Mary McPartlan follows her multi award winning release of 2004, The Holland Handkerchief (Mojo Folk Album of 2004, Meteor nominated) with another blockbuster release, Petticoat Loose.

The new album from Mary McPartlan entitled "Petticoat Loose" represents many high profile artists in the traditional music world and her lifelong friendship with the poet and playwright Vincent Woods. With the assistance of an Arts Council Deis award, Mary pursued the project which culminated in a new body of work which includes six new pieces of music. Three songs were written by Vincent Woods and set to music by Martin O'Connor including the title track 'Petticoat Loose'. Two old Irish pieces 0riginating from her native Drumkeerin were set to music by Brendan O'Regan and a new song in the Irish language from Connemara, music and lyrics by Padraig O Haolain, translated by Tim Dennehy.

The CD represents her close association with the NUI Galway 'Orbsen' choir and the Romanian string quartet in residence in NUI Galway, ConTempo. The crafting, development and recording of all the material comes from her long association with the multi-instrumentalist Seamie O'Dowd. Many of the tracks on the are deeply personal in their lyrics and are autobiographical, representing her life to the present day in their poetic and political expression.

Artists appearing on Mary's CD include Mairtin O'Connor, Brendan O'Regan, Gary O'Briain, Frankie Gavin, Cathal Hayden, Rick Epping, Eddie Lynch, Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh to name but a few. The impeccable backing vocals came from Ruth Dillon, Bernie O'Mahony, Mary Staunton, Gemma and Laura McPartlan and her daughters Mairead and Meabh Noonan.

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