- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Mulligan
- ASIN: B000UQSRW2
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 891,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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First released in 1976, this album was immediately hailed by critics and listeners alike as a signal that a new direction in Irish music was being forged. Over 30 years later it is every bit the awesome achievement it was played up to be. Its influence is felt even now everywhere Irish music is heard or played. The album contains many Bothy Band classics and one of the greatest musical lineups ever: Micheal O'Dhomhnaill (vocals, guitar), Triona ni Dhomhnaill (vocals, keyboards), Paddy Keenan (Pipes, Whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Donal Lunny, (bodhran, bouzouki, and guitar) and Kevin Burke (fiddle) in his first appearance with The Bothy Band. Tracks: Music In The Glen / Fionnghuala / The Kid On The Mountain / Farewell To Erin / Tiocfaidh An Samhradh / The Laurel Tree / Sixteen Come Next Sunday / Old Hag You Have Killed Me / Calum Sgaire / The Ballintore Fancy / The Maid Of Coolmore / Michael Gorman’s.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
These guys are the rock and rollers of traditional Irish music; their stuff might not suit every traditionalist but I love it. For sheer musicianship they are, for me, the best.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of three albums from the Bothy Band which crackled and exploded onto the Irish and International stage from the mid/late seventies, and brought erstwhile flagging Irish Trad back to life - with professional devotion, blood surging energy, and sheer pleasure. Irish trad woke up, and a new and grateful audience was quickly established which has seen Trad thrive, and sing to this day.
Most of the pieces are reels, and jigs, with natural traditional instruments - feadog, bodhran, fiddle, guitar, flute and pipes.
However the best instrument to my ears - (and undoubtedly one of the world's best kept secrets) is the uniquely sensitive, instinctively musical - and utterly compelling voice of Micheal O Domhnaill. (Micheal sadly passed away in 2006.) Sadly it is only in recent times that people are becoming aware of his unique sound.
On this album he sings two lovely traditional Gaelic ballads, including 'Tiocfaidh an Samraidh'. However his voice can also be heard on his later albums. where he collaborated with a variety of established Trad musicians - including Kevin Burke, Paddy Glackin and his sisters Triona and Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill.
Most of the pieces are reels, and jigs, with natural traditional instruments - feadog, bodhran, fiddle, guitar, flute and pipes.
However the best instrument to my ears - (and undoubtedly one of the world's best kept secrets) is the uniquely sensitive, instinctively musical - and utterly compelling voice of Micheal O Domhnaill. (Micheal sadly passed away in 2006.) Sadly it is only in recent times that people are becoming aware of his unique sound.
On this album he sings two lovely traditional Gaelic ballads, including 'Tiocfaidh an Samraidh'. However his voice can also be heard on his later albums. where he collaborated with a variety of established Trad musicians - including Kevin Burke, Paddy Glackin and his sisters Triona and Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Often emulated, never beaten
31 July 2003
Format:Audio CD
The Bothies were the ultimate irish trad band, they almost invented modern trad music and the sounds they made are as startlingly original today as they were in the 1970s. Each member was a virtuoso player steeped in tradition with their own individual voice and style. But how they blended to make the most magnificent irish music - Keenan's pipes, peoples (later Burke's) fiddle, Molloy's flute, Lunny on bouzouki and bodhran and the O'Domhnaill's - Micheal on guitar and vocals, Triona on keyboards and vocals. Lilting airs and songs interspersed with delirious driving reels and jigs played at a speed and verve never before witnessed. Every track is a gem and there are wonderful arrangements in the sets and songs, inventive, melodic, awesome technique. Several generations of trad players and younger groups acknowledge their indebtedness to the BB and the inspiration they have drawn from the old masters. Some can play as fast or can do clever things but none have matched the heart in the music of the Bothy Band. Essential music for any collection.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A thoroughly fine recording
21 May 1998
Format:Audio CD
After the impact of the Bothy Band's first album (1975), this one seemed rather a letdown. Some of the band's "edge" came from the creative but rather erratic fiddler Tommy Peoples, who was succeeded on this album by Kevin Burke. Still, the performances are outstanding all around, the traditional tunes are presented in a fresh new guise, and if this had been the band's first album it would have knocked everyone's socks off. Definitely not to be overlooked.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great traditional Irish music
29 Dec 2001
Format:Audio CD
This is a classic record by a group with a great cache. Maid of Coolmoor is a beautiful song, one I've loved for over 25 years. I recommend this album.
Jimmy
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