Irish Music Reviews Index
This section contains Irish material from both Ireland and other parts of the world - notably the USA
- A basic Guide to the pronunciation of Irish names
Individual Performers:
- Róise na nAmhrán - Songs of a Donegal Woman
- Eimear Arkins - What's Next?
- At the Racket - Mirth-making Heroes
- Jim Bainbridge & Patrick Forester - The Drunken Billy Goat
- Jim Bainbridge & Patrick Forester - The Drunken Billy Goat, extended version
- Margaret Barry - I Sang Through the Fairs
- Séamus Begley & Jim Murray - Ragairne
- Birkin Tree - A Cheap Present
- The Bofield Ceili Band - 100 Years a Growing
- The Bonny Men - The Bonny Men
- bohola - bohola
- Neillidh Boyle - A Feeling in the Blood
- Jackie Boyce and Jim MacFarland - Our Ship She Lies Ready
- The Boys of the Lough - The West of Ireland
- Paul Brady - The Liberty Tapes
- The Bridge Ceili Band - Sparks on Flags
- Ronan Browne - the wynd you know
- Ronan Brown & Peter O'Loughlin - Touch Me If You Dare
- Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey & Kathleen Gavin - Music at the House
- Eddie Butcher - Adam in Paradise
- Eddie Butcher - All the Days of His Life Book + 3 CDS
- Packie Byrne - From Donegal and Back!
- Conor Caldwell and Danny Diamond - North
- Phil Callery - Landscape of the Past
- Paddy Canny - Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler
- Canny / Hayes / O'Loughlin / Lafferty - An Historic Recording of Traditional Irish Music ... [review 1]
- Canny / Hayes / O'Loughlin / Lafferty - An Historic Recording of Traditional Irish Music ... [review 2]
- Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn - Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn
- Peter & Angelina Carberry - Memories from the Holla
- Liz Carroll - Lost in the Loop
- John Carty - Yeh, that's all it is
- Bobby Casey - Maestro
- Bobby Casey - The Spirit of West Clare
- Seán Casey - The Porthole of the Kelp
- Con Cassidy - Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal
- Jane Cassidy - Silverbridge
- Céide - Like a Wild Thing
- Saileog Ní Cheannabháin - Roithleán
- Cathal Clohessy and Eamonn Costello - Bosca Ceoil and Fiddle
- Colcannon - Trad.
- Michael Coleman - 1891-1945 2-CD + book
- The Coleman Country Céilí Band - Jigs, Reels and Airs
- Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan - Two Gentlemen of Clare Music
- Verena Commins and Julie Langan - Fonchaoi
- Peter Conlon - The Genius of Peter Conlon
- Mick Conneely - Selkie
- Mick Conneely and David Munnelly - ’Tis What It Is
- Johnny Connolly - An Mileoidean Scaoilte
- Johnny Connolly - Drioball na Fáinleoige
- Johnny Óg Connolly & Brian McGarth - Dreaming Up the Tunes
- Brian Conway - Consider The Source
- Brian Conway - First Through the Gate
- Cran - Music from the Edge of the World
- Kevin Crawford - In Good Company
- Kevin Crehan - An Bhábóg sa Bhádóg - Music from West Clare
- Elizabeth Cronin - The Complete Song Collection (2 CDs + book)
- Elizabeth Crotty - Concertina Music from West Clare
- Danú - All Things Considered
- The Dartry Céilí Band - The Killavil Post
- Danny Diamond - Fiddle Music
- Danny Diamond - North
- Danny Diamond - Elbow Room: Solo Fiddle Music from Ireland
- Cara Dillon - Cara Dillon
- John Doherty - The Floating Bow
- Liz Doherty - Quare Imagination
- Mickey Doherty - Garvan Hill (review 1)
- Mickey Doherty - Garvan Hill (review 2)
- Maeve Donnelly - Maeve Donnelly
- Johnny Doran - The Master Pipers Volume 1
