Four Shillings Short

ICONS AND IMAGERY (2019)
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Our 13th CD was recorded live in the San Francisco Bay Area at Barsotti Productions, It includes many beautiful pieces; Anam Cara (with poetry by John O'Donohue), Medicine Wheel by Kate Wolf, two Indian Ragas on the Sitar, Irish songs Galway Bay, Eileen Og, Waves Of Immigration (based on the song City Of Chicago), James Connolly, and three original songs; The Bumper Sticker Song, Ghosts In The House, and The Speed Limit Blues.

BLOW YE NORTH WINDS BLOW (2015)
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Our 12th CD, recorded live at Immersive Studios in Boulder, Colorado, celebrates the Celtic Wheel Of Time, from Harvest to Spring. It features two Sitar pieces, an original song (Blow Ye North Wind Blow), seasonal songs (Welcome In Another Year, Bold Orion On The Rise, Harvest Gypsies, Spring, and The Ditching Carol), Irish tunes, and some great sing-a-longs (Drop In The Bucket and One More Banjo laid Down).

OF LOVE AND LIBERTY (2013)
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Our 11th CD is our second compilation album featuring music from our 3rd and 5th albums; Dodging Lodging (2000)  and From Ragas To Riches (2003). It includes two Sitar pieces (Raga Misra Todi and Black Is The Color), three original songs (Liberty, Jurrasic Jaws, and Rock Me In The Cradle), traditional songs in Gaelic (An Paistin Fionn and Dilin O Deamhas) and traditional Irish tunes on Hammered Dulcimer and Tinwhistle

THE SECRET OF THE WATER SOUND (2012)
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Our 10th CD features Four Shillings Short along with Susannah Martin (Vocals), Kris Yenney (Cello), Jeff Buenz (Guitar and Bass), Kevin Carr (Fiddle, Uillean and Galician Pipes), Hershel Yatovitz (Acoustic and Electric Guitar), and John and Sean Barsotti (Percussion). Songs include Back Home In Derry by Bobbie Sands, Last Words by Mark Graham, All The Ways You Wander by John Spillane, A Slaves Lament by Robert Burns, On Raglan Road by Patrick Kavanaugh, and No More Songs by Phil Ochs.

MUSIC FOR THE MASS IN IRISH (2011)
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Our 9th CD was recorded live at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mountain View, California. It celebrates the 25th year of the Mountain View Irish Choir singing liturgical compositions by four different Irish composers for the Catholic Mass. The music is sung in Gaelic acompanied by Pipe Organ, Harp, Fiddle, Tinwhistle, Bodhran, and Hammered Dulcimer. This recording consists of seven pieces from Sean O'Raida's first mass (Ceol an Aifrinn - 1969), four short pieces from Aifreann Phadraig Naofa by Fr. Pat Ahern (Siamsa Tire - 1984), five pieces from Aifreann Cholmcille by Toas O'canainn (1978) and two pieces composed by Aodh Og O Tuama.

PASS IT ON - LIVE IN BOULDER, COLORADO (2010)
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Our 8th CD was recorded in front of a live audience at Immersive Studios in Boulder, Colorado and captures the beauty and depth of the sound of Four Shillings Short in concert. It includes 11 tracks with new songs and instrumentals, Sitar Ragas (Ali Kalyan and Raga Megh) and a duet with Bowed Psalteries. Songs include: Turning Away by Dougie MacLean, A skin Too Thin by Jez Lowe, Leprechaun Stew by Don Downing and Pass It On by Christy Martin.
 

ATTITUDE AND GRATITUDE (2007)
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Our 7th CD captures the sound of the duo of Aodh Og O Tuama and Christy Martin with some of their strongest material to date. Recorded at the Big Rock Studio in Wisconsin and Barsotti Productions in California, this CD brings in songs of sorrow and joy, loss and gratitude and features The Stolen Child by W.B. Yeats, Green Grow The Rashes  by Robert Burns, and The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle. It also includes two Sitar pieces and the original songs House Of White and Lockport by Christy Martin.
 

ICING ON THE LAKE (2005)
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Our 6th CD, and our first compilation album, combines our first two albums: Kelptic OddYaSee and The Boggy Spew. Included are many favorites (Oh Susannah, Wayfaring Stranger, Peace In Erin, and Coach Road Set). Joining Aodh Og and Christy on these recordings are many of San Francisco Bay Area's finest Celtic musicians: Kristoph Klover (Guitars), Jeff Buenz (Bass), Kevin Karr (Fiddle, Pipes, and Banjo), Kris Yenney (Cello), Tony Khalife (Tablas and Guitar, Margaret Davis (Harp and Vocals), Tim Gutierres (Steel Drum and Latin Percussion), Andrew Buffington (Drums), and Susannah Martin (Vocals). This is a very high-energy album.
 

FROM RAGAS TO RICHES (2003)
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Our 5th CD was recorded live at San Francisco State University as part of their Recording Arts Program. It includes a lovely version of Black Is The Color with the Sitar, Hiroshima Nagasaki by Jim Page, I Won't Be Afraid Anymore by John Spillane and many of Christy's original songs in including Liberty, Rock Me In the Cradle and Jurassic Jaws).