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~ Various Artists - International - Europe - Celtic/British Isles, Rough Guide (Series)
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  • Audio CD (19 Jul 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: World Music Network
  • ASIN: B00000JKFU
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,129 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Ships Are Sailing/Ambrose Maloney's/The New Mown Meadows - Hughes, Brian (2)
2. Trucks Of Bohermore - Reeltime
3. Seacht Suailci Na Maighdine Muire - Ni Fhearraigh, Aoife
4. Green Grow The Rushes Oh - Cherish The Ladies
5. Medley - Glackin, Paddy
6. Mac's Fancy/The Mist Covered Mountain - De Danann
7. Maid Of Culmore - Oige
8. Medley - Masterson, Declan
9. London Lasses/Coast Of Austria - Ryan, Sean
10. A Bhean Udai Thall - Ni Uallachain, Padraigin
11. Mattie - Tyrell, Sean
12. Tour De Taille (Around The Waist) - Burke, Kevin & Open House
13. Red Crow/The Dawn/The Bianzano - Craobh Rua
14. Cailin Na NUrla Donn - Ni Bheaglaoich, Seosaimhin
15. Lord Gordon's/Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrell - Murphy, Colm
16. Fonn Mall/Slow Air (Ag Taisteal Na Blarnan) - Daly, Jackie
17. Seoladh Na NGamhna - Ui Cheallaigh, Aine
18. Paddy Fahy's Reel/The Ewe Reel - Moving Cloud
19. Lone Shanakyle - Deanta

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Songlines, (Michael Quinn), October 2009

(4 stars) Reveals 21st-century Irish folk music to be in robust good health...an irresistible package.


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Deep-rooted and thriving, Irish folk is among the most vibrant musical traditions in Europe. Featuring a whirlwind of fiddles, flutes and accordions, this Rough Guide is jam-packed with an infectious blend of Ireland's greatest twenty-first-century music.

It comes with a bonus CD by Karan Casey, her 2008 album 'Ships in the Forest'. Karan Casey has long been one of the most innovative and provocative voices in Irish traditional and folk music. Produced by Donald Shaw, 'Ships in the Forest' is her fifth solo album and focuses largely on the traditional repertoire.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introductory collection to Irish Folk, 8 Jan 2000
By declan.watts@btinternet.com (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
I was browsing CDs in a local shop, not looking for anything in particular and spotted The Rough Guide to Irish Folk. A quick look at the list of artists suggested it was worth the small investment....and wasn't it just! Some of the artists I have listened to for years, many of them were new to me. Sean Tyrrell's version of Mattie is even better than Christy Moore's (hard to believe). I played the CD to a fairly knowledgeable part-time DJ friend and he said "It isn't fair. Ireland has so many fine female singers...". Listen to Aoife Ni Fhearraigh, Maranna McCluskey of Oige and Mary Dillon of Deanta and you'll see what he means. It isn't often you find a CD without a dodgy track, but this is definitely one of them. Congratulations to the Rough Guide for having the sense to give pen-pictures of each artist, and the details of the albums from which the tracks were taken.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lyrical Ireland, 27 April 2007
By Cl Smith "AfricanJade" (South Africa) - See all my reviews
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It seems very trite to buy a "rough guide" to anything, but this is a marvellous selection of really beautiful and inspiring Irish folk. I don't usually like much folk but this clever collation takes you from contemporary to more classical Irish folk, it is something you will listen to again and again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the rough guide to IRISH FOLK: second edition [2009], 4 Oct 2009
By brazuka (Curitiba, Brazil) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rough Guide to Irish Folk (Audio CD)

World Music Network, 2009, RGNET 1226, 67 minutes
Bonus CD: Karan Casey "Ships in the Forest" (2008) - 46 minutes
THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION from the Rough Guide to Irish Folk (the previous reviews are from the first edition, released in 1999).
Digipack, with a informative booklet in English, French and Spanish.
Disc features music and travel text from Rough Guides.
There are many different styles from Irish music: lovely ballads by Patrick Street - "The Rich Irish Lady" (led by Andy Irvine on top form), Seamie O'Dowd - "Crooked Jack" and Robbie O'Connell - "The Flower of Kilkenny".
There are songs in gaelic: "Beauty Deas An Oileáin" sung by Julie Fowlis, "Pota Mór Fataí" sung by Róisín Elsafty and "Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór" sung by Cara Dillon.
There are extraordinaire jigs and reels, played with passion and beauty, by wonderful musicians like Sharon Shannon (accordion), Catherine McEvoy (flute), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Arty McGlynn and Graham Dunne (guitar).
Two highlights: the instrumental "Tripin'" with Martin Tourish (piano accordion) and Luke Ward (bouzouki) from the album CLAN RANNALD (2005) and the song "St Patrick Was A Gentleman" by the group Rattle The Boards from the album THE PARISH PLATFORM (2008), featuring guest vocalist comedian John Kenny.
Don't miss the party.
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