Seminal albums

Björn · Post by **Björn** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:44 pm

I don´t know if this has deen discussed before, but what is the recording that , to you, is Irish music at it´s best. I find myself mainly listening to players of instruments that I play, solo recordings if possible (to get the feel of the nuances) and all the modern bands, like Lúnasa, Gráda, Flook and the rest (for kicks). Not living in Ireland I cannot really appreciate regional differences and I have but a broad view of what Irish music is about, but what I'm looking for are albums that capture the essence of The Music. For me the choice is very clear: Tony MacMahon agus Noel Hill, I Gnoc na Graí. Rocking box and concertina and dancing (which after all is the point of the music that we play). Please give me pointers to CDs/albums I may have missed.

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:10 am

Hej!

Advice on ITM by swede to another swede, thats a bit like a blind leading the blind

Here are some CD's that I always liked, but have come to appreciate even more for the traditional essence or feel.

Beginish

Mick Mulcahy, CD same name

Mulcahy Family

Kitty Hayes & Peter Laban, They'll be good yet

Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Kitty lie over

The first 4 should be right up your alley, according to your avatar

Steampacket also had this great tip on the swe piping forum:
The Raineys

Cheers!

/MarcusR

Björn · Post by **Björn** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:25 am

Mulcahy-plattan måste jag köpa. Vilken skön familj... Cykelholdet är det bästa jag vet. Finns det en koppling mellan dansk humor och irländsk musik?

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:45 am

Björn wrote:Cykelholdet är det bästa jag vet. Finns det en koppling mellan dansk humor och irländsk musik?

Javisst!
Henrik Solgaard - eftersom han kan spela varenda jig och reel som någonsin gjorts, eller så var det där med doping kontra Guiness

eller ...
ITM easy listening -- easy on your ....

/Marcus

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:58 am

My seminal list comin' up (

why does that sound vaguely rude?)

Irvine/Brady
Molloy/Peoples/Brady
Planxty
Music from Sliabh Luachra Vol.6 (Jackie Daly)
Bothy Band Live
Prosperous

And a load of others.

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:53 am

Horan/Finn, Music of Sligo (*)
Joe Cooley, Cooley
Donncha O'Briain, Donncha O'Briain (*)
Various, Music at Matt Molloy's
Wynne/Reynolds/Conway, that Martin Wynne tribute concert bootleg (*)
Horan/Harrington, The Merry Love to Play

(*) Never released on CD and therefore hard to get, but very well worth the hunt.

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:17 pm

Bothy Band "Out of the wind, into the sun"
Planxy "The well below the valley"
Matt Molloy "Heathery Breeze"
various pipers "The drones and the chanters"
Mary Bergin "feadoga stain"
these are what got me going in the late 70's and beyond.

Domhnall · Post by **Domhnall** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:20 am

For me, some of the finest are:

Dick Gaughan + Andy Irvine: Parallel Lines

The Chieftains : Cheftains 3

Planxty : Planxty

Teada : Give us a penny and let us be gone

Altan : Best of Altan (Is it blasphemy to like such a well produced group?)

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:03 pm

SteveShaw wrote:My seminal list comin' up ( why does that sound vaguely rude?)
.....

Just as well vinyl and CDs have always been round rather than oval, ay .......

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:05 pm

talasiga wrote:
SteveShaw wrote:My seminal list comin' up ( why does that sound vaguely rude?)
.....
Just as well vinyl and CDs have always been round rather than oval, ay .......

Reminds me slightly of the English soccer-lover's definition of rugby...

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:18 pm

My list:

Tommy Potts - The Liffey Banks
Seamus Ennis - Forty Years of Irish Piping
Darach O'Cathain - Traditional Irish Unaccompanied Singing
Various - Music at Matt Molloy's
Various - Drones & Chanters 1

Mukade

BrendanB · Post by **BrendanB** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:00 pm

In addition to some of the other albums that have already been mentioned, here are a few other classics (there are certainly more).

1) Paddy O'Brien/James Kelly/Daithi Sproule
2) Paddy Carty/Conor Tully
3) Tommy Peoples/Daithi Sproule 'The Iron Man'
4) Noel Hill/Tony Linnane
5) Paddy Canny & PJ Hayes
6) Michael Coleman recordings
7) Matt Molloy's first solo album with Donal Lunny
8) De Dannan - Selected Jigs and Reels

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:14 pm

I forgot about the Noel Hill/Tony Linnane one - what a cracker. I was listening to it on the plane back from Cyprus on Saturday whilst everyone else was watching a daft in-flight movie! Talking of Tommy Peoples, there's The Quiet Glen, which is a must-have for all ITM-lovers! I also love the Christy Moore one, The Iron Behind the Velvet, which not only has yer man singing some cracking good songs but also has some peerless sets of tunes featuring many of the luminaries of the time, including most wonderfully the aforementioned Hill and Linnane.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:19 pm

mukade wrote: Various - Music at Matt Molloy's

BrendanB wrote: 2) Paddy Carty/Conor Tully

Hear hear!

Cuileann · Post by **Cuileann** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:26 pm

Tony MacMahon- 'Macmahon from Clare'

Number one for me!