Howdy, y'all....
As a near-total beginner who's still ploughing through tutorials in books and websites, I'm finding that the thing most emphasised is learning by listening. Although I grew up in Ireland, I never took advantage of that fact when it came to music, and where I am now is somewhat more limited in terms of access to live sessions.So.....what would you list as the top 5 CDs you couldn't live without/would send to someone stranded on a desert island with just a whistle, a CD player and an itch to learn to play
Matt Molloy, Sean Keane & Liam O´Flynn- The Fire Aflame
Music from Matt Molloy´s
Moher- Over the Edge
Tola Custy & Cyril O'Donoghue - Setting Free
The Bothy Band- Out of the wind into the sun
Bothy Band -- 1975
Planxty -- Black Album
De Danaan -- The Mist Covered Mountain
Dervish -- Live in Palma
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady or Paul Brady The Liberty Tapes
BTW, 1975, the Black Album and Live in Palma share in an important trait (for me) of great albums -- they have great driving beginnings that just pull you in.
Jack and Fr. Charlie Coen-Branch Line Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington-The New Road Zan Mcloud and James Kelly-The Ring Sessions Micheal Coleman-Complete Recordings
Joe Cooley- Cooley
bosco, how about:
Frankie Gavin & Paul Brock - A Tribute to Joe Cooley
Paddy Carty & Mick O'Connor
Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin: The South West Wind
Micheal O'Raghallaigh - The Nervous Man
Kevin Crawford: In Good Company
A couple bands that keep showing up are Lunasa, Solas, and Dervish. I am a big fan of Lunasa and Dervish, but not so much Solas (especially the newer stuff). I would also recommend anything by Danu and Teada.
Bands are fun to listen to, but I get much more inspiration from duet or trio recordings.
Maeve Donnelly & Peadar O'Loughlin "The Thing Itself" (fiddle & flute duet)
Mick O'Brien & Kevin O'Reilly "Kitty Lie Over" (pipes & fiddle duet)
Harry Bradley "As I Carelessly Did Stray..." (flute solo, a couple of duets with fiddle)
Mary MacNamara "Traditional Music from East Clare" (concertina solo, but many duets and trios with fiddles)
Angelina Carberry "An Traidisiun Beo" (banjo solo, some great duets with box)
Noel Hill & Tony Linane
The South West Wind (RB & Peter O'L)
Music at Matt Molloy's
Paul Brady, Matt Molloy & Tommy Peoples
Jesse Smith & John Blake Jigs & Reels
Like Slainte, I get far more inspiration from listening to solo or duet recordings. Although, as my selections reflect, I did listen far more to group albums, when I first became interested in ITM.
Anyway, lest we forget the older groups, here are my 5, couldn't live without 'group' albums:
1 - First Month of Summer (Buttons & Bows)
2 - Selected Jigs Reels & Songs (also De Danann)
3 - Lochaber No More (Boys of the Lough)
4 - Skylark (Skylark)
5 - Any Old Time (Any Old Time)
P.S. Sorry Moylan, no Chieftains, although if I had to choose, it'd be No 4
1) Frankie Gavin & Paul Brock ...."A Tribute To Joe Cooley" (got a lot of the "old standards" but the playing is some of the tightest, sweetest )
2) De Dannan......"The Star Spangled Molly" ( I won this on BBC Radio Foyle/Ulster back in the late 70's. An ITM programme hosted by Paddy Rice (RIP) who just happened to be our local sessions co-ordinator back then. Honestly, it wasn't a fix ! )
I loved the reproduced, old 78's sound and Maura O' Connell's voice.
3) De Dannan...."The Mist Covered Mountain" ( I was hooked on Charlie Piggot's playing by this stage and btw ...I paid for this record
4) Various Artists....."Bringing It All Back Home" ( I loved this show and the music wasn't half bad either. On a desert island maybe a "suicidal choice"
5) A toss-up between Dervish or Cherish The Ladies. Ladies win so, "The Girls Won't Leave The Boys Alone " ( Obvious choice
Well, many of the CDs I couldn't live without have been posted...some of mine:
Solas: Solas
Lunasa: Redwood
Liz Carroll: Lost in the Loop
Paddy in the Smoke
Milestone at the Garden
Seamus Egan: Traditional Music of Ireland
Music at Matt Molloy's
Bumblebees: Buzzin'
1, Serenade - Winifred Horan & Mick MaCauley – (oopps I forgot not to mention Solas)
2 & 3, Songs of the Irish Whistle, Vol. 1 & 2 - Jonnie Madden
4 & 5, Fused/ Wired - Michael McGoldrick
(Not very traditional I know but - Hey Ho! - I like them)
2,,3,4 and 5 should appeal to you as a whistle & soon to be flute player.
