December 1994
SOME RECENT IRISH RELEASES

THE TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC CALENDAR 1995. A beautiful calendar with two
pages for each month. Facing each month is a handsome full-page black and
white photograph of traditional musicians, with a smaller photograph and
explanatory text  beside the month.

THE MOUNT CALLAN GARLAND. Tom Lenihan. This beautiful production,
consisting of two cassettes and a handsome book (containing biography,
texts and notes) is the result of Tom Munnelly's years of collecting from
the County Clare farmer, one of the finest traditional singers Ireland ever
produced.

THE COLLECTION. Ronnie Drew. CHCD 1053. Double CD of Dubliners tracks
featuring Ronnie.

CLARE CONCERTINAS. Bernard O'Sullivan &Tommy McCarthy. GLCD 3092.  CD
re-issue of 1960s Topic recording. Top-class musicianship in a genuine
traditional style.

THE BOTHY BAND LIVE AT THE BBC. The Bothy Band. WINCD 060. Exciting
extracts from two live concerts. Never before published.

FRANKIE GAVIN & ALEC FINN. SHCD 34009.
ANDY McGANN & PADDY REYNOLDS. SHCD 34008.
THE HIGH PART OF THE ROAD. Tommy Peoples & Paul Brady. SHCD 34007.
Three excellent Shanachie albums from the 1970s re-issued for the first
time on CD.NSLU.

CELTIC SIDE SADDLE. Davey Arthur & Co. PRKCD 26. New album from the former
banjo player with the Furey Brothers.

Three of Christy Moore's early albums have been released for the first time
on CD. They are Prosperous (TACD 2008), The Iron Behind the Velvet (TACD
2002) and Christy Moore and Friends Live in Dublin (TACD 2005).

The following titles on the Mulligan label have been re-issued after a long
period of unavailability;
The Bothy Band 1975. (LUNCD 002)
Old Hag You Have Killed Me. The Bothy Band (LUNCD 007).
Andy Irvine, Paul Brady. (LUNCD 008)
Out of the Wind, Into the Sun. The Bothy Band (LUNCD 013).
Afterhours. Bothy Band  - live. (LUNCD 30).
Best of the Bothy Band. (LUNCD 041).
The Boys of the Blue Hill. Vincent Kilduff. (LUNCD 050).
An Ras. Tommy Hayes. (LUNCD 055).

A STOR 'S A STOIRIN. Padraigin Ni Uallachain. CEFCD 166.  A great
collection of 36 songs in Gaelic by a great singer. Full texts and full
translations in a handsome booklet. It's in a double CD box, but is a
single CD -  the box has been doubled to fit the booklet.

AR AON BHUILE (MATCHING BEATS) Antsin Mac Gabhann. CICD 105. The well-known
County Cavan fiddler has made an excellent recording, accompanied by the
Cape Breton pianist, Hilda Chiasson.

THE WINDS OF FREEDOM. John Beag O Flaithearta. CICD 106. The popular
Conamara singer (of the group Na hAncairm) has recorded a collection of
ballads old and new.