CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER 
                                  AUGUST 1994
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McGlynn's fancy: Arty McGlynn. BERCD011. Re-issue of the great acoustic
guitar album which has been unavailable for some years. For the first time
on CD, this is a beautiful collection of dance tunes, pieces and a couple
of local songs.

Riverdance for Rwanda. RTE/BUAVC1. Riverdance, the spectacular interval
showpiece of this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been released as a
video single. Combining the disciplines of classical and traditional Irish
dance with an exciting score by Bill Whelan, it completely overshadowed
the contest itself, and has been a talking-point ever since.

The Stewarts of Blair: Alex, Belle, Sheila & Cathy Stewart. OSSCD96.
Classic album of Scottish ballads first released on the Topic label in the
1960s. First time available in many years.

Jeanine Robertson: Jeanine Robertson. OSSCD92. Another classic Scots album
of the sixties, sung by one of the great ballad singers of all time.

The singing Campbells. OSSCD97 The songs of the family which later formed
the Ian Campbell folk group.

Path across the ocean: Barry Gleason. Wavelength CD001. New album of songs
by Dublin singer.

The cat that ate the cradle: John Carty & Brian McGrath. CICD099.
Excellent album - Carty plays banjo (fiddle on one track). McGrath plays
banjo and piano. 13 tracks. Now for first time released on CD.

Cutty Wren: Parson's Hat. CICD 001 New album from the Galway group.

Drops of spring water: Karen Tweed. DMPCD9401 Karen Tween, the great piano
accordion player, has recently published a book of 93 assorted Irish tunes
called 'Traditional Irish Music'. 47 of the tunes are played on this
excellent CD.

The silver spire: Karen Tween. DMPCD9402. The remaining 46 tunes from
Karen Tweed's Traditional Irish Music.

The Boys of Sligo: Dervish. SUNCD1. Debut album from the extremely popular
group: hitherto it was only availabe on tape, but this release is on CD.

The Pilgrim: Shaun Davey. TACD3032. A re-recorded version of Davey's
celtic suite - the CD format allows the inclusion of the pieces left out
on LP.

Setting Free: Tola Custy & Cyril O'Donoghue. CICD098. Fiddle and bouzouki
tunes from Clare.

Ireland's whistling ambassador: Micho Russell. Video presentation of one
of the greatest Irish musicians of the century, who died last month. It
includes a concert recorded in New York and an interview with Mick
Moloney, the folklorist and musician, on Micho's music and its social
background in County Clare.

                           Cassette-only releases
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The three-piece flute: Desi Wilkinson. CSP1009. Re-issue of a great
selection of songs and tunes. Desi is now a member of Cran.

It's of my rambles: various. ACNI003. Complied and edited by Len Graham,
this is one of the best collections of traditional singing in English.
These people are the sources from whom Len learned the songs he sings.