1 is just a brilliant CD !!!
And the list goes on and on... For the buck, I'd get the 2 CDs Green Linnet 25 years of Celtic Music. A pretty good sampling -32 tracks in all, including Scottish TM. Yes for Paddy in The Smoke, just got it, love it.
the top 5 CDs you couldn't live without are not the same as I would send to someone stranded on a desert island with just a whistle, a CD player and an itch to learn to play
The 5 I couldn't live without might be:
Nomos: Set You Free
DeDanann: Song For Ireland
Cathal Hayden: Eponymous
M. McGoldrick: Fused
Slaibh Notes: Glenntan
The ones for the lonely learner might be:
John Wynne: With Every Breath
Sean Ryan: Take The Air (Siúil Uait)
Mary Bergin: Feadoga Stain
Wooden Flute Obsession Vols 1&2
and because these are the current have learn session tuse Sharon Shannon & Friends: Tunes
Seamus Horan and Packie Duignan, [forget what it's called]
Paddy Taylor "The Boy in the Gap"
The Russell Family
Tony McMahon "Tony McMahon"
"Beauty an Oileann", music and song from the Blasket Islands.
5 albums, not 5 CDs: 2 of them have unfortunately not yet been re-released on CD
You know what else is good and brand new? Lunasa's brand new album, came out a week ago. I posted it in the recordings section. My only complaint is a lack of trad tunes, most are recent way more than on their otehr albums.
Sorry Q, but Lunasa's album is only out in The US, Cnada, and Japan. I looked at their website and have the other dates as a comment in the recording section, but I don't remeber them off the top of my head.
Cheers, everyone.
A quick summary would suggest that the following as the most popular:
Solas: Solas
Dervish: Live in Palma
Music from Matt Molloy's.....
DeDanann and Lunasa also get plenty of mentions but not for any specific album....
For the record, really just asked as I'd put the following order into Amazon without thinking to ask for recommendations here:
Frankie Gavin & Alec Finn
Feadoga Stain : Mary Bergin
Music at Matt Molloy's
Ireland's Whistling Ambassador: Micho Russell.
Ptarmigan: thanks for the link. interesting that the most popular choice that time (Dervish's Midsummer's night) didn't even get a mention.
Old Scraper: "desert island" is my pet name for Australia.
thanks again
Skara Brae - Skara Brae
Lover's Ghost - Cran
Live in Palma - Dervish
Lá Lugh - Gerry O Connor & Eithne Ní Uallacháin
Island Angel - Altan
The Top of Coom - Conal O Grada
Born for Sport - Paul O Shaughnessy & Harry Bradley
...
Yeah well. Pretty big island, plenty of electricity. And here was me thinking of you ship wrecked on a little coral reef somewhere, a couple of palms, sandy beaches all around and surrounded by beautiful blue shark infested waters as far as the eye could see. I always get the wrong end of the stick.
Cheers
Okay, there are 50 replies up to now and NO ONE lists the Chieftains. Now I know I must be missing something. After all, I am new to ITM, so I need some brave soul to break the sad news to me...why don't the Chieftains appear on anyone's list?
(Please be gentle...I know I open myself to tremendous scorn with this question, but I'm not a bad person and I do enjoy listening to the bodhran...)
My mistake Ptarmigan. Guess you haven't had time to hijack this thread yet.
I love the title tune from Callan Bridge, just picked it up the other day. Murieann's Jig is quite gorgeous, so is Humours of Tuullycrine. Niall is a hell of a composer. Once in a Blue Moose and Sunnyside are also some of my favorites. Who am I kidding I love the whole album.
Well, I’ll throw a Chieftains album on my desert island island – Bonaparte’s Retreat. And then I’ll admit that the reason is that it includes the young, and already incomparable, Dolores Keane.
