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''EastWind'' is an album by Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane, showcasing a fusion of Irish folk music with traditional Bulgarian and Macedonian music. Produced by Irvine and Bill Whelan, who also contributed keyboards and piano, it was widely regarded as revolutionary at the time of recording.〔(Review of ''East Wind'' ) By Richard Foss (Allmusic). Retrieved on 24 April 2012〕 The extensive line-up included Nikola Parov on Bulgarian instruments (gadulka, kaval, gaida) & Greek bouzouki, Máirtín O'Connor (accordion), Noel Eccles & Paul Moran (percussion), Tony Molloy (bass), Carl Geraghty & Kenneth Edge (saxophones), John Sheahan (fiddle), Anthony Drennan (guitar), Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (piano), Márta Sebestyén (vocals) and Rita Connolly (backing vocals).〔 In an interview with Folk Roots in August 1992,〔''Eastern Promise'', in ''Folk Roots'' No.110, August 1992.〕 Irvine stated: "We finished it eighteen months ago but (...) John Cook at Tara wanted to try the avenue of big companies." The album was eventually released on the Tara label itself in mid-1992.〔''Reviews'', in ''Folk Roots'' No.108, June 1992.〕 Subsequently, Irvine and Parov were joined by Rens van der Zalm and toured together in Europe as the 'East Wind Trio',〔''Transnational...'', in ''Folk Roots'' No.295/296, Jan/Feb 2008.〕 and then again in the US during 1996.〔 Retrieved on 5 May 2015.〕 ==Overview== Andy Irvine noted that the album was originally conceived as a Bulgarian/jazz fusion album, and only changed direction "somewhere along the line" during production.〔 The album opens with "Chetvorno Horo", a Bulgarian dance tune in 7/16 time (3–2–2) played by the whole band, with exquisite chord progressions underpinning melodic phrases played in unison by Irvine (bouzouki) and O'Connor (accordion).〔Sleeve notes from ''East Wind'', Tara CD 3027, 1992.〕 Then comes "Mechkin Kamen" ("The Bear's Rock"), a slow Macedonian song beautifully delivered by Sebestyén, with backing vocals by Connolly.〔 "Dance of Suleiman" is a fast Macedonian dance tune in the 'kopanitsa' rhythm of 11/16 (2–2–3–2–2) and based on "Sulejmanovo Oro", a 1978 recording by Dutch ethnomusicologist Wouter Swets and his folk group Čalgija.〔Sleeve notes from ''Mozaik – Live from the Powerhouse'', Compass Records 743782, 2004.〕〔''Čalgija – Music from the Balkans and Anatolia'', Stoof/Munich & Fonos/Het Nederlands Muziekarchief MU 7429, 1978.〕〔 "Illyrian Dawn" is a beautiful Bulgarian slow air, with Spillane on low whistle first, then on uilleann pipes, accompanied by Whelan on keyboards.〔 "Pride of Macedonia" is a collection of melodies in 11/8 time. "Antice" is another Macedonian tune, in 7/8 time, recorded by Swets and Čalgija in 1978.〔〔 "Two Steps to the Bar" is the witty title of the next track, a fast dance tune in the 'paidushka' rhythm of 5/16 (2–3).〔 Sebestyén sings again on the next piece, "Kadana", a slow song that girls in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria would sing about the problems and prohibitions of love affairs in their communities.〔 The album closes with "Hard on the Heels", a re-working of "Smeceno Horo" (meaning "broken dance") which Irvine first recorded with Planxty on ''After The Break''. It is introduced slowly by Ó Súilleabháinin (piano), then various combinations of instruments from the whole band proceed with playing the entire piece, which begins in 15/16 time (8/16 + 7/16) and 11/16, then continues in two different 9/16 rhythms.〔 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「EastWind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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