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BallinamereCD01 'Ballinamere Ceili Band' Track list Formed in 1947 in Co. Offaly by Dan Cleary, who was a founder member of Comhaltas in 1951 and set up the first branches of Comhaltas in Offaly. The band played live on Céili House for 10 years in the 50’s and had a huge influence over traditional music all over Ireland. CD - £14.99 Add to Basket
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VT132CD 'Donegal & Back!' - Packie Byrne Tracks & more information Songs, ballads & whistle tunes CD - £9.95 Add to Basket
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CNF006 'The Purple Heather' - Vincent Campbell Track list A double CD featuring Vincent’s playing over a period of almost 50 years, from 1962 to 2009. A wide variety of tune types and some of Vincent’s stories about the tunes (in Irish and English ) are featured. Vincent plays in the style of most of the players of older generations, playing mostly single tunes, instead of medleys, as a result of this there are 86 tracks, 43 on each CD. Other recordings of his playing can be found on the compilations. As usual with the Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí CD’s a 36 page booklet is included with the CDs. CD x 2 - £19.99 Add to Basket
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BH003CD 'The Spirit of West Clare' - Bobby Casey Track list This is probably one of the most important releases of the decade! illustrious fiddle player Bobby Casey (1926-2000) was born near the Crosses of Annagh, Co. Clare. His father was John 'Scully' Casey, the leading fiddler of his day in West Clare, although it wasa ctually from Junior Crehan that Bobby learnt his first tune. Moving to London in 1952 Bobby forged several key musical friendships with other exiled Claremen including Tommy McCarthy, Joe Ryan and Vincent Griffin, and exerted enormous influence on London's traditional Irish music scene. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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BH002CD 'The Porthole in the Kelp' - Sean Casey Track list A stalwart of the London Irish scene (as was his father, Clare-born Bobby Casey) shows off his his unique and even eccentric fiddle style. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket |
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CNF004 'Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal' - Con Cassidy Track list Continuing their Cairdeas series of the Donegal fiddle recordings with a collection from one of the finest players from that county, Con Cassidy. The CD features 36 tracks and all are unaccompanied apart from four duet tracks; three with Dermot McLaughlin and the other with Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. CD - £13.99 Add to Basket
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CNF005 'Nil Gar Ann!' - Frank Cassidy (& in duet with John Doherty) Track list These recordings cover a period in time from 1946 to 1967 and feature 35 Tracks. The CD features some speech items, the voice of Frank himself also his cousin Con Cassidy, Séamus Ennis and Dr Malachy McCloskey voicing their opinion of Frank’s playing. Séamus Ennis often said he was the best fiddle player that he had ever met! The album comes with extensive notes and maintains the high production standards set by the previous releases from the CNF Series. CD - £13.99 Add to Basket |
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CICD157 'An Mileoidean Scaoile' - Johnny Connolly Track list More melodeon wizardry from the Connemara master with piano accompaniment from Charlie Lennon CD - £12.99 Add to Basket
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MJM001 'The Living Stream' - Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch Track list On this CD, two of the most prestigious performers of Irish traditional music, Matt Cranitch (fiddle) and Jackie Daly (accordion), join together to celebrate their common musical heritage – the Sliabh Luachra tradition. Each in his own right has had a long and distinguished career in Irish music; each has left a lasting influence on that tradition.” CD - £11.99 Add to Basket |
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MJM002 'Rolling On' - Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch Track list Jackie Daly’s accordion and Matt Cranitch’s fiddle have long been in close concert, revelling in the music of that elusive rushy glen known as Sliabh Luachra. Rolling On sees the pair retread their tyres, rising to an enviable momentum with a bountiful mix of old and new tunes CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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CICD110 'The Fertile Rock' - Chris Droney Track list Clareman Chris Droney is one of Ireland's most legendary exponents of concertina music. CD - £12.99 Add to Basket
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- Lucy Farr Tracks & more information The music on this album spans some seventy years, from Lucy Farr's childhood in Ballinakill, County Galway, right through to her involvement with the London Irish scene. CDR - £5.99 Add to Basket
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VT141CD 'They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay' - Liam Farrell & Joe Whelan Tracks & more information Banjo and button accordion music in London with James Carty on flute and Reg Hall on piano. CD - £9.25 Add to Basket
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CRCD007 'Magnetic South' - Four Star Trio Track list The second album from the dynamic trio of Con O’Driscoll (accordion) Johnny McCarthy (fiddle & flute) and Pat ‘Herring’ Ahern (guitar). CD - £13.99 Add to Basket
