CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER 
                                   January 1999

        Claddagh Records, Dame House, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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O CHICAGO GO CARRACHAN. Maidhc Dainin O Se. Songs and dance tunes from the
Kerry accordion player.

OVER THE EDGE. Moher. Excellent group music and song from the Clare group.

I WAS FLYIN IT. Damp in the Attic. A new Clare group  PJ King (accordion),
Martin Murray (fiddle, viola, mandolin), Cyril ODonoghue (vocals, bouzouki,
guitar) and Colm Murphy (bodhran). Excellent.

THE WEST OF IRELAND. Boys of the Lough. Brand new record from a great group.
The lineup this time is Aly Bain, Cathal McConnell, Dave Richardson, Brendan
Begley and Malcolm Stitt.

THE OLD FIRESIDE MUSIC. Mike and Mary Rafferty.  Father and daughter play
music on flute, accordion and whistles. Theyre from New York, but with a
strong East Galway background.

BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Barbara Gray and Wilbert Garvin. Newagey kind of music
on uilleann pipes and keyboards.

CELTIC RHYTHMS. Anonymous. Rather twee guitar arrangements of Danny Boy and
others like it.

IRISH TRADITIONAL ACCORDION MUSIC. Sonny Choilm Learai. Good accordion
playing from Connemara.

HERITAGE. Eileen McGann. Fairly standard collection of English and Scottish
folksongs by Irish girl living in Canada.

SONGS OF IRISH LABOUR. Various. Songs of the Irish Labour movement, proving
mostly that our great Labour leaders were not great songwriters.

JUMP AT THE SUN. The Barleyshakes. Second album by young Irish group. Much
better than their first.

A FEAST OF IRISH FOLK. Various artists. A compilation of tracks from the
1970s  it features The Fureys, Clannad, MacMurrough, Spud, De Danann and
more.