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Good Irish trad album on iTunes music store

Good Irish trad album on iTunes music store

Hello folks.
As you might have noticed, the iTunes music store has one huge "World" category with all kind of traditional and pseudo-traditional albums in it.
Can you suggest a few albums for sale on iTunes music store, preferably with good fiddlers in it? I am a big fan of good classics; for example, I am considering John Doherty's collection.
Cheers,
Davide

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by nutsmuggler

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Tommy Peoples' High Part of the Road. I've been meaning to get that one myself.

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by kennedy

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Brian Conway - First Through the Gate
Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds duet album
Kathleen Collins - Traditional Music of Ireland
Tony DeMarco and Brian Conway - The Apple in Winter
John Vesey - Sligo Fiddler

any of the various tracks/albums from Michael Coleman, James Morrison, Paddy Killoran, Martin Hayes

Compilation Albums, Various Artists:
Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music
Wheels of the World Vo. 1 or 2
From Galway to Dublin
Paddy in the Smoke

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by fiddleplayer01

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Also try other sites such as Amazon.com for downloading MP3s, they may have a wider selection

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by fiddleplayer01

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Kevin Burke - Sweeney's Dream (too bad they don't have If the Cap Fits)
Frankie Gavin & Alec Finn - Masters of Irish Music
John Carty - all three albums are excellent

there's a pretty good selection on emusic.com too!

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by airport

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Although I'm not a huge fan of Kevin Burke's style, I agree that Sweeney's Dream is worth having for the sake of the tunes. The Frankie Gavin album is awesome, as are the John Carty ones.

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by fiddleplayer01

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Thanks for your list FidDle - I'm about to download the rest of Brian Conway's album (I only have three tracks so far, but they all rock) and that Andy McGann duet one too...

P.S. not taking the Kevin Burke bait - if there was still a Fantasy Island, I'd definitely want to sound like him for a weekend...

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by airport

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Don't get me wrong, Kevin Burke is a good player. I didn't mean it negatively, I own several of his albums and they are quality music, but you can probably see from the rest of the albums I recommended that his style is just not my favorite.

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by fiddleplayer01

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Has anyone else had a challenge with some of the recommended albums above only having one track available for sample? Paddy in the Smoke, Frankie Gavin, etc only let me sample the first track on the i-Tunes list. The other tracks are not available to listen to first before buying. Am I experiencing a folk track prejudice by Apple?

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit

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I have had great success with emusic. I can't tell you how many full cd's and tracks I've downloaded from them, all at a low cost of $.25 per track. You have to be willing to spend the time going through not only the International-Celtic section, but also the Folk section which has other subcategories. I also check out the sidebars with other folks' playlists which turn up some hidden goodies. And one of the best parts is that you can sample every track available. Occasionally you may come across a recording that is missing a track or two which will be noted but that is rare. It's great for me with my radio show because if someone has a request for a certain selection, 9 times out of 10, I can find and download it there.

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by moria enya

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Thanks folks, good list so far. I have the Sweneey's dream album, and I like it a lot.

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by nutsmuggler

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Jusa Nutter Eejit, I know what you mean. Only a few track off of some of the albums I mentioned can be previewed for some reason. I don't know why, but I would guess that maybe it's just because they're not exactly mainstream, even for Irish tradtitional music. The more popular "Irish" or "world" music is pub songs and the more modern bands such as Lunasa, Solas, and Dervish.

Another problem I've had with iTunes was a while ago I downloaded 4 tracks from the Sean McGuire album The Wild Irishman. When I went back about a month later to download the rest of the album, I found that all the tracks, even the ones I had previously downloaded, had been replaced with some Whiskey in the Jar type songs, but the titles were still the same. Annoying, really, since you can buy the rest of the album at a lower price than paying for the whole thing, and now I'll have to buy it from somewhere else. But iTunes is just so convenient, I can immediately buy a new tune and have it within minutes, which is great for learning tunes.

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by fiddleplayer01

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Paddy in the Smoke- Great Album- very atmospheric as Phil Ligget would say. I love Madabawn chapel and all the bar noises. Great stuff

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by I_Fel

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I second that FidDle01. I think I pay about $10 a month for 30 downloads/month from iMusic, and when I want a tune can look for it by tune name and download it straight away. Its great when there isn't ANY Irish trad music available here except through the internet. I guess there isn't a market (she says mildly). I bought the Paddy in the Smoke CD which took something like six weeks to arrive snail mail!!!! and in the meantime joined and found it on iMusic anyway ... love Maudabawn Chapel too I_Fel. iMusic = very handy entirely.

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by Clear Drops

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Every CD mentioned in this thread seems to be available at Emusic, so many thanks to all, I now have enough recommendations saved for several months of downloading!

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by srt19170

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iTunes, eMusic - tired brain! but you would know what I mean zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.durgh!

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by Clear Drops

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I've noticed that several people have mentioned eMusic. Would any of you recommend it or another site over iTunes? I've always used iTunes for downloading music just because I have an iPod (I use a PC, not a Mac, though), but I'm curious to hear people's thoughts about other sources for downloading MP3s. Do some of these other sites have wider/better selections? Especially more obscure and hard to find albums that aren't and aren't likely to be on iTunes anytime soon?

# Posted on December 1st 2007 by fiddleplayer01

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Just a few of the selections/artists that I've downloaded from eMusic include:
Alan Kelly, Arty McGlynn, Cherish the Ladies, DeDanaan, Arcady, Moving Cloud, Joe Burke, Felix Dolan, Jerry Holland, JP Cormier, Michael Gorman, Noel Hill, the Beatons, Kilfenora Ceili Band, Tulla Ceili Band, Mulcahy's, Willie Clancy, Tom Doherty, John Doherty, Maggie Barry, the list goes on and on. They have loads of old, historic recordings from Reg Hall, such as Wheels of the World. I've only used iTunes on a rare occasion but I use eMusic all of the time.

# Posted on December 1st 2007 by moria enya

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