- Na Dorsa - The Wild Music of the Gael / Ceol Caithréimbach na nGael
- John Doyle - Evening Comes Early
- Chris Droney - Down from Bell Harbour
- Stevie Dunne - Banjo
- Stevie Dunne - About Time
- Con Durham - Champions of Ireland: Uilleann Pipes
- Seamus Ennis - Forty Years of Irish Piping
- Erne - Traditional Irish Music
- Florence Fahy - Tunes from the Flaggy Shore
- Liam Farrell & Joe Whelan - They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay
- Marie Fielding, Tom Orr, Donogh Hennessy - an trá - The Beach
- The Flanagan Brothers - The Tunes we Like to Play on Paddy's Day
- Mick Flynn - A Stór mo Chroí
- Mick Flynn - A Singer's Dozen
- The Four Star Trio - The Square Triangle
- The Friel Sisters - Before the Sun
- Mickey Gallagher - Songs and Stories
- Seán Garvey - The Bonny Bunch of Roses
- Gatehouse - Tús Nua
- Geantrái - The Music Makers
- Sarah Ghriallais - Connemara Sean-nós
- Michael Gorman - The Sligo Champion
- Michael Gorman - The great fiddle player
- Nathan Gourley & Laura Feddersen - Life is All Checkered
- Len Graham and Brian Ó hAirt - The Road Taken
- Len Graham - Over the Hills and Far Away
- Len Graham - In Full Flight
- Carmel Gunning - Corran Hill
- Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh, Con O'Drisceoil - It's No Secret
- John 'The Yank' Harrington - A Celtic Century
- Frank Harte, with Dónal Lunny - When Adam Was In Paradise: Traditional Songs of Love and Courtship
- Frank Harte - There's Gangs of Them Digging
- Frank Harte and Dónal Lunny - The Hungry Voice
- Frank Harte and Dónal Lunny - My Name is Napoleon Bonaparte
- Frank Harte - 1798: The First Year of Liberty
- Cathal Hayden - Same
- Kitty Hayes and Peter Laban - They'll be Good Yet
- Kitty Hayes - A Touch of Clare: Traditional Irish Concertina Music
- Martin Hayes and Denis Cahill - Live in Seattle
- Joe Heaney (Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) - The Road from Connemara
- Joe Heaney - Say a Song - Joe Heaney in the Pacific North-west
- Joe Heaney - Tell a Story: Joe Heaney in the Pacific Northwest
- PJ and Marcus Hernon - The Grouse in the Heather
- The High Seas - CCC
- The House Devils - Crossing the Ocean
- Caroline Keane - Shine (review 1)
- Caroline Keane - Shine (review 2)
- James Keane - Live in Dublin
- Sarah and Rita Keane - Once I Loved
- Rita and Sarah Keane - At the Setting of the Sun
- Josephine Keegan - Lifeswork: The Compositions of Josephine Keegan
- Josephine Keegan - The Fairy Bridges
- Josephine Keegan - The Nightingale and Other Lesser Spotted Tunes
- Paddy Keenan - Paddy Keenan
- Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan - The Long Grazing Acre
- Alan and John Kelly - Fourmilehouse
- Brian Kelly - Same
- Grainne Kelly & Ciarán Marsden - Champions of Ireland: Tin Whistle
- John Kennedy - The Girls Along the Road
- Patrick Kelly - Patrick Kelly from Cree: Fiddle Music
- Paddy Killoran and James Morrison - From Ballymote to Brooklyn
- Ben Lennon and Tony O'Connell - Rossinver Braes
- Ben Lennon and friends - The Natural Bridge
- Ben Lennon, Séamus Quinn, Gabriel McArdle, Ciarán Curran - Dog Big and Dog Little
- Charlie Lennon - Time for a Tune
- Maurice Leyden - The Tern and the Swallow
- The London Lasses and Pete Quinn - The London Lasses and Pete Quinn
- L;uacute;nasa - Otherworld
- Tomás Lynch - Worn by the Weather
- Lynched - Cold Old Fire
- Macalla - Mná na hÉireann (Women of Ireland)
- Oisín Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheál Ó Ruanaigh - Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo and Harp
