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- (INTRO) JIG ON PLANXTY IRWIN – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
- INIS OIRR – Thomas Walsh – Arr. Franco Morone
- LORD INCHIQUIN – Turlough O’Carolan – Arr. Franco Morone
- CAPTAIN O’KEANE – Turlough O’Carolan – Arr. Franco Morone
- THE KESH JIG, GIVE US A DRING OF WATER – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
- L’INCONNU DE LIMOISE – J.F. Maxou Heintzen – Arr. Franco Morone
- GEORDIE, JOHN BARLEYCORN, JACOBYTE BY NAME – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
- BLARNEY PILGRIM, MERRILY KISS THE QUAKER – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
- THE STAR OF COUNTY DOWN, GAELICO – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
- SHEEBEG AND SHEEMORE – Turlough O’Carolan – Arr. Franco Morone
- (INTRO) THE ROAD TO LISDOONVARNA – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
- THE WATER IS WIDE – Trad. – Arr. Franco Morone
“This is a brilliant foray into Irish repertoire from a master musician of his art: it’s all beautiful!“
MDR Sing Out – D
“A superb display of Celtic fingerstyle playing from one of Europe’s top acoustic guitarists, Morone’s gentle intricate approach brings out the haunting beauty at the heart of traditional Irish tunes. Morone reminds you how truly boundless the fretboard is.”
Guitar Player – USA
“A musician of absolute level not only in Europe, who has done a lot for the diffusion of the culture of the instrument. An artist, one of the few, who has been able to develop a touch on the instrument, a taste for composition and arrangement unique immediately identifiable.”
Mario Giovannini (Chitarre) – I
“Franco Morone has already established his international reputation as one of the best fingerstyle guitarists and, as a musician, who understands how to skillfully combine folk, jazz, and blues with his own Mediterranean heritage. This humorous Italian musician features a collection focused on Celtic instrumental music. “The Road To Lisdoonvarna” is based on Morone’s journey to the beautiful place near the western coast of Ireland. He has now given his experiences, thoughts, and feelings a musical life in jigs, traditional and ballads. The Mediterranean guitar poet offers us travel souvenirs of a special kind, with refined phrasings, fascinating harmonic sequences and a rich melodic language that simulates with great authenticity the exuberant lightness, the playful joie de vivre and also the melancholy nature of the Irish. Including the desire to hit the road.”
Acoustic Music – D
“Italian Franco Morone is a fantastic fingerstyle guitarist combining folk, jazz, and blues music, who occasionally tries his luck as a flat-picker. And he’s very fortunate with it. “The Road to Lisdoonvarna” is another great album in the tradition of traditional Irish and Scottish music played on the acoustic guitar.”
Folk World – D
Franco Morone
