| Chance of a Start | ||||
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| Released | 1 October 2012 | |||
| Recorded | January 2011 – August 2012, New Jersey USA | |||
| Genre | World, Irish, Celtic, folk, Irish folk | |||
| Length | 46:40 | |||
| Label | The Irish Side | |||
| Producer | Patrick Clifford | |||
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Chance of a Start is the second studio album by American Irish folk musician Patrick Clifford, released in 2012. It was named by the Irish Voice newspaper as one of the eight best Irish music albums of 2012.[1]
As on American Wake, the album uses instrumentation typical of the American folk music idiom (such as harmonica, piano, bass, and organ), to arrange six notable twentieth-century Irish folk standards and four original songs. Clifford described the resulting sound as "Irish at its heart with an American manifestation."[2]
Unlike American Wake, Chance of a Start contains no instrumental tracks.
David Yeates and Martin Kelleher provide backing vocals on numerous tracks, the first published recordings of Four to the Bar members' collaboration since the band's 1995 release, Another Son.
- ^ Farragher, Mike (25 December 2012). "2012 was a great year for Irish music - a rundown from Luka Bloom to Patrick Clifford". Irish Voice. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Clifford is very busy after long hiatus". New York: Irish Echo. 24 October 2012.