- Dara Bán Mac Donnchadha - Rogha Amhrán
- Seán Mac Donnchadha and Máirtín Ó Cuálain - Bruach na Beirtrí
- Jim Mac Farland - A Taste of Tradition: Mountain Streams
- Tony Mac Mahon - Farewell to Music
- Tony Mac Mahon & Steve Cooney - Scaoil Amach an Pocaide - Live in Spiddal
- Tony Mac Mahon - Mac Mahon from Clare
- Tony MacMahon, Noel Hill, Iarla Ó Lionáird - Aislingí Ceoil
- Mary Mac Namara - The Blackberry Blossom
- Mary Mac Namara & Andrew Mac Namara - Open Hearth
- Pádraig Mac Niocaill - Mo Churachín
- Dónal Maguire - The Clergy's Lamentation
- Dónal Maguire - Gilded Chains and Sordid Affluence
- Sarah Makem - As I Roved Out : 3-CD Set
- Marianne McAleer - Charmed (Faoí Draíocht)
- Peter McAlinden - Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part
- The McCarthys - The Family Album
- Jacqueline McCarthy - The Hidden Note
- Thomas McCarthy - >Last Man Standing / Comfort
- Thomas McCarthy - Herself and Myself
- Thomas McCarthy - Round Top Wagon
- Tommy McCarthy - Sporting Nell
- Cathal McConnell - Long Expectant Comes At Last
- Martin McCormack - Uilleann pipes and whistles: traditional music from Co Monaghan
- Josie McDermott - Darby's Farewell
- The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends - Play Traditional Music of Sligo
- Paul McGlinchey - The Boys of the Town
- Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry - At First Light
- Brian McGrath - Pure Banjo
- Jim McGrath - Melodious Accord
- Seamus McGuire and John Lee - The Legacy of Stephen Grier
- Freddy McKay - Live!
- John McKenna - The life and music of John McKenna: The Buck from the Mountain
- Dinny McLaughlin - Play it by Ear
- Brian McNamara - A Piper's Dream
- Brian McNamara - Fort of the Jewels
- Brian McNamara and Tim Collins - Reed Only
- McNamara Family - Leitrim's Hidden Treasure - review 1
- McNamara Family - Leitrim's Hidden Treasure - review 2
- Danny Meehan - Drimalost and beyond
- Danny Meehan - Navvy on the Shore
- Kevin Mitchell - I Sang that Sweet Refrain
- Kevin Mitchell - Have a Drop Mair
- Eddie Moloney - Master Musician
- William Mullaly - The Westmeath Hunt
- Mick Mulcahy - agus Cairde
- Mick, Louise and Michelle Mulcahy - Notes From The Heart
- Michelle Mulcahy - Suaimhneas
- Shane Mulchrone - Solid Ground
- Neil Mulligan - An Tobar Glé
- Ann Mulqueen, Odi agus Sorcha ní Chéilleachair - Briseann an Dúchas
- Mick Mulvey - Bridging the Gap
- Mick Mulvey - Within a Mile o' Jamestown
- Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford - The Star above the Garter - fiddle music from Kerry
- Maggy Murphy - Linkin' o'er the Lea
- James Murray & Ollie Ross - The Powelsborough Lassies
- Mirella Murray & Tóla Custy - Three Sunsets
- Flaithrí & Eoghan Neff - Soundpost and Bridle
- New Road - Stone Walls & Street Lights
- Niamh Ní Charra - Donnelly's Arm
- Niamh Ní Charra - Cuz - a tribute to Terry 'Cuz' Teahan
- Niamh Ní Charra - Súgach Sámh - Happy Out
- Niamh Ní Charra - Ón Dá Thaobh - From Both Sides
- Donncha Ó Briain - Irish Traditional Music on Tin Whistle
- Eileen O'Brien - Newtown Bridge
- Labhrás Ó Cadhla - Amhráin ó Shliabh gCua
- Eilish O'Connor with Friends - Sugrú
- Gerry O'Connor - Journeyman
- Liam O'Connor & Seán McKeon - Dublin Made Me
- PV O'Donnell - Donegal Fiddler
- Bríd O'Donohue - Tobar an Dúchais, traditional Irish tin whistle music from County Clare
- Dessie O'Halloran - The Pound Road
- Micheál Ó hAlmhain - Tuil Agus Trá : The Flowing Tide
