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Top 5 albums

Top 5 albums

What's everyones 5 favourite trad albums of all time?

Kicking off with mine in no particular order...
High Part of the Road - Tommy Peoples
Planxty - Planxty (Black album)
Zoe Conway - Zoe Conway
The Lonesome Touch - Martin Hayes & Denis Cahill
Bothy Band - Bothy Band (1975)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by knowsnothing

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I spend a lot of time pondering this question and my answer changes from day to day, even hour to hour. But if you are to ask me today (which you are)...

Also in no particular order:

At first Light - Mike McGoldrick & John Mc Sherry
Skin & Bow - Declan Folen & Junior Davy
Fused - Mike Mc Goldrick
Lonesome Touch - Martin Hayes & DC
..............
..............

At the moment I can't think of a 5th......

Callan Bridge - Niall and Cillian Vallely perhaps?

I will change my mind again soon, so I better just post this quick and let the rest of ye get on with it!

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by proinsiasrua

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Hard to say but Ill give it a go. These are all fairly resent though.

1.) Donal Lunney - the best of

2.) At First Light - Tripswitch

3.) Padraig Rynne - Bye A while

4.) Cathal Hayden - Handed down

5.)The McKeown brothers - the one with all the pipes
Father plays on it too.

There are so many more but they are my most burnt out cds.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by eurbanjo

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Come on you're missing the point. The music is ONLY to be enjoyed live. Unless of course you like museum show pieces or something like that.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Kheelch

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If you do a search for this question you will get alarming results as to how often it has been asked but never mind. Here goes (for now - and not in order):

1. First Harvest - Iain MacDonald and Iain McFarlane
2. Either of the albums by Daimh
3. Delirium - Capercaillie
4. Handful of Earth - Dick Gaughan
5. Up South - Fred Morrison and Jamie McMenemy

Sorry there are no Irish albums in this list - That is not by design. These are all great albums.

Other top albums would include Wayward Son by John Doyle, Mar a tha mo chridhe by Julie Fowlis, Luminosity by Back of the Moon, Welcome Home Kind Stranger by Paul Brady, And Irvine and Paul Brady. The list goes on. It also depends if you are limiting it to a tunes album/a song album or a mix.

One to look out for later this month will be Kris Drever's new album. If it is anything like it is being billed then it will probably end up being quoted as a standard for years to come.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by No Cause For Alarm

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So Kheelch - do you not buy any albums.... ever??!!

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by No Cause For Alarm

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I'm being sarcastic based on a comment I received on a recent thread I started called "tune".

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Kheelch

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Ah fair enough... I guess I missed that one. Such a captivating thread title too. I really should spend more time on this board and less devoted to my studies. ;-)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by No Cause For Alarm

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Interesting variety and almost no consensus so far - guess that's a healthy sign! No "Best ofs" though, that's cheating ;-)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by knowsnothing

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In no special order:

An Historic Recording of traditional Irish Music ~ Canny, Hayes, O"Loughling, Lafferty ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/868

The Wandering Minstrel ~ Seamus Ennis ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/332

Casey in the Cowhouse ~ Bobby Casey ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/428

Paddy in the Smoke ~ Various ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/281

King of the Pipers ~ Leo Rowesome ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/648

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by RogueFiddler

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right now, I'd have to say;

"Farewell to Ireland" (Patrick Mangan)

"LIve" (Natalie McMaster)

"Fiddlers Choice" (Jerry Holland)

"Inside Out" (Micheal O'Raghallaigh)

aaaannd..... er...
oh, what other albums?? well, there's a whole lot- lemme say that much!!!
how about;
"The Celtic Fiddle Festival", back when Johnny was playing with them- he was so amazing....:( but I also really like some of Lunasa's albums, I just don't find them quite as... I dunno, they just don't seem as real as some of the other cds and stuff. I enjoy seeing them live in concert much more.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by BE

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Some all time favorites include:
Arcady--Many Happy Returns
Deanta--(Can't remember the name but there was a feather on the cover)
John McCusker--Yella Hoose
And a couple of current favorites:
The new Le Vent Du Nord album (I am terrible with names, sorry)
The new Donal Clancy guitar album (just came out on Compass records)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by AlBrown

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Kheelch, that was just Our Mr. Gill being his usual self. Ignore him.

