CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER January 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) THE SMOKY CHIMNEY. Gerry Harrington, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Paul de Grae. SPINCD 1001. Classic Sliabh Luachra music played on fiddle and accordion with guitar accompaniment. Gerry and Eoghan have already recorded one album 'Sceal Eile'. SULT. Paul Brady, Van Morrison, Matt Molloy, Liam O'Flynn, Sharon Shannon and more. HBCD 0009. Great performances from some of the best musicians on the Irish scene. Recorded for the inaugural season of the new Teilifis na Gaeilge. SEAN REID'S FAVOURITE. Jimmy O'Brien-Moran. PPPCD 001. Jimmy is one of today's great pipers, and he shows it on this album. Straightforward traditional music played exactly as it should be played. THE NORTHERN BRIDGE. Christy O"Leary. OBMCD 09. Christy is the piper and occasional singer with The Boys of the Lough. On this, his first solo album, he plays a selection of Irish and Scandinavian tunes. He also sings a great bunch of songs. BLATH GACH GEAG DA dTIG. Lillis O Laoire. CICD 075. First time on CD for a great album of traditional songs in Irish from Donegal. TRADITIONAL FLUTE MUSIC IN THE SLIGO/ROSCOMMON STYLE. Catherine McEvoy with Felix Dolan. CICD 117. Exactly what it says. This is exceptionally good music. WINTER, FIRE AND SNOW. Eimear Quinn. PEACH 001. New release by the former Anuna singer who won the Eurovision song contest. MOORE, CAROLAN AND CATHEDRAL CLASSICS. St Patrick's Cathedral Choir. SWIFTCD 001. MAY WE ALL SOMEDAY MEET AGAIN. George, Paul & Eddie Furey. CDC 008. New album from the family group. WHEN I WAS YOUNG. Len Graham, Garry O Briain, Padraigin Ni Uallachain. FONN CD 001. A great selection of traditional songs for children which can be enjoyed equally by adults. CHRISTMAS CAPERS. Dordan. DMCD 01. On this, their third album, Dordan play seasonal tunes associated with Christmas. TRAVELLIN' PEOPLE. Margaret Barry & Pecker Dunne. MCVD 30012. Two albums on one CD - the Pecker's songs are mostly written by himself and would have been recorded in the 1960s. Good value. SEODA SEAN-NOIS AS TIR CHONAILL. CICD 118. Various. CICD 118. A great collection of brilliant traditional songs from Donegal, sung by Aine Ui Laoi, Eamonn MacRuairi, Caitlin Ni Dhomhnaill and Conall O Domhnaill. These selections are from recordings already published by CIC. A THIMBLEFUL OF SONG. Tim Dennehy. SRCD 001. This is Tim's first album, which has been unavailable for some time and has never before been available on CD. SWEENEY'S MEN / TRACKS OF SWEENEY. Sweeney's Men. ESMCD 435. The compilation Time Was Never Here has been deleted, but just in time comes this re-issue which includes the full two albums on one CD, plus a bonus track from an early single Old Woman in Cotton.