- Brian Ó hEadra and Christine Primrose - An Turas: Gaelic song from Scotland and Ireland
- Padraig O'Keeffe - The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master
- Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford - Kerry Fiddles
- Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra - Dance Music from the Cork/Kerry Border
- Peadar Ó Lochlainn and Aggie Whyte - Seancheol ar an Seannós
- Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy, Geraldine Cotter - Friends of Note
- Ciarán Ó Maonaigh - Ceol a'Ghleanna / The Music of the Glen
- Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Aidan O'Donnell and Damien McGeehan - Fidil 3
- Ciarán Ó Maonaigh and Aidan O'Donnell - Fidil
- Marcas Ó Murchú - Ó Bhéal go Béal
- Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh - The Nervous Man (Ricketts & Parker's review)
- Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh - The Nervous Man (Geoff Wallis's review)
- Jerry O'Reilly - Down from Your Pulpits, Down from Your Thrones!
- Padraic O'Reilly - Highly Strung!
- Seán Ó Riada with Seán Ó Sé and Ceoltóirí Cualann - Ó Riada sa Gaiety
- Jason O'Rourke - The Bunch of Keys - Irish Concertina Music
- Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé - Ó Chicago go Carrachán
- Tommy Peoples - Fiddler's Fancy
- Tommy Peoples - Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle
- Tommy Peoples - O Am go hÁm - From Time to Time
- Charlie Piggott - The Days that are Gone
- Charlie Piggott & Rowan Piggott - The Trip We Took Over The Mountain
- Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington - The New Road
- Planxty - One Night in Bremen (Live)
- Seán Potts - Number 6
- Tommie Potts - Traditional fiddle music from Dublin
- Tommie Potts - Traditional fiddle music from Dublin - review 2
- Jimmy Power - Go home and have your dinner - review 1
- Jimmy Power - Go home and have your dinner - review 2
- Aoibheann and Pamela Queally - Beyond The Bellows and The Bow
- Frank Quinn - If You Are Irish - Pioneer Irish-American Recordings 1923-34
- Séamus Quinn & Gary Hastings - Slán le Loch Eírne
- The Raineys - The Raineys
- John Regan - Let Down the Blade
- Colin Reid - Tilt
- Damien O'Reilly - Dúchas
- Leo Rickard - Up, Down and Around
- Leo Rickard - Pure Piping
- Brendan Ring - Troublesome Things
- Brian Rooney - The Godfather
- Kevin Rowsome - The Rowsome Tradition: Five Generations of Uillean Piping
- Leo Rowsome - The Master Pipers Volume 3
- Leo Rowsome - Classics of Irish Piping
- Leo Rowsome - Ri na bPiobairi (King of the Pipers)
- Micho Russell - Rareties & Old Favourites
- Micho Russell - Ireland's Whistling Ambassador
- Cathie Ryan - Somewhere Along the Road
- Karen Ryan - The Coast Road
- Shantalla - Seven Evenings, Seven Mornings
- Denise Shiels - Champions of Ireland: Accordion
- Sliabh Notes - Along Blackwater's Banks
- Breda Smyth - Basil and Thyme
- Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin - Forgotten Days
- The Táin Ceili Band - The Táin Ceili Band
- Séamus Tansey - Jigs, Reels and Airs
- Séamus Tansey - Words and Music: The Phantom Shadows of a Connaught Firelight
- Nioclás Tóibín - Rinn na nGael
- The Tulla Céilí Band - 60th Anniversary Celebration
- John Vesey - Sligo Fiddler
- Mat Walklate - Harmonica & Flute
- Roisin White - The First of My Rambles
- Desi Wilkinson, Cathal Hayden & Jim McGrath - Sounds from the North
Various Performers:
- Anglo International - Anglo concertina playing from around the world
