CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER 
                                  JUNE 1996
        Claddagh Records, Dame House, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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THE BRASS FIDDLE. Vincent Campbell, Con Cassidy, James Byrne, Francie
Byrne. CC44CD. First time CD issue of the definitive selection of south
Donegal fiddle music. This is the business!

MANY HAPPY RETURNS. Arcady.DARACD 080. Second album from the band which
features Johnny McDonagh, Nicholas Quemener, Patsy Broderick, Conor Keane,
Brendan Larrissey, and Niamh Parsons.

WITHIN A MILE OF DUBLIN. Paul McGrattan & Paul O'Shaughnessy. SPINCD 1000.
McGrattan (on flute) and  O'Shaughnessy (on fiddle) are two of the
mainstays of Dublin's music in recent years. O'Shaughnessy formerly played
with Altan, and McGrattan  already has one very successful solo album.
Great selection of tunes.

LAST NIGHT'S FUN.  John Carty. SHCD 79098.Best-known as a banjo player,
this album shows what a great fiddler John Carty also is. A cracker.

CELTIC LOVERS. Maire Breatnach. SCD 696. Concept album of music composed by
Maire Breatnach.

SUNSHINE DANCE. Deiseal. SCD 596. Second album from the Dublin-based band
who specialise in a jazzy approach to Irish music.

SOLAS. Seamus Egan, Karan Casey, John Doyle, Winifred Horan, John Williams.
SHCD 78002. Irish songs and tunes from an American group which contains
some of the best musicians in the USA.

BLACKWATER. Altan. CDV 2796. Long awaited new release from the most popular
traditional band in Ireland.

COMMON GROUND. Various artists. EMI 8 37691 2. Contemporary and old songs
sung by people such as Elvis Costello, Kate Bush, Paul Brady, Christy Moore
and others. Produced by Donal Lunny.

MY WILD IRISH ROSE. Various artists. TRT CD 124. Compilation of singles
from the ballad boom of the sixties which includes a few items of interest,
including Sweeney's Men, The Ludlows, Dominic Behan, The Johnstons, plus a
deal of rubbish. Cheap, and  worth it for the good ones.

BEST OF THE FUREYS. TRT CD 137. Pretty good compilation of early Fureys
material.

THE DUBLINERS. TRT CD 205. Early Dubliners compilation.

THE IRISH FOLK COLLECTION. Various artists. TBXCD 509/1/2/3 3 CD set of
sixties ballad hits. The Johnstons, The Grehan Sisters, Sweeney's Men, The
Dubliners, Johnny McEvoy and others. Cheap, possibly worth it.

WONDERS OF THE WORLD. Dick Hogan. No number. Debut album by a Tipperary singer.

TURN A PHRASE. Sean Keane. INDCD001. Traditional and contemporary songs by
the singer from Caherlistrane, County Galway.

AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN. Sarah and Rita Keane. FIENDCD 771. Traditional
songs and tunes from Caherlistrane by the aunts of Sean (above) and
Dolores