I’d also need Selected Jigs, Reels and Song by De Dannan (or was it De Danann then?) and about a dozen others that I can’t remember by title right now.
How about 'The singing stream' - thats one of my very favourites, Niall is deffo up there with my favourite composers for tunes - he's just got the craziest stuff - and I love it!
That is one of my favorites also. That is just one that stands out, plus I like that whole set a lot Callan Bridge is the last tune in that set. All this talk about the album forced me to put it on.
Hey Unseen - I just got the new Niall Vallely album 'Buille' with Paul Meehan and Caoimhín Vallely and it is just awesome - highly recommended and lots of crazy Niall tunes!
OK, Laitch, we will strand you on a desert island with that Corrs album, come back in five years, and see what you think. Now, being stranded on a desert island with the Corrs themselves, that is something worth pondering.......
Ptarmigan, Glad to hear the members of Deanta are still around and playing, I envy you getting to spend time with such crackerjack players.
Well, just the one Al. - & the truth is, Dee's only in 1st gear when I'm trying to limp along at our wee session, but it is certainly a treat when she let's rip, when another really good player, like herself, appears at our session.
We're in for a treat on Paddy's day though, cause she's bringing her group, 'The London Lasses', to play a set during the afternoon in a local open air gig & also at a concert locally, that night. Yabba Dabba Doo!
To actually learn how to play the whistle, I recommend the tutors devised by a lady called Geraldine Cotter. They did exist as cassettes and I assume they do now as CD's, with I assume booklets as well. Check her out on the net. Else you'll go bonkers hearing all these tunes/CD's, while not knowing how to play the stuff!
ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Howdy, y'all....
As a near-total beginner who's still ploughing through tutorials in books and websites, I'm finding that the thing most emphasised is learning by listening. Although I grew up in Ireland, I never took advantage of that fact when it came to music, and where I am now is somewhat more limited in terms of access to live sessions.So.....what would you list as the top 5 CDs you couldn't live without/would send to someone stranded on a desert island with just a whistle, a CD player and an itch to learn to play
# Posted on February 27th 2006 by bosco
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Lunasa - Lunasa
Solas - Solas
Dervish - Live In Palma
Flook - Flatfish
Dun An Doras - Rua,and a lot more where that came from...
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by MikeS
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Flook - Rubai
Dervish - Live in Palma'
Solas - Solas
Calico - Celanova square
Niall Vallely - Buille
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by bb
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Paddy Carty - Traditional Music of Ireland
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by wormdiet
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
This thread might give you some ideas:
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/1345/comments#comment21954
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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Teada - Teada
Teada - Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone
Celtic Fiddle Festival - any and all
Lunasa - Lunasa
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by musicfan
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Matt Molloy, Sean Keane & Liam O´Flynn- The Fire Aflame
Music from Matt Molloy´s
Moher- Over the Edge
Tola Custy & Cyril O'Donoghue - Setting Free
The Bothy Band- Out of the wind into the sun
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Rafix
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Bothy Band -- 1975
Planxty -- Black Album
De Danaan -- The Mist Covered Mountain
Dervish -- Live in Palma
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady or Paul Brady The Liberty Tapes
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by garrett
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
BTW, 1975, the Black Album and Live in Palma share in an important trait (for me) of great albums -- they have great driving beginnings that just pull you in.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by garrett
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Lunasa - Merry Sisters of Fate
Martin Hayes - Live in Seattle
Eilis Kennedy - Time to Sail
Eoin Duignan - Lumina
William Coulter - Celtic Sessions
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by lauramcc
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Jack and Fr. Charlie Coen-Branch Line Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington-The New Road Zan Mcloud and James Kelly-The Ring Sessions Micheal Coleman-Complete Recordings
Joe Cooley- Cooley
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Dont
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
bosco, how about:
Frankie Gavin & Paul Brock - A Tribute to Joe Cooley
Paddy Carty & Mick O'Connor
Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin: The South West Wind
Micheal O'Raghallaigh - The Nervous Man
Kevin Crawford: In Good Company
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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What, no love for the early Chieftans?