- Amhráin ar an Sean Nós
- Ardfert by the Sea (book and CD) - A Century of Music 1900 - 2000
- Around the Hills of Clare
- Cairde - A Celebration of Friendship and Life
- A Call from the Musical Heart of Cavan
- Caise Ceoil - Classics from the CIC Traditional Irish Music Collection
- Claddagh's Choice
- Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Vols 1 & 2
- Classic Celtic Music - from Smithsonian Folkways
- The Coleman Archive Volume 1 - The Living Tradition
- The Coleman Archive Volume 2 - The Home Place
- The Coleman Archive - Vols 1 & 2
- The Sound of Coleman Country
- Come West Along the Road (DVD) - Irish Traditional Music Treasures, Volume 1, from RTÉ TV Archives 1960s - 1980s
- The Croppy's Complaint - Music and Songs of 1798
- Cumar
- Doolin Point - Best of Divers' Nights 1992-1999
- Early Ballads in Ireland
- Farewell to Ireland - Music of the early Irish immigrants, recorded in the USA, 1920 & '30s.
- The Fiddle Music of Donegal: Volume 3
- From a Distant Shore: Irish and Cape Breton traditional music
- From Puck to Appleby - Songs of Irish Travellers in England
- Geantraí - Live session recordings from the TV series
- The Gentleman Pipers
- The Hardy Sons of Dan - Football, hunting and other traditional songs from around Lough Erne's shore. Dan Quinn's Review
- The Hardy Sons of Dan - Football, hunting and other traditional songs from around Lough Erne's shore. Tom Munnelly's Review
- Hidden Fermanagh, Vol 1 - Traditional Music and Song from County Fermanagh
- Hidden Fermanagh, Vol 2 - Traditional Music and Song from County Fermanagh
- The Humours of Piping
- I Pray You Pay Attention - More songs from around Lough Erne's shore - review 1
- I Pray You Pay Attention - More songs from around Lough Erne's shore - review 2
- Irish Dance Music
- The Irish Music Anthology - 40 Classic Songs, Jigs and Reels
- It's of my Rambles - Songs and Tunes from Ulster collected by Len Graham
- "It Was Mighty!" / "It was great altogether!" - Various performers: The Early Days of Irish Music in London / The Continuing Tradition of Irish Music in London
- Lámh ar Lámh (many hands)
- Light through the Leaves - Traditional Irish Wind Instrumentals
- Milestone at the Garden - Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 rpm Era
- The Music of Ed Reavy - Irish music in America series
- The Music of Ed Reavy - Irish music in America series
- Oldtime Records: Volume 1, U.S. Recordings - Traditional Irish Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s
- The Otherworld - Music & Song from Irish Tradition - book and 2 CDs
- Our Dear Dark Mountain with the Sky Over It - Irish Traditional Music From the Sliabh Beagh
- Paddy in the Smoke - Irish Dance Music from a London Pub
- Past Masters of Irish Dance Music
- Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music
- Piper's Choice Volume 3 - Mick Coyne, Nollaig Mac Cárthaigh, Paddy Keenan
- Rogha (Selection) - Willie Clancy Summer School 2008, selected recordings
- Rogha (Selection) - Willie Clancy Summer School 2007, selected recordings
- Rogha Órdha
- Root & Branch 1 - A New World
- Round the House and Mind the Dresser - Irish Country-House Dance Music
- Second Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert
- Seachrán Sí - Éamon Ó Donnchadha, Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Antaine Ó Faracháin
- Sean-Nós Cois Locha - Rogha Sean-Nós Milwaukee 2003-2005
- Seoda Ceoil 1&2
- Seoltaí Séidte (Setting Sail)
