CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER April 1997 Claddagh Records, Dame House, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland phone/fax +1-353-1-679-3664. Retail and international mail-order. email claddagh@crl.ie (Finbar Boyle) A HARVEST SAVED. Nicholas Carolan. The biography of Francis O'Neill, Chief of Chicago's police and the most important collector of Irish tradional music. This is absolutely fascinating, beautifully illustrated (not just the old pictures from 'Irish Minstrels and Musicians') and meticulously researched. EASTER SNOW. Seamus Tansey. COMD 2063. At last, a new recording from the great Sligo flute-player. Tansey has come up with the goods - 14 great sets of tunes and one song. Accompaniments are by Tony McManus (guitar), John McCusker (keyboards, cittern), Alison Kinnaird and Robin Morton (bodhran). SHINE. Mary Black. TORCD 088. New album featuring contemporary songs by Paul Brady, David Gray, Richard Thompson. REALTA. Various. RTE203CD. Selection of new Gaelic songs submitted for this year's REALTA competition. Features Helen Ui Dhunaird, Evelyn Curry, Sean Monaghan, Art O Dufaigh and more. TOGHA AGUS ROGHA. Celebration of 25 years of Raidio na Gaeltachta. I expected when I heard of this that it would have been taken from their extensive archive, but only six out of 25 tracks were. All the rest have been previously released on commercial albums. By and large, just another compilation. BRIDGING THE GAP. Kevin & Sean Moloney. MOL 001. Family album - the father, Kevin, plays fiddle, and son Sean plays flute. Kevin rccorded with the Ballinakill Ceili Band in 1938 and is the son of Stephen who played flute with that band. EACH LITTLE THING. Sharon Shannon. GRACD226. Long-awaited third album from Sharon. Produced by Donal Lunny, it features such musicians as Tommy Peoples, Steve Cooney, Mary Custy, Winnie Horan and more. LIVE AT WINKLES. The Lahawns. LM 001. Live session from Winkles Hotel , played by Andrew MacNamara (accordion), Breda Smith (fiddle & whistle) and others. TOG E GO BOG E. Kila. KRCD 005. Second album (original music) by a great group who are going to be a major force to be reckoned with. THE GATHERING. Various. CDRW62. Live music recorded in Cork by Martin Hayes, Hamish Moore, Joe Derrane, Carlos Nunez, Jean Michel Veillon and others. WHEELS OF THE WORLD. (Volumes 1 and 2). Various. YAZOO 7008/7009. First time on CD for re-issues of classic Irish-American sides of the 1920. Absolutely essential listening from Michael Coleman, James Morrison, Patsy Touhy, Paddy Killoran, Frank Quinn and more. CATHIE RYAN. Cathie Ryan. SHCD 78008. Debut solo album from the former singer with Cherish the Ladies. SONGLINES. Karan Casey. SHCD 78007. Collection of traditional songs from the singer with SOLAS. IRISH VOICES.Various Artists. TSCD702. Compilation from the great Topic singing albums, featuring classic singing from John Reilly, Paddy Tunney, Joe Heaney, Sarah Makem, Sarah Ann O'Neill and others.