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Tag Archives: Irish music
The Bridge Ceili Band’s Sparks On Flags
Judith Gennett wrote this review. Most popular in the 1950s, before the Chieftains and others transformed Irish music into performance art, ceili bands are traditional Irish dance bands. According to the liner notes of Sparks On Flags, the original nine … Continue reading
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The Pogues Red Roses For Me, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Peace & Love, Hell’s Ditch, Waiting for Herb, and Pogue Mahone
‘I’ve had a very, very happy life. If they stuck me in a box tomorrow I’d know I’ve had a bloody whale of a time. How many other people have made loads of money and done every drug under the … Continue reading
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The Pogues’ Streams of Whiskey
Last night as I slept I dreamt I met with Behan I shook him by the hand and we passed the time of day When questioned on his views On the crux of life’s philosophies He had but these few … Continue reading
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Paul Brady’s The Liberty Tapes
Judith Gennett wrote this review. This is only in a limited sense a new album. The story goes that The Liberty Tapes were made of a legendary Paul Brady concert in 1978, using a domestic reel-to-reel and tape. Brady immediately … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, folk-rock, Irish music
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Paul Brady’s The Paul Brady Songbook
I first saw Paul Brady in about 1968 or ’69 as part of The Johnstons folk group, upstairs at Yardarms Club in the Bull and Stirrup Hotel in Chester. In those days the Johnstons were one of the cornerstones of … Continue reading
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Paul Brady’s Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady
Chris Woods wrote this review. Okay, hands up anyone who has heard of Paul Brady? On second thought, that’s a silly question to ask here because you are reading this review. Maybe we should try the question on a typical … Continue reading
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Mary Black’s Full Tide
Mike Wilson wrote this review. Full Tide is Mary Black‘s first full studio album since 1999’s Speaking With The Angel. This uncharacteristically long break from the recording studio had long-term fans of Mary worrying that she had nothing left to … Continue reading
Sean McCarthy’s The Songs of Sean McCarthy
Mattie Lennon wrote this review. Sean McCarthy was born in Listowel, one of ten children, on 5 June 1923. Known to audiences worldwide through songs like “Step it out Mary” and “Shanagolden,” he remains an honored figure in his own … Continue reading
Various artists’ Cairde
Sean Laffey wrote this review. Pomp and circumstance don’t figure in Irish history; the Beal bocht, famine, emigration, colonisation and the cultural ravages of Anglicisation have all shaped both a home and away view of what it is to be … Continue reading
Tony Reidy’s The Coldest Day in Winter
This album is an independent release by Tony Reidy, a singer-songwriter from Ireland, and was recorded and engineered by Brendan Minish at Raheens, Castlebar, Ireland. Tony Reidy writes all the songs bar one. As a rule I like to listen … Continue reading
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