Eamonn Coyne - Through the Round Window (2002)

TTRW, Éamonn’s first solo cd, through the round window, on Compass Records, was released in the US on 13th August. It is a work of banjo music and more featuring Éamonn on tenor banjo, mandolin, tenor guitar, 6-string guitar and tenor national steel guitar.

Accompanying him on the cd are a host of luminaries of the Irish music scene and beyond including: Alison Brown, 5-string banjo astronaut from California, Dermot Byrne and Ciarán Curran of Altan, Kevin Doherty of Four Men and a Dog, Michael McGoldrick of Capercaille and Mark Knoffler’s band, Tom Morrow of Dervish and Ethna Coyne (nano) his grandmother.

Other guests on Through the Round Window are: Kendrick Freeman, from California on snare, Jimmy Higgins of Galway also on snare drum, Russell Hunter of Edinburgh on piano, Pat Marsh from Clare on bouzouki and guitar, Paul O’Driscoll of Clare on bass and Sandy Wright from Edinburgh on guitars and dobro.