- Songs of the Irish Travellers - Traditional ballads & lyric songs, 1967-75
- Songs of Seduction - Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Songs from the Sperrins - Traditional singing from mid & north Tyrone
- They Love Music Mightily
- Thousands are Sailing
- Traditional Irish Music in America - Chicago - Irish music in America series
- Traveller Piper (DVD) - Doran Centenary Tionól
- Travellers and fellow Travellers - Keepers of the flame
- Tripping to the Well - Six Clare Women & Mrs O'Dwyer's old German concertina
- CD-Rom Tutorials - Fiddle: Cathal Hayden, Irish Tenor Banjo: Gerry O'Connor, Guitar: John Doyle
- Where Linnets Sing - four performers from Dublin's Góilín Club
- World Library of Folk and Primitive Music Volume 2 - Ireland
Books:
- A Few Tunes of Good Music - A History of Irish Music and Dance in London, 1800-1980 & Beyond - by Reg Hall
- Ardfert by the Sea (book and CD) - A Century of Music 1900 - 2000 - by Cairán Dalton
- Eddie Butcher - All the Days of His Life - Hugh & Lisa Shields, eds. (book + 3 CDS)
- The Companion to Irish Traditional Music - editor Fintan Vallely
- A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes Proper for the Violin, German Flute or Hautboy. Facsimile edition - editor Nicholas Carolan
- The Definitive Collection of the Music of Paddy O'Brien 1922-1991 - by Eileen O'Brien
- A Dossan of Heather - A Packie Byrne tunebook and CD - by Jean Duval and Stephen Jones
- A Drop in the Ocean - by Josephine Keegan
- Handed Down - Country Fiddling and Dancing in East and Central Down - by Nigel Boullier
- Hidden Fermanagh (+ CD) - by Cyril Maguire
- Irish Folk Music Studies : Éigse Cheol Tíre - Volumes 5-6 : 1986-2001
- Irish Traditional Fiddle Music - by Randy Miller and Jack Perron
- Joe Holmes Here I am Amongst You: Songs, Music and Traditions of an Ulsterman- by Len Graham
- Last Night's Fun - by Ciaran Carson
- Music in a Breeze of Wind - Traditional Dance Music in West Clare 1870-1970 - by Barry Taylor
- Music in Ireland - by Dorothea E Hast and Stanley Scott
- The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition - 1776 to 1815 - editor Terry Moylan
- Out Of Darkness - Garrett Barry, The Blind Piper Of Inagh - by Howard Marshall (Jim Bainbridge's review)
- Out Of Darkness - Garrett Barry, The Blind Piper Of Inagh - by Howard Marshall (Tim Dennehy's review)
- Out Of Darkness - Garrett Barry, The Blind Piper Of Inagh - by Howard Marshall (Aidan O'Hara's review)
- Out Of Darkness - Garrett Barry, The Blind Piper Of Inagh - by Howard Marshall (Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin's review)
- The Otherworld - Music & Song from Irish Tradition - eds. Ríonach uí Ógáin & Tom Sherlock (book + 2 CDs)
- The Road from Castlebarnagh - Growing Up in Irish Music, A Memoir - by Paddy O'Brien
- The Rough Guide to Irish Music - by Geoff Wallis & Sue Wilson
- Sing Up! - Irish Comic Songs and Satires for Every Occasion - by Fintan Vallely
- Songs of the County Down - by Jackie Boyce
- The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin - The Complete Song Collection (book + 2 CDs) - editor Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
- Tunes of the Munster Pipers, Volume 2 - Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts - edited by Hugh and Lisa Shields
- The Waltons Guide to Irish Music - by Harry Long
- The Well of Spring Water - A Memoir of Packie & Micho Russell - by Michael Coady
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