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Moylan
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A couple bands that keep showing up are Lunasa, Solas, and Dervish. I am a big fan of Lunasa and Dervish, but not so much Solas (especially the newer stuff). I would also recommend anything by Danu and Teada.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Unseen122
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Bands are fun to listen to, but I get much more inspiration from duet or trio recordings.
Maeve Donnelly & Peadar O'Loughlin "The Thing Itself" (fiddle & flute duet)
Mick O'Brien & Kevin O'Reilly "Kitty Lie Over" (pipes & fiddle duet)
Harry Bradley "As I Carelessly Did Stray..." (flute solo, a couple of duets with fiddle)
Mary MacNamara "Traditional Music from East Clare" (concertina solo, but many duets and trios with fiddles)
Angelina Carberry "An Traidisiun Beo" (banjo solo, some great duets with box)
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by slainte
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As for bands, Altan is conspicously missing.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by slainte
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Kevin Henry
An Historic Recording
Ceol an Chlair
Kitty Lie Over
Tommy Potts
John Mckenna
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by JackMurphy
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For me, Definitely no Solas. Ever.
Noel Hill & Tony Linane
The South West Wind (RB & Peter O'L)
Music at Matt Molloy's
Paul Brady, Matt Molloy & Tommy Peoples
Jesse Smith & John Blake Jigs & Reels
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Hugo Chavez
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I might not mention Solas, Goosey, but I would be tempted to mention John Williams!
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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Like Slainte, I get far more inspiration from listening to solo or duet recordings. Although, as my selections reflect, I did listen far more to group albums, when I first became interested in ITM.
Anyway, lest we forget the older groups, here are my 5, couldn't live without 'group' albums:
1 - First Month of Summer (Buttons & Bows)
2 - Selected Jigs Reels & Songs (also De Danann)
3 - Lochaber No More (Boys of the Lough)
4 - Skylark (Skylark)
5 - Any Old Time (Any Old Time)
P.S. Sorry Moylan, no Chieftains, although if I had to choose, it'd be No 4
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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I'll donate the batteries, bosco. You're going to need a lifetime supply of them to get through this lot above on a desert island.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Clear Drops
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Beat me to it this time Ptarmigan
1) Frankie Gavin & Paul Brock ...."A Tribute To Joe Cooley" (got a lot of the "old standards" but the playing is some of the tightest, sweetest )
2) De Dannan......"The Star Spangled Molly" ( I won this on BBC Radio Foyle/Ulster back in the late 70's. An ITM programme hosted by Paddy Rice (RIP) who just happened to be our local sessions co-ordinator back then. Honestly, it wasn't a fix ! )
I loved the reproduced, old 78's sound and Maura O' Connell's voice.
3) De Dannan...."The Mist Covered Mountain" ( I was hooked on Charlie Piggot's playing by this stage and btw ...I paid for this record
4) Various Artists....."Bringing It All Back Home" ( I loved this show and the music wasn't half bad either. On a desert island maybe a "suicidal choice"
5) A toss-up between Dervish or Cherish The Ladies. Ladies win so, "The Girls Won't Leave The Boys Alone " ( Obvious choice
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Strathfoyle
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I'm changing #2 to Altan's (good mention, slainte) "Red Crow"
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Strathfoyle
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The new Barry Kerr c.d that is to be released soon. Its mostly songs. Barry is a great singer as well as piper and flute player.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by blas
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Well, many of the CDs I couldn't live without have been posted...some of mine:
Solas: Solas
Lunasa: Redwood
Liz Carroll: Lost in the Loop
Paddy in the Smoke
Milestone at the Garden
Seamus Egan: Traditional Music of Ireland
Music at Matt Molloy's
Bumblebees: Buzzin'
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Crysania
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1, Serenade - Winifred Horan & Mick MaCauley – (oopps I forgot not to mention Solas)
2 & 3, Songs of the Irish Whistle, Vol. 1 & 2 - Jonnie Madden
4 & 5, Fused/ Wired - Michael McGoldrick
(Not very traditional I know but - Hey Ho! - I like them)
2,,3,4 and 5 should appeal to you as a whistle & soon to be flute player.
1 is just a brilliant CD !!!