If i had to pick all-time favorites, which is a bit tough because my favorites vary rather a lot, I'd have to say:

Kevin Burke, If The Cap Fits
Celtic Fiddle Festival, Encore
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Live In Seattle

Then from there it gets messy and they start fighting for which ones would rank fourth and fifth. ;) And next week the list might be different because in the meantime I'd pulled out something I hadn't listened to for a while and rediscovered how wonderful it was.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by sara g

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Paddy Carty - the banjo one,

Sileas -Play on Light. (OK - "near-ItM")

King of the Pipers - What a good call!

Wooden Flute Obsession Vol. II.
The playing isnt uniformly as strong as on the first one but I like it more.

And just to annoy the knee-jerkers, I'll say Flook! - Rubai.

What do I win?


# Posted on October 19th 2006 by wormdiet

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The High Level Ranters, "High Level", mainly Northumbrian trad,
"Flook" Live,
Phil Cunningham, "Airs And Graces", Scottish, mainly self-composed,
Moya Brennan, "Perfect Time", one of her solo albums,
Kathryn Tickell's first one, "On Kielderside"

- All for their associations.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by nicholas

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Dick Gaughan - Handful of Earth
Silly Wizard - Live
Martin Byrnes - Masters of Irish Music

After that it's just too hard to choose. Plus there are so many I haven't even heard. There is probably no good answer to this question anyway!

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by kennedy

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my rave faves change also, and my top five is really 15 or 20 loved equally, but here's a five-pack.....

1) Canny, Hayes, Lafferty: Historic Recording of Music from Clare and East Galway [aka "meet paddy canny']

2) various--Paddy in the Smoke

3) Paddy Canny: Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler

4) Tony Macmahon and Noel Hill: Í Gcnoc Na Graí

5) Ronan Browne&Peter O'Loughlin: The South West Wind, Traditional Music from County Clare

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by ceemonster

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In no particular order:

Lunasa- Redwood
Danu- All Things Considered
Bohola- 4
Dervish- Playing With Fire
Teada- Teada, but I really like the new one Inne Amarach and haven't had it long enough to give it fair judgement.

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by Unseen122

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In no order:

1) Across the Pond - Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge, Quentin Cooper and Martin Sherlock.

2) Sean McGuire & Joe Burke - Traditional Music at its best

3) Angelina Carberry - An Tradisiun Beo

4) James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien and Daithi Sproule - Traditional Music of Ireland

5) Kieran Hanrahan - Plays the Tenor Banjo

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by 52Paddy

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I'd have to add All Ireland Championships Voilin 1959 to that aswell.

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by 52Paddy

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This is of course a rather random choice. There are many great albums.
1) Bothy Band 1975
2) Planxty - the black album
3) Lunasa - Lunasa
4) Shantalla - Shantalla
5) "Irish jigs" by Hutchinson, Hymas and Harris

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by sixholes

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In no order:

Altan - Harvest Storm
Music at Matt Molloy's
Bothy Band - 1975
Arcady - Many Happy Returns
Jesse Smith's first recording which was a cassette never printed as a CD. Unfortunately, I lost it many years ago.

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by Kheelch

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Peter Horan and Fred Finn - Music of Sligo
Music From the Coleman Country
Joe Cooley - Cooley
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen
Rufus Guinchard - Newfoundland Fiddler

I haven't heard it enough to cement it on the list, but I'm strongly suspicious that Donncha O'Briain's album belongs up there as well....

# Posted on October 21st 2006 by Sol Foster

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Okay - this is based on where I turn when I need some inspration; either style, technique or just plain 'g'wan ye'

Martin Byrnes - Masters of Irish Music
Sean Smyth - The Blue Fiddle
Brian Rooney - The Godfather
Various - Across the Waters (ITM from England)
Frankie Gavin - Irlande

# Posted on October 24th 2006 by acetrace

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these are my top 5 (not in order)-

solas - solas
black velvet - black velvet
the road less traveled - danu
the lark in the morning - steeleye span
a parcel of rouges - steeleye span
steeleye span rock!! actually, they folk rock!!

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by Osher

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