We plays Irish dance tune of various rhythms and beautiful melody of Irish traditional and some French and Canadian music. This is third album of RINKA. RINKA Naoki Hoshi：guitar、irish bouzouki Misao Komatsuzaki：fiddle http://misaok.hp.infoseek.co.jp/RINKA/RINKA.html Notes 1. Lady Margaret Stewart / Tripping Up The Stairs / The Wild Irishman Set of reels. Lady Margaret Stewart was learnt from Yuka Fujino, accordion player of Rivendell in Tokyo. Afterwards, two reels are tune of Donegal. with Shiro Watanabe : bodhran 2. Bundle and Go / The Woods of Old Limerick / Blarney Pilgrim It is set of the jigs that exchanges each solo of the fiddle and the guitar. I learnt "Bundle and Go" from the Donegal style fiddler Paul O 'Shaughnessy. "The Woods of old Limerick" is performed by the guitar solo. This is well-known tune from Patrick Street. The last tune starts by playing the guitar. 3. John Gallagher's Waltz / The Kilcar Mazurka We set the waltz and the mazurka. Both of tunes, we learnt from Donegal fiddlers recording. "John Gallagher's Waltz" learnt from Derek McGinley and "The Kilcar Mazurka" learnt from Francie Byrne. 4. Stepping Stone / Spirits of Wine We learnt "Stepping Stone" from the recording of Ciaran O Maonaigh, young fiddler in Donegal. And we learnt "Spirits of Wine" from the recording of John Doherty, who is legend of Donegal fiddler. 5. Cape Breton Jig 　 We play with two friends, who are bodhran player Shiro Watanabe and button accordion player Yuzo Takakura. 6. La Bastringue / San Malo by the Sea French Canadian's tunes. These tunes are performed in Prince Edward Islands of Canada. with Shiro Watanabe : bones 7. The Old Man Rocking the Cradle Solo of fiddle. I learnt this air from recording of Sliabh Luachra fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe. 8. Bannaguro / Bourree De Lesboulieres / Planxty Burke "Bannaguro" is our original tune. "Bourree De Lesboulieres" is a traditional tune of Auvergne in France. We learnt from the performance of Les Costauds De La Lune. "Planxty Burke" was composed by O'Carolan who played harp in the Middle Ages of Ireland . 9. Elizabeth's Air Solo of guitar. Naoki learnt this tune from CD of bouzouki player Gerald Trimble. He arranged this tune for finger picking guitar. 10. Walshe's Polka / No Name / Terry Taehan's Polka The set was named "New Market polka" by Patrick Street. But we replaces the second tune. Second polka was recorded in 1920's. with Shiro Watanabe : bodhran , Yuzo Takakura : button accordion 11. Jimmy Bhidi Mhici's Waltz We learnt this pretty waltz from Paul O'Shaughnessy. 12. Lord McDonald / O'Donnell's Sligo Maid　 We learnt the first reel "Lord McDonald" from the recording of Michael Coleman. He was immigrant to New York from Ireland in the first half of the 20th century. "O'Donnell's Sligo Maid" relate to Donegal fiddler Danny O 'Donnell. We learnt from the CD of Tap Room Trio. 13. Gold Ring / The Knights of St.Patrick In legend, "Gold Ring" is a tune that was learnt from the fairy. It learnt from the performance of Dale Russ. We learnt "The Knights of St.Patrick" from John Doherty's recording. 14. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms This is an old melody of Ireland. Then this tune was introduced from Ireland to Japan in the first half of the 20th century.