Warming up with Jerry Mulvihill at the Crane Bar, Galway City, prior to a recording session for CD "Land of Sunshine"

"The three-dimensional live atmosphere of these Clare and Galway tunes is as close to a bare-knuckle session as you'll encounter on a CD. ***"

-- Siobhán Long, The Irish Times

"Sprightly box playing in the Bobby Gardner/John J. Kimmel mould"

-- fROOTS, London, England

"a most enjoyable collection of dance music and song"

-- Aidan O'Hara, Irish Music Magazine

"He's a great accordion player" -- Ellen Cranitch, Grace Notes, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), Dublin

"...a capable, spirited player...this is happy Irish dance music that's a good antidote for a dark winter night"

--- Tom Nelligan, Dirty Linen

"Dan has spent lots of time in the west of Ireland, which is the source for many of the tunes he plays here in the old "push and draw" style. This album features twelve tracks altogether: five on the melodeon, five on button accordion, and two lovely debut songs by Laura Mulcahy who hails from Ennis. While the melodeon has all but been replaced by the two-row box in Irish music, Dan shows here that ten buttons can still produce a mighty sound. This is basically a live recording that has a great feel of being back in time, listening to the locals playing in the pub or around the kitchen table. Joining him on this CD are some first-rate musicians from Clare and Galway, namely Quentin Cooper, Jerry Mulvihill, and Alan Wallace. This is a delightful album full of lovely stuff, and it comes in an attractive Digipac containing detailed sleeve notes."

--- from the Claddagh Records Catalogue, 2006

Some of the radio stations that have aired tracks from this CD are:

Ireland: Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), Grace Notes & The Late Session

Clare FM, The Wednesday Session, Music in the Glen

Connemara Community Radio, Lift the Latch

France (Brittany): Radio Rennes, Chemins de terre, Rendez-Vous Celte

USA: National Public Radio, Celtic Connections; KAOS, Olympia, WA; WTJU, University of Virginia; WGMU, VA; WDCB, Chicago Public Radio; KDKA, Pittsburgh; KBOO, Portland

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