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RGCD01D 'May Morning Dew' - Rita Gallagher Track list One of the finest singers in Ireland today with a wide range of songs both rare and well-known including some from her native Donegal. The first of the two CDs, 'May Morning Dew' contains new recordings while the second CD is a re-issue Rita's acclaimed 1997 cassette 'Easter Snow'. A must for anyone with an interest in Irish traditional singing. CD x 2 - £14.99 Add to Basket
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NoCatNo 'The Heathery Hills' - Rita Gallagher Track list A new CD from the great Donegal singer who won this year's TG4 Traditionall singer of the year. CD - £13.99 Add to Basket
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TERRCD001 'Path Across the Ocean' - Barry Gleeson Track list Songs of emigration from a stalwart of the Goilin Singers' Club in Dublin. Rich, resonant singing with vocal support from Grace Toland, the Goilin singers and the Voice Squad, plus accompaniment from Kevin Conneff on bodhran, Brendan Gleeson on mandolin and Gay McKeon on uilleann pipes. CD - £7.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD474 'Her Mantle so Green' - Michael Gorman & Margaret Barry Track listThe Queen of London Irish pub singers in the scene's hey-day in the mid 1950s. Plus tunes from the formidable Michael Gorman and Martin Byrnes, with some extra tracks that were not on the original Topic LP. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket |
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LG016D 'The Great Fiddle Player' - Michael Gorman Track list A new collection of archive recordings of the famed Sligo fiddle player, who was active during the hey-day of Irish tradition music scene in the pubs of North London, often accompanying street singer Margaret Barry. CD - £17.99 Add to Basket
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CC41CD 'You Lovers All' - Len Graham Track list Fine singing from the ever popular Co. Antrim singer CD - £14.99 Add to Basket
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OSSCD89 'It's No Secret' - Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh & Con O'Discoll Track list Three of Ireland's finest traditional musicians, performing reels, polkas, jigs, hornpipes, airs, slides and barndances in solo, duet and trio formats. They make music in a human scale, plus six songs complete the picture. The CD booklet features all the song texts. CD - £13.99 Add to Basket
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LUNCD052 'The Piper's Apron' - Tommy Keane Track list This is Tommy Keane's debut solo recording and includes the first sighting of a musical duet with his wife Jacqueline McCarthy on concertina. CD - £13.99 Add to Basket
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MMCD51 'The Wind Amongst the Reeds' - Tommy Keane & Jacqueline McCarthy Track list
This album is the first to feature uilleann pipes and concertina
as a duet. Accompaniment is provided by Alec Finn of Dannan on bouzouki and
guitar. Also guesting is West Clare concertina player Tommy McCarthy
(Jacqueline's father). The album was mixed by PJ Curtis.
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VT137CD 'The Girls Along the Road' - John Kennedy Tracks & more information 'Traditional songs ballads and whistle tunes from Co. Antrim CD - £11.95 Add to Basket
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VT158CD 'Easy & Bold' - John & Tim Lyons Tracks & more information Classic Songs and tunes from Co.Cork and beyond CD - £10.25 Add to Basket
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TSCD471 'Classics of Irish Piping' - Leo Rowsome Track list A superb collection of recordings from one of the legendary masters of the uilleann pipes. Made between 1926 & '48 CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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JSCD01 'A Taste of Tradition' - Jim MacFarland Track list The fine Derry singer who is a resident at the Goilin Singer's Club in Dublin with his first solo album. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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VAC001 'Our Ship She Lies Ready' - Jim MacFarland and Jackie Boyce Track list A cross section of emigration songs that Jackie Boyce and Jim MacFarland have collected and heard over the years. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD674 'The Heart is True' - Sarah Makem Track list Classic traditional singing from South Armagh CD - £11.99 Add to Basket Add to Basket |
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TMVL0302 'Jauling the Green Tober' - Thomas McCarthy & Viv Legg Track list A great CD from two singers with traveller roots. Not a duet CD but a collaboration to share their repertoires. CD - £10.99 Add to Basket
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VT125CDR 'The Long Strand' - Sean McNamara, Eamon Coyne, Peggy Peakin Tracks & more information
Irish fiddle music from Liverpool. CDR - £5.99 Add to Basket
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VT134CD 'Linkin' O'er the Lea' - Maggie Murphy Tracks & more information Traditional folk songs and ballads from Tempo, County Fermanagh CDR - £5.99 Add to Basket
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IRB30 'Hunting the Hair and other pursuits' - Con Ó Drisceoil Contents A new book and CD of 11 finely crafted comic songs written by Con Ó Drisceoil which he describes as 'many cheap laughs being provided'. Book & CD - £22.50 Add to Basket
