CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER September 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) IN OUR OWN DEAR LAND. Micho Russell. GTDHCD 134. Tunes, songs and anecdotes from the late Doolin musician. PADDY IN THE SMOKE. Various. TSCD 603. CD re-release of classic Topic album made in the 1960s. Music by Mairtin Byrnes, Bobby Casey, Julia Clifford, Lucy Farr, Tony MacMahon and more. Real music! FAIRWATER (FIONNUISCE). Declan Masterson. FRCD961. Tunes, some traditional and some composed by the musician, a well-known piper who has also played with Moving Hearts. IN DUBLIN'S FAIR CITY. Various. DOCDK 111. Compilation of ballad-type songs from Dublin, performed by Dublin City Ramblers, Paddy Reilly, Black Family and others. Originally released in 1988 as THE MILLENNIUM ALBUM. THE BEST OF Joe & Antoinette McKenna. SHCD 78012. Compilation from earlier albums by Joe (pipes) and Anto (harp, vocals). TRA - WATER'S EDGE. Carl Hession. CEFCD 177. Compilation by the Galway pianist from three of his previous albums. BOTHA GAN BHRISEADH / DOWN THE LINE. Calua. CALCD 001. New group featuring flute, guitar and bouzouki, and bodhran, played respectively by Seamus Mac Conaonaigh, Padraig O Broin and Damien Quinn. O BHEAL GO BEAL. Marcas O Murchu. CICD 126. Tunes and a couple of songs by the excellent Belfast flute player. AMARA - ISLAND CURRENTS. Joe Boske. QP001. The artist Joe Boske composed the music on this album as background to an exhibition. It's played by Mairtin O'Connor, Garry O Briain, Davy Spillane, The Cafe Orchestra, Sean Smyth, Brendan O'Regan, Tommy Keane, Charlie Piggot, Miriam Collins, John Faulkner and others. RUNAWAY SUNDAY.Altan. CDV 2836. Long-awaited, this is their second album for Virgin, and is a lot simpler production than their previous one - and the better for it. LIVE IN PALMA. Dervish. WHRL OO4CD. Live recording of some of their best-known tracks, plus some new ones. THE GATHERING. Kathryn Tickell. PRKCD 39. New albunm from the gifted Northumbrian piper. THE MASTER'S TOUCH. Sean Maguire. ARCD 027. This is a curiosity - every tune on it is a set-dance; it's a bit wearing. WHISPER OF A DREAM. Deanta. GLCD 1173. New album by the Dungiven group. SONG OF THE CHANTER. Armagh Pipers' Club. PTICD 3007. CD re-release of 1970s album featuring Brian, Eithne and Niall Vallely and others. BOSTON COLLEGE GAELIC ROOTS. Various. KM 9514. Live performances from musicians such as Jerry O'Sullivan, James Keane, Paddy Keenan, James Kelly, Sean Potts, Seamus Egan, John Williams, Johnny O'Leary. THE RETURN FROM FINGAL. Seamus Ennis. Many of Ennis's recordings were made when he was past his relatively brief heyday; on this there are ten tracks recorded when he was 21 - they show his true genius. The only comparable examples of his playing are unpublished tracks in the Department of Irish Folklore. Apart from these ten, there are16 other tracks which were never before released. This is essential listening. TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM THE LEGENDARY EAST CLARE FIDDLER. Paddy Canny. CICD 129. Paddy Canny is best known from the now deleted classic album he made with Peter O'Loughlin & PJ Hayes in the 1960s - years later, and with over 60 years of fiddling under his belt, he's back - and can show that he's as good as ever. One of the good ones. DAYBREAK AND A CANDLE END. Frank Harte. SPINCD 995. First time on CD for this 1970s recording of Ireland's best-known and most affable ballad singer. THE LAND OF LOVE. Noel Brazil. TORCD 090. Contemporary songs by composer who has written for Mary Black, Christy Moore and others. MUSIC FOR SET DANCING AND LISTENING . Shaskeen. CDFA 3502/06. Another album from the great Ceili band. THE BEST OF DOLORES KEANE . Dolores Keane. TORTECD 206. Collection of her best songs, some contemporary, some traditional. ALIVE-ALIVE-O. Dubliners. BAYCD 97. Live album recorded in Germany last year - a double CD. The Celtic terror continues with a slew of compilations - CELTIC LOVE SONGS, DANCE OF THE CELTS, CELTIC MUSIC TODAY, TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF SCOTLAND, TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF SCOTLAND. CELTIC MAGIC. EDCD 9008. Various Irish instrumentalists. RHYTHM AND RHYME. Tamalin. GRACD 227. Debut album from young Belfast pop group. SET ON STONE. The Kilfenora Ceili Band. New album from the current lineup.