Good Ale Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection. Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

3. Heart of the Stranger Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

4. Poor Girl's Meditation Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

5. Wash Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

6. Love Among the Ruins Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection. Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

7. How the Whiskey Rescued Me Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

8. Farewell Forevermore (air)from “The Birds of Ireland” (poem)/   Famine Ship (song) Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection. Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

9. Deep Blue Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

10. The Brown and the Yellow Beer Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

11. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

12. Daffyd's Lament Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection. Click to hear a Sample of a Brady's Leap song.

13. In the Valley of the Blind O'Driscolls (air)/ Verna in the    River (jig)/The Ship Pomona (song) Click to read the lyrics to a Brady's Leap selection.

Heart Of The Stranger is available at:
CDbaby
Amazon.com

What others think of The Road to Killeshandra...

"This is a wonderful CD, richly textured with voice, nostalgia, instrument, longing, and toe-tapping drum beats. Some cuts are straight-up fun and others express the poignancy of old age, love, home. It's a delightful mix of original and traditional Irish folksongs. As one of my favorite CDs, I find myself going back to it again and again."

--Karen Schubert, Youngstown, OH


"I loved the CD and apparently the guy who broke into my car and stole it is loving it too. We had it for a few days and curiously enough the lowly criminal didn't abscond with all my cd's. He was very selective and passed over the pop cd's, but took The Road to Killeshandra and a couple flamenco and tango cd's. Of course, this all happened outside the Albatross in Berkeley which attracts a very erudite and eclectic crowd which likes to munch popcorn and read Nietzsche in the dark."

--Thomas McNichol, Oakland, CA


What others think of Heart of the Stranger...

"Wow! After hearing them in concert I had to find their CD. What an outstanding performance from musician/poets who respect the tradition while exibiting a cutting edge yet maintaining the integrity of the art."

--William Penn, Amazon.com reviewer

We'd like to hear from you. Drop us a line and let us know what you think of our music or our performances--or share any other comments you have about Brady's Leap.

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Last Updated: 2/25/06

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