Farewell to Ireland
Farewell to Ireland (White Label Records, 2003) “The breakout track on ‘Farewell to Ireland’ is “Jackson’s No. 1/Strawberry Blossom/Tommy Peoples’s.” Mangan transmutes these three reels into something special through a flawlessly proportioned mix of power, precision, and improvisational touches so instinctively tight and right that I had to hit “replay” to better grasp what he accomplished. I’m still shaking my head over the virtuosity Mangan exhibits on that track, which ends in a galvanizing duet with Baltimore uilleann piper Eliot Grasso.” --The Irish Echo, January 2004.
