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Terry McKenna: Throw the House Out of the Windowe!
Throw the House 0ut of the Windowe (and other damn fine dancing tunes!) is lutenist and guitarist Terry McKenna's first-ever feature recording. The CD offers a wide-ranging selection of lively dance tunes from the 16th to 18th centuries that constituted the pop music of their day. McKenna's imaginative arrangements often take these toe-tapping songs on a sonic detour from their original course, resulting in performances that feel fresh and improvised, and which cross boundaries of genre as well as geography.
The program derives from McKenna's own list of personal favourites. These include traditional tunes from England, Scotland and Ireland, songs from Playford's Dancing Master, and an original composition penned by McKenna as a tribute to the family dog, entitled Belinda's Waltz and Chase.
McKenna is joined by a number of his musical mates - Ben Grossman, John Edwards, Sharon Kahan, Chris Verrette and Eugene Lascewicz - who contribute their expertise on both period and modern instruments, including renaissance lute, baroque guitar, cittern, hurdy-gurdy, Jew's harp, wooden flute, baroque violin, accordion, and an array of percussion instruments including bodhran. Early fan mail: "Delightful - full of life, yet restful." - Jane W., Calgary AB
Catalog: MAR 277
 
Track Listing
1 - Throw the House Out the Window
2 - The Galloping Nag/Strawberries and Cream (Listen)
3 - Lady in the Dark/The Lord Monk's March/
Welcome Home/ Old Rowley
4 - The Spanish Jig/Spagnoletta
5 - The Spanish Pavin
6 - The Spanish Measures
7 - Bill Ellis' Hornpipe/ McKenna's Jig/
Belinda's Waltz and Chase
8 - Wooden Shoes
9 - The Cobbler/ The Cobbler's Jig
10 - The Cobbler's Hornpipe
11 - Lament for the Death of his Brother/ Lawers House/
The Drummer / Jenny Nettles - Nathaniel Gow
12 - The Chirping of the Nightingale
13 - Come, Heavy Sleep
14 - Porter's Dream
Total Playing Time: 53:34
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