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by mikk
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Paddy Canny- traditional music of east clare
Paddy in the Smoke
Most things by Kevin Burke
Noel Hill & Tony Linane
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Caraaz
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And the list goes on and on... For the buck, I'd get the 2 CDs Green Linnet 25 years of Celtic Music. A pretty good sampling -32 tracks in all, including Scottish TM. Yes for Paddy in The Smoke, just got it, love it.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by pennhorse
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
the top 5 CDs you couldn't live without are not the same as I would send to someone stranded on a desert island with just a whistle, a CD player and an itch to learn to play
The 5 I couldn't live without might be:
Nomos: Set You Free
DeDanann: Song For Ireland
Cathal Hayden: Eponymous
M. McGoldrick: Fused
Slaibh Notes: Glenntan
The ones for the lonely learner might be:
Sharon Shannon & Friends: Tunes
John Wynne: With Every Breath
Sean Ryan: Take The Air (Siúil Uait)
Mary Bergin: Feadoga Stain
Wooden Flute Obsession Vols 1&2
and because these are the current have learn session tuse
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Ottery
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Sorry about the gibberish above(!)
Should have read: 'current have-to-learn session tunes'
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Ottery
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How's about:
Seamus Horan and Packie Duignan, [forget what it's called]
Paddy Taylor "The Boy in the Gap"
The Russell Family
Tony McMahon "Tony McMahon"
"Beauty an Oileann", music and song from the Blasket Islands.
5 albums, not 5 CDs: 2 of them have unfortunately not yet been re-released on CD
D
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by diamondo
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The Red Crow- Altan
mainly.
However, I could not live with just that. I need lot's of ITM with good variety.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Red Crow
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Mike McGolderick - wired is an awesome album and so is Haven - the new Flook! Cd.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by bb
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Good call on Altan Slainte. I learned one of my current fave tunes from Local Ground.
Patarmigan, I whole heartedly agree with John Williams, he is an amazing player.
Crysania, good to see someone who shares my opinon of Redwood, it is my fave from Lunasa also, and I have all of their albums.
bb, stop reminding me that I still don't have Haven.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Unseen122
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Heh - its good tho, worth getting for sure!
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by bb
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You know what else is good and brand new? Lunasa's brand new album, came out a week ago. I posted it in the recordings section. My only complaint is a lack of trad tunes, most are recent way more than on their otehr albums.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Unseen122
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I'll have to check it out - thanks for the tip!
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by bb
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oh good, it's out. must have a look.
# Posted on February 28th 2006 by Q
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Ooh, I'll definitely go look at that . . . it'll help me get to May when Teada's new cd is out!
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by musicfan
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Sorry Q, but Lunasa's album is only out in The US, Cnada, and Japan. I looked at their website and have the other dates as a comment in the recording section, but I don't remeber them off the top of my head.
Teada's got a new CD on the way, sweet.
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by Unseen122
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Cheers, everyone.
A quick summary would suggest that the following as the most popular:
Solas: Solas
Dervish: Live in Palma
Music from Matt Molloy's.....
DeDanann and Lunasa also get plenty of mentions but not for any specific album....
For the record, really just asked as I'd put the following order into Amazon without thinking to ask for recommendations here:
Frankie Gavin & Alec Finn
Feadoga Stain : Mary Bergin
Music at Matt Molloy's
Ireland's Whistling Ambassador: Micho Russell.
Ptarmigan: thanks for the link. interesting that the most popular choice that time (Dervish's Midsummer's night) didn't even get a mention.
Old Scraper: "desert island" is my pet name for Australia.
thanks again
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by bosco
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Skara Brae - Skara Brae
Lover's Ghost - Cran
Live in Palma - Dervish
Lá Lugh - Gerry O Connor & Eithne Ní Uallacháin
Island Angel - Altan
The Top of Coom - Conal O Grada
Born for Sport - Paul O Shaughnessy & Harry Bradley
...
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by Lizzy
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Yeah well. Pretty big island, plenty of electricity. And here was me thinking of you ship wrecked on a little coral reef somewhere, a couple of palms, sandy beaches all around and surrounded by beautiful blue shark infested waters as far as the eye could see. I always get the wrong end of the stick.
Cheers
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by Clear Drops
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Not much trad though Old Scraper on this big island
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by bb
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Certainly not here in the centre, beebs!
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by Clear Drops
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Oh! Are you talking Newfoundland? Icebergs, Penguins and Polar Bears.
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by Clear Drops
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No - I'm coming back to australia in 5 weeks and I guess I'm getting ahead of myself. I meant Australia...Newfoundland has heaps of trad
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by bb
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bb, the new Lunasa album is not out in Australia til April get it while you can. Now back to the discussion already in progress.
# Posted on March 1st 2006 by Unseen122
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Okay, there are 50 replies up to now and NO ONE lists the Chieftains. Now I know I must be missing something. After all, I am new to ITM, so I need some brave soul to break the sad news to me...why don't the Chieftains appear on anyone's list?
(Please be gentle...I know I open myself to tremendous scorn with this question, but I'm not a bad person and I do enjoy listening to the bodhran...)
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
I believe Moylan asks the same question. Look up above, it is right above my first post in this thread and under one of Ptarmigan's many.
Forgot about this one, Niall and Cillian Vallely's "Callan Bridge"
IMO, it is a must have.
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Unseen122
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er - hmmm - Point of order there, unseen old chap! "under one of Ptarmigan's many"?
Ptarmigan's Posts above - 4
Unseen posts above - 6
...not soooo many after all!
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Ptarmigan
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Callan Bridge is indeed a cracker of a cd - how bout that Bm (obviously) tune Murrieans Jig - just gorgeous.
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by bb
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My mistake Ptarmigan. Guess you haven't had time to hijack this thread yet.
I love the title tune from Callan Bridge, just picked it up the other day. Murieann's Jig is quite gorgeous, so is Humours of Tuullycrine. Niall is a hell of a composer. Once in a Blue Moose and Sunnyside are also some of my favorites. Who am I kidding I love the whole album.
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Unseen122
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Well, I’ll throw a Chieftains album on my desert island island – Bonaparte’s Retreat. And then I’ll admit that the reason is that it includes the young, and already incomparable, Dolores Keane.
I’d also need Selected Jigs, Reels and Song by De Dannan (or was it De Danann then?) and about a dozen others that I can’t remember by title right now.
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Bob himself
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I meant desert desert island island, or something.
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Bob himself
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"Guess you haven't had time to hijack this thread yet." - Nope Unseen122, too busy hijacking my own thread, next door!
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Ptarmigan
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How about 'The singing stream' - thats one of my very favourites, Niall is deffo up there with my favourite composers for tunes - he's just got the craziest stuff - and I love it!
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by bb
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That is one of my favorites also. That is just one that stands out, plus I like that whole set a lot Callan Bridge is the last tune in that set. All this talk about the album forced me to put it on.
# Posted on March 2nd 2006 by Unseen122
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I would add to the list any of the albums recorded by the late and lamented bands Arcady or Deanta--good stuff there.
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by AlBrown
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Hey Unseen - I just got the new Niall Vallely album 'Buille' with Paul Meehan and Caoimhín Vallely and it is just awesome - highly recommended and lots of crazy Niall tunes!
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by bb
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"The Best of The Corrs"
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by joesmith
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Al, I see your a Deanta fan. I had a lovely tune with Dee Havlin last night. She just gets better & better!
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
OK, Laitch, we will strand you on a desert island with that Corrs album, come back in five years, and see what you think. Now, being stranded on a desert island with the Corrs themselves, that is something worth pondering.......
Ptarmigan, Glad to hear the members of Deanta are still around and playing, I envy you getting to spend time with such crackerjack players.
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by AlBrown
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Well, just the one Al. - & the truth is, Dee's only in 1st gear when I'm trying to limp along at our wee session, but it is certainly a treat when she let's rip, when another really good player, like herself, appears at our session.
We're in for a treat on Paddy's day though, cause she's bringing her group, 'The London Lasses', to play a set during the afternoon in a local open air gig & also at a concert locally, that night. Yabba Dabba Doo!
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
Now I have to get that, Haven, and more Dervish (don't have all their albums yet). Look what you have caused.
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Unseen122
Re: ITM CDs you couldn't live without...
To actually learn how to play the whistle, I recommend the tutors devised by a lady called Geraldine Cotter. They did exist as cassettes and I assume they do now as CD's, with I assume booklets as well. Check her out on the net. Else you'll go bonkers hearing all these tunes/CD's, while not knowing how to play the stuff!
# Posted on August 28th 2006 by nicholas