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''Chance of a Start'' is the second studio album by American Irish folk musician Patrick Clifford, released in 2012. It was named by the Irish Voice newspaper as one of the eight best Irish music albums of 2012.〔Farragher, Mike (25 December 2012). ("2012 was a great year for Irish music - a rundown from Luka Bloom to Patrick Clifford" ). ''Irish Voice.'' Retrieved 28 December 2012.〕 As on ''American Wake,'' the album uses instrumentation typical of the American folk music idiom (such as harmonica, piano, bass, and organ), to arrange six notable twentieth-century Irish folk standards and four original songs. Clifford described the resulting sound as "Irish at its heart with an American manifestation."〔("Clifford is very busy after long hiatus" ). New York: ''Irish Echo''. 24 October 2012.〕 Unlike ''American Wake'', ''Chance of a Start'' contains no instrumental tracks. David Yeates and Martin Kelleher provide backing vocals on numerous tracks, the first published recordings of Four to the Bar members' collaboration since the band's 1995 release, ''Another Son.'' ==Songs== The album includes one song by Pete St. John: "The Ferryman". Two songs by Ewan MacColl, "Freeborn Man of the Traveling People" and "The Shoals of Herring", are given modern arrangements, featuring piano and synthesizer as well as more typical instruments such as guitar and fiddle. Dominic Behan's "The Auld Triangle" appears as a lament, complemented by an ostinato on the violin and a men's chorus. The traditional waltz "The Galtee Mountain Boy" is reworked as a folk ballad, and the traditional ballad "The Parting Glass" is given a dark setting, with polyrhythm. An original song, "The Morning Sun", has been characterized as a "sunny acoustic alt-country arrangement hid(a ) down-on-his-luck character."〔Farragher, Mike (12 October 2012). ("A new start for Patrick Clifford with his new album" ). ''Off The Record''. New York: ''Irish Voice''.〕 The three remaining tracks-- "Pole to Pole", "Don't Look Now", and "Travel" are also original compositions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chance of a Start」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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