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CRCD006 'Havoc in Heaven' - Jerry O'Reilly Track list A second CD from the popular Dublin singer from Goilin Club. A fine selection of songs with title track dedicated to the late, great Frank Harte and closing set of a tribute to the Navvy with songs from Kieran Halpin, Ewan McColl, Bob Davenport and Seamus Duffy. Accompaniment is provided on some tracks by Mick Willis, Jock Burns, Con 'Fada' O'Drisceoll and Johnny McCarthy. CD - £12.99 Add to Basket |
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DD003 'Go Home And Have Your Dinner' - Jimmy Power Track list Newly released archive recordings of the great Waterford /London fiddle player. Jimmy Power was born in Ballyduff in Co. Waterford in 1918. He arrived in London in 1947 before it had taken off as an amazing centre of Irish music and played as much as possible particularly at the Favourite pub where he led the Sunday morning session. This session was attended by some of the great names in Irish music including Mairtin Byrnes, Danny Meehan, Julia Clifford, Bobby Casey and Con Curtin. CD - £14.99 Add to Basket
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VT149CD 'My Colleen by the Shore' - Bruce Scott Tracks & more information Songs in the Irish tradition from Liverpool. CDR - £5.99 Add to Basket
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VT160CD 'The Cat's Rambles' - Michael Sheehy Tracks & more information Music from the Sliabh Luachra tradition. CD - £10.99 Add to Basket
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CEFCD158 'Idir Dha Chomhaire - In Two Minds' - Áine Uí Cheallaigh Tracks This recording shows Áine Uí Cheallaigh to have a powerful voice, capacious enough to cover a wide range of song styles and emotions, each piece touched with an individuality that is, further enhanced by the sensitive production skills of Mel Mercier. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket |
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VT156CDR 'With thanks /Le buíochas - Roisin White Tracks & more information Roisin's second CD of traditional songs from Ireland. CDR - £5.99 Add to Basket |
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VT126CD 'The First of my Rambles' - Roisin White Tracks & more information Folk Songs from Ulster CD - £9.25 Add to Basket
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VT162CD 'Tabhair mo ghrá go Conamara - Bring my love to Connemara' Tracks & more information Archival recordings of sean-nós singing from Co.Galway recorded by Terry Yarnell featuring: Rita & Sarah Keane, Pádraic Ó Conghaile, Tom Pháidín Tom, Cáit Bean Uí Chonluain and Colm Ó Caoidheáin CD - £10.99 Add to Basket |
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IRB32 'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry' - Robert Cinnamond 1884 -1968 Contents Roisin White has researched into the life and songs of Robert Cinnamond for many years and this new production celebrates her work. A 60 page booklet plus the 1975 Topic LP ‘You Rambling Boys of Pleasure’, on CD and a new CD of recordings of more of Cinnamonds songs sung by Len Graham, Jane Cassidy, Brian OhAirt, Maurice Leydon, Méabh Meir, Jennifer Orr and Roisin White. Book & 2 x CD - £16.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD679T 'It was mighty!' - The Early Days of Irish Music in London Track list Three discs featuring a total of more than 100 vital performances by, among others: Michael Gorman, Bobby Casey, Martin Byrnes, Julia Clifford. Jimmy Power, Nan Landers, Vincent Griffin, Edmond Murphy & Tommy McCarthy. CD x 3 - £15.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD680T 'It was great altogether!' - The Continuing Tradition of Irish Music in London Track list Three discs featuring 89 tracks with performances by, among others: Lucy Farr, Billy Clifford, Amby Whyms, Lamond Gillespie, Brian Rooney, Joe Whelan, Reg Hall, Karen Ryan & James Carty. CD x 3 - £15.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD677T 'The Flax in Bloom' Track list A wide selection of traditional music from Ulster across three themed discs, from the pioneering recordings of 1952-3 by Peter Kennedy and Sean O'Boyle. CD x 3 - £15.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD603 'Paddy in the Smoke' Track list Irish Dance Music From a London Pub. The classic album of Irish music from London's 'Favourite' pub recorded in the 1960s. Including: Martin Byrnes, Danny Meehan, Sean O'Shea, Bobby Casey, Tony McMahon, Julia Clifford, Con Curtin, Andy Boyle, Jimmy Power & Lucy Farr. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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TSCD604 'Past
Masters of Irish Dance Music' Track list Google £11.99 Add to Basket |
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TSCD606 'Round the House and Mind the Dresser' Track list 'Irish Country Dance Music' Polkas, slides, flings, hornpipes, mazurkas, waltzes and barndances played by legendary musicians such as: Johnny O'Leary, Johnny Docherty, Jimmy Power, Rose Murphy, Julia and Billy Clifford. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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An Goilin 007-8 ' Early Ballads in Ireland 1968-1985' Track list Twenty traditional singers performing rare and unusual ballads from the north and south of Ireland. Edited by Tom Munnelly and Hugh Shields this album was originally released on cassette. CD x 2 - £11.99 Add to Basket Add to Basket
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CFTS001 'Cascades of Song' Track list A compilation of recordings from The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing which took place in Ennistymon between 1990 & 2002. With amongst others: Rosie Stewart, Eamonn O Broithe, Con Creaney, Triona Ni Dhomhnaill,Aine Ui Cheallaigh and The Voice Squard. CD - £11.99 Add to Basket
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