Beginner's Guide to Ireland
Various Artists - Irish Folk
Irish
Nascente
Released: 2005
Catalogue Number: NSBOX012
Barcode: 5014797134287
Running Time: 41+41+46mins.
2xCD | £9.62 | The store is currrently closed for holidays. Stock will be able to be orderd from the 16th April 2024 | |
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3 CDs if our count is right. This is part of a big series of an international collection (just in case this kind of thing rocks your boat, as they say!).
In three parts a) 'Roots Revival' b) 'Breaking Boundaries' and c) 'New Traditions' - 32 tracks in total.
All obviously hand-picked, so all quite wonderful in their own way.
It really is 'star-studded' so it does come RECOMMENDED.
Disc One - Roots Revival:
1) The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: The Rising of the Moon.
2) Sean O'Riada with Ceoltoiri Chualann: Marcshlua Ui Neill.
3) Tommy Makem: The Irish Rover.
4) Seamus Tansey: Roisin Dubh - Dublin Reel - The Steampacket.
5) Skara Brae: Banchnoia Eireann O'.
6) Mary Ann Carolan: Bold Doherty.
7) The Bothy Band: The Kesh Jig - Give Us A Drink of Water - The Flower of the Flock - Famous Ballymote.
8) Horslips: Sword of Light.
9) Darach o' Cathain: Sail Og Rua.
10) Midnight Well: Still Believing.
11) Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh: The Four Shoves.
12) Mary Bergin: Mrs. Crehan's - Gerry Commane's - The Rainy Day.
Disc Two: Breaking Boundaries:
1) Dolores Keane & John Faulkner: Green Grows the Laurel.
2) Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy: Germans.
3) Maighread & Triona Ni Domhnail with Donal Lunny: Spanish Lady.
4) Gerry O'Connor: Moving Cloud.
5) Na Casaidigh: The Battle of Aughrim.
6) John Spillane: All the Ways You Wander
7) Sharon Shannon: Sparky.
8) Frank Harte with Donal Lunny: Shan Van Vocht.
9) Dermot Byrne: Welcome Home Grianne.
10) Goats Don't Shave: Las Vegas )in the Hills of Donegal).
Disc Three - New Traditions:
1) Cran: Na Ceannabhain Bhana - The Black Rogue - Willie Clancy's Secret Jig.
2) The London Lasses & Pete Quinn: Splendid Isolation - The Swallow's Nest - The Newly Mown Meadow
3) P.P.Slaggart: Whiskey Town.
4) Gerry O'Connor: The Chicken's Gone to Scotland - Kitty the Hare - Jim Erwin's - The Drunken Maids of Ardnaree.
5) Paddy Glackin & Micheal O'Domhnaill: Brid Bhan.
6) Pauline Scanlon: Molly Bhan.
7) Mary McPartlan: Rainy Night in Soho.
8) Mozaik: My Heart Tonight's In Ireland - Robinson County - The Trip To Durrow.
9) Dervish: The Cocks Are Crowing.
10) North Cregg: There Was A Maid In Her Father's Garden.
3 CDs if our count is right. This is part of a big series of an international collection (just in case this kind of thing rocks your boat, as they say!).
In three parts a) 'Roots Revival' b) 'Breaking Boundaries' and c) 'New Traditions' - 32 tracks in total.
All obviously hand-picked, so all quite wonderful in their own way.
It really is 'star-studded' so it does come RECOMMENDED.
Lineup
See Track Listing.