"…’Musical Journey’ is the debut solo release from Cormac Breatnach and it is unusual in that he has tried to combine modern jazz style improvisations to traditional music…if you are looking for a new sound, Cormac Breatnach may just be what you are looking for" The Anglo-Celt LEISURE

"…The resulting sound is already well known through artists such as Davey Spillane, but here Breatnach takes a much broader view, and, as the title would suggest, incorporates many diverse styles and cultures…Breatnach produces a form of "world music" that transcends the marketing men's appropriation of the term and actually brings together many different genres to produce one unequalled collection. For too long, record companies have been selling the cultural dregs of countries to a largely unsuspecting world under the guise of "world music" while the true pioneers go unrewarded. Breatnach is a fine innovator and indeed, an ambassador for progressive Celtic music. With this release, he goes a long way to reclaiming this overused term for those who are "keepers of the flame". Ivor Geraghty, The World of Hibernia Magazine, Ireland & the USA

"This Irishman has a great familiarity with the traditional lexicon. But being a free spirit he goes beyond the musical boundaries..not everyone is able to stand out with a creative writing and to keep the balance between techincal brilliance and emotional approach…" Ciro De Rosa, World Music, Italy

"This jazz-tinged urban tradtser make extraordinarily uplifting dance music…even delivers himself of a swoony Castillian sex-bragging song with the Café Orchestra, topping off a good humoured, thoughtful collection…" Mic Moroney, The Irish Times

 "Breatnach has always been a cerebral musician, inhabiting every corner of his tunes and fingering their deepest secrets with the dexterity of a three card trickster, but Musical Journey is an excursion of both the head and the heart…But the biggest surprise comes courtesy of Breatnach’s vocal contributions. Swing-shifting from the lazy Castillian ballad of ‘La Molinera’ to the bleak desolation of ‘Maidin Luan Chincíse’ his singing is a revelation of talent too long hidden…" Siobhán Long, Hot Press

 "Like every craftsman, Cormac makes this all sound so effortlessly, on a combination of whistles, from slow-reels in the same set as a slow air on the opening track to the self-penned Mujeres (women) composed at the age of 15. The latter piece transcends the usual definition of `Trad’, not merely by the addition of Brian Dunning on flute, adding a jazzy feel, but by its very structure, which has been reworked several times since its composition all those years ago…the overall feel of this beautiful CD is a man at one with his musical and life philosophy. Gorgeous !!!" Lorcan Murphy, The Event Guide

 "Tasty, clipped rhythms that rise to exceptional moments in `Belles of Tipperary’ and the night-sounding introduction to, `Port na bPúcaí’…Brian Dunning’s flute is expertly sensible…an outstanding album". Fintan Vallely, The Sunday Tribune

 "…Mary Bergin and Sean Ryan set out to explore the possibilities of the whistle. Cormac Juan Breatnach belongs to this category. In Musical Journey, he examines the potential of the various forms of whistle today.…stimulation collection….Cormac is apologetic about his hitherto unrevealed singing talents…on La Molinera and on Maidin Luan Chincíse, he shows that he has nothing to be sorry for. Pat Ahern, The Examiner

 "…The Rathdrum based musician makes his US Susato and low whistles sing, dance and paint magical pictures on an album that every traditional music fan should own…Irish music with heart and soul, this fine debut stands head and shoulders above most of the competition." Jim Hayes, The Wicklow People

"To him it has been given to bridge and thus unite, many realms, most clearly observed here in the ease with which head and heart effortlessly co-operate, achieving a breathtaking balance between technical brilliance and emotional honesty. This is indeed a unique album." Máire Breatnach, introduction to Musical Journey

 "His Musical Journey has been put together with intensive care and great craftmanship, tracing his enthusiasms from schooldays onwards…an interesting set of sleeve notes accompany this album, probably the best I’ve read, completing a totally satisfying experience…" Carole Baker, The Living Tradition

 "In my mind Breatnach is one of a handful of Irish musicians who has been able to take Irish music and push its boundaries while still keeping its rudimentary core intact. As part of his musical journey Breatnach takes only three whistles with him, an Overton Low F, a Cillian Ó Briain Low D and a Susato C. What he does with those three whistles is sheer brilliance….the songs provide a lovely break between the spirited and evocative whistle numbers."

Cliff McGann – Chiff & Fipple: The Post-Structural Tinwhistle E-Mail Experience www.chiffandfipple.com Cliff McGann is a regular contributor to The Boston Irish Reporter & The Nova Scotia based Celtic Heritage Magazine

 "I have known for many years that Cormac is a great flute and (low) whistle player, but on this album he also proves that he can sing. There is some kind of magic spell over this CD and Cormac’s whistle playing. Whether it’s the speed (or lack of it) or the tone of his whistles, I don’t know, but it’s a fact that the CD has hardly left my CD player since it was put in the first time; I can thoroughly recommend this CD" Mich G. Nielsen, The Danish Irish Society’s Newsletter

 "..This is an album of accompanied low whistle music that rivals the best of Michael McGoldrick and Davey Spillane with a style reminiscent of Lúnasa..an altogether satisfying album; I recommend it highly". Steve Dieterich, "Celtic Airs", WWUH Radio, Conneticut, USA

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