Dónal Lunny
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Dónal Lunny is an Irish
folk music
ian. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period. He is the brother of musician and producer Manus Lunny
.
, then moved to Newbridge
, County Kildare
, as a teenager he joined a band called Rakes of Kildare, with Christy Moore
. Lunny's Emmet Folk
Group and Michael and Brian Byrne's Spiceland Folk Group joined forces to form The Emmet Spiceland -- what now would be described as his first "boy band". Their debut album The First was released in 1968. As a vocal harmony group, they had a #1 hit in Ireland with the single "Mary From Dungloe" which had earlier been popularised in Dublin's folk clubs by Donal and his Emmet Folk group confrere Mick Moloney (The third Emmet Folk Group member Brian Bolger remains a 'Syd Barrett'-style mystery, although some internet observations claim he runs a pub in southern France. Others say he still teaches in his native Gorey). In 1971 Donal played on Prosperous
, the second album by Christy Moore.
Four of the musicians from Prosperous - Moore, Lunny, Andy Irvine and Liam O'Flynn assembled in 1972 under the name Planxty
and first played professionally in public in Slattery's pub in Capel Street, Dublin in January or February of that year. The band became a leading proponent of Irish traditional instrumental music for the next ten years. In 1974 Lunny left them to form The Bothy Band
, playing guitar
and bouzouki.
They disbanded in 1978. Lunny became a session musician on Davey and Morris, the first album to feature Shaun Davey. Lunny then got together with Christy Moore again in 1981, to form Moving Hearts
. Another founding member was the young uilleann piper, Davy Spillane
. Moving Hearts reunited for a reunion concert in Dublin in February 2007, and has since performed at several concerts in Ireland and the U.S.A. in 2008 and 2009.
Lunny has participated in other projects since, including a solo album (actually an album of him and many guest musicians playing his music and arrangements) titled "Donal Lunny" (Gael-Linn 1987), a similar group project album titled "Coolfin" (1998), and more recently a project with a multicultural group called Mozaik, featuring Bruce Molsky, Nikola Parov, Rens van der Zalm, and ex-Planxty co-performer Andy Irvine.
), and in 1975 produced an album A Silk Purse for electric folk band 'Spud' who went on to introduce Paul McGuinness to band management. He was closely involved in the establishment of a new Irish record label: Mulligan
records, and produced and played on many of its early releases. He played on several Christy Moore
albums, and was a producer & session musician on Kate Bush
albums. He played bouzouki and bodhrán on Shaun Davey
's Granuaile, and Fiddle on Midnight Well
's "Saw you running". He composed the soundtrack for a Turkish film, "Teardrops", and the Irish film "Eat the Peach
", and played on the soundtrack of the film This Is My Father
and the TV program The River of Sound. In 1989, he contributed synthesizer on Mary Black
's break-through album No Frontiers
.
He was the producer and Music Director of Bringing It All Back Home
. He produced albums for Paul Brady
, Elvis Costello
, Rod Stewart
, Indigo Girls
, Sinéad O'Connor
, Clannad, Maurice Lennon, Baaba Maal
, and Five Guys Named Moe,. He appeared on compilation albums - Gathering (1981) and Common Ground (1996). In 1994, he produced Irish Australian singer/songwriter Mairéid Sullivan's first recording, Dancer He pushed new boundaries with his band Coolfin (1998) which included uilleann piper John McSherry. He appeared at the 2000 Cambridge Folk Festival
, and the album that commemorated it. In 2001 Lunny collaborated with Frank Harte
on the album My Name is Napoleon Bonaparte. He produced the album Human Child (2007) by Faeroese Eivør Pálsdóttir
, which is published in two versions, one English, and one Faeroese
As an arranger he has worked for The Waterboys
, Fairground Attraction
and Eddi Reader
. Journey (2000) is a retrospective album. In 2004 Lunny was part of the reunited Planxty concert tour.
Dónal Lunny is married to Japanese musician Hidebo Itami, a member of the musical group Soul Flower Union
. The couple now make their home in Okinawa, Japan. They have a daughter, Sora Chan. He has children from earlier relationships: a son, the DJ Oisin Lunny, by his first wife, Judy. (Oisin was a member of Marxman
), a daughter, violinist Cora Venus Lunny
, and a son named Shane born in March 2004 whose mother is Sinéad O'Connor
.
In addition to his musical activities, Lunny is a skilled gold-and-silversmith, who trained at the National College of Art in Dublin, although he only practised the craft for a short time before devoting his energies to music.
He also produced Jimmy MacCarthy's album entitled Hey-Ho Believe
, which was released on 12 November 2010.
He is a seminal figure in Irish contemporary music whose contribution to the field is un-equalled.
in the Irish music sphere after its initial introduction by Johnny Moynihan
. Lunny ordered a custom-built bouzouki from English luthier, Peter Abnett (who still makes instruments to this day), with a flat back instead of a traditional Greek rounded back. This made it more comfortable to play. In 1981 he went one step further by creating an electric bouzouki, though this failed to catch on.
More recently, he invented an instrument designed to solve the problem of a bass/ percussion instrument in Irish traditional music. The process of building and developing the instrument was featured on his 2010 RTE
series "Lorg Lunny".
Linnet, SIF 1071, 1987