Sliabh Luachra Music .....

... and surprisingly there is only one set of polkas and two slides/sets of slides on it. The other 11 tracks contain a fairly balanced mix of hornpipes, jigs, reels and two airs .... I really don

# Posted on April 30th 2003 by crannog

Just got a copy of this...

...and it's terrific. I doubt if I'd ever have found it in any normally accessible music shop. I discovered it from this site (The Session) and then ordered it over the net (from www.tesco.com). I'm now inspired to get more recordings from these three.

# Posted on February 21st 2004 by Eachann mac Bodach

"Music from Sliabh Luachra Volume 1: Kerry Fiddles"

Topic 12T 309 / TSCD309 - Ossian OSSCD10

"Denis Murphy: Music from Sliabh Luachra"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/164

"Padraig O'Keefe: The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/738

"The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music from Sliabh Luachra 1957-77"
- a compilation of tracks from the six albums in the Topic series "Music from Sliabh Luachra volumes 1-6"...
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1274

# Posted on February 13th 2005 by ceolachan

2. )"Music from Sliabh Luachra Volume 2: The Star of Munster Trio"
Topic 12TS310 - Ossian 45
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1427

3.) "Music from Sliabh Luachra Volume 3: The Humours of Lisheen"
John & Julia Clifford
Topic 12TS311 - Ossian OSS 14
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1433

"The Star Above the Garter"
Denis & Julia Murphy (Clifford)
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1073

"Ceol As Sliabh Luachra"
Julia & Billy Clifford
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1291

# Posted on February 13th 2005 by ceolachan

Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 4, Billy Clifford et al:

Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music
From Kerry And Tipperary
Topic 12TS312 ~ Ossian: OSS 11
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1286

# Posted on April 16th 2006 by ceolachan

~ Music from Sliabh Luachra:

5.) "Music from Sliabh Luachra Volume 5: Johnny O'Leary -
Music for the Set"
18 tracks - Topic /Ossian OSSCD 25
Recordings made 1976-77 -
" ~ this recording - also features his daughter Ellen on whistle
and fiddle players Mick Duggan and Maurice O'Keeffe ~ "...
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/663

6.) "Music from Sliabh Luachra Volume 6: Jackie Daly -
Traditional Accordion and Concertina Music from Sliabh Luachra"
Topic 12TS358
Released on CD by Ossian: OSSCD 30 & Green Linnet: GLCD3065
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/212

"The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music from Sliabh Luachra 1957-77"
- a compilation of tracks from the six albums in the Topic series "Music from Sliabh Luachra volumes 1-6"...
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1274

"An Calmfhear/The Trooper" - Johnny O'Leary"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1282
17 tracks - Gael Linn CEFC 132 / CEFCD 132, 1989

"Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra: Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border"
With Tim Kiely on guitar, recorded in December, 1995 in Dan O'Connell's pub, Knocknagree - this was a regular venue for Johnny and local dance traditions. Eventually it became a mecca for tourists from as far away as Japan and as near as Cork City.
Craft Recordings, Dublin - CRCS01
28 tracks - Craft Recordings - (CD) CRCD01, 1995

# Posted on April 16th 2006 by ceolachan

"Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra:

Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1284

# Posted on April 16th 2006 by ceolachan

"Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music"

Mulligan - LUN 019, 1978
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1309

# Posted on April 16th 2006 by ceolachan

"Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry"

Jimmy Doyle (Melodeon) and Dan O'Leary (fiddle)
Shanachie 29007, and it was recorded in 1977.
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1247

# Posted on April 16th 2006 by ceolachan

Padraig O'keefe was an experimentor and loved reels, perhaps a statment against the more common polkas and slides, much as playing polkas these days would be.

# Posted on January 17th 2007 by another_piper

MP3 Version

This recording is available as an MP3 download from Amazon. Amazon is actually beginning to amass quite a collection of historic recordings in MP3 format. – re

# Posted on March 9th 2009 by ralpheym