
Rate it!
Avg: 4.5 (40 ratings)
- Date Released: June 10, 1997
- Genre: International
- Style: British/Irish Folk, Celtic/British Isles
- Label: Green Linnet / The Orchard
A beautiful, hypnotic album of instrumental music.
-
We Say...
It may seem odd to include a gentle album by one of the greatest fiddle players to come out of County Clare, especially when he’s accompanied only by acoustic guitar. Yet within the spare purity of Hayes’ playing there’s an alluring enchantment that swirls beyond the confines of traditional music. The son of P.J. Hayes, one of Ireland’s most beloved fiddlers, Martin left Clare to join the band Midnight Court, beginning a life of rock’n’roll mayhem in Chicago. An inveterate party animal on the cusp of alcoholism, he woke up one morning and decided to cut out all the dross. He moved to Seattle, became a teetotal vegan, stripped his music back to the bare bones and played the traditional tunes he’d learned back home. His life was transformed, and his beguiling playing touched people in ways he or they could never have imagined. A beautiful, hypnotic album of instrumental music.
-
They Say...
The Lonesome Touch finds Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill turning in another collection of lovely, suprisingly innovative Irish folk and celtic music. Hayes and Cahill keep within the traditions of the music, but open it up with luxurious space and inventive phrasing. Like their previous collection, Under the Moon, it's a pretty, enchanting record that shows how Irish music can move forward without losing its roots.
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
This album includes one or more tracks available only with a full album download.
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
We'll give you 12 additional free credits to download this album and start your paid subscription.
Get 12 bonus credits on us if you download this album. Sweet!
12 Total Tracks, 56:38 Total Length
Loading...

![]()
Playlists If you like this artist, check out these member playlists
Explore music recommended by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill fans
Credits
- Martin Hayes - Arranger // Martin Hayes - Arranger // Martin Hayes - Producer // Martin Hayes - Producer // Martin Hayes - Engineer // Martin Hayes - Engineer // Martin Hayes - Main Performer // Martin Hayes - Main Performer // Martin Hayes - Liner Notes // Martin Hayes - Liner Notes // Martin Hayes - Mixing // Martin Hayes - Mixing // Charles Johnson - Mastering // Charles Johnson - Mastering // Greenberg Kingsley - Design // John Kuczala - Photography // Dennis Cahill - Arranger // Dennis Cahill - Producer // Dennis Cahill - Engineer // Dennis Cahill - Performer // Dennis Cahill - Mixing
Choose from over 7 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs available for 50¢ or less
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 24 downloads - that's just 50¢ per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as 42¢ per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.


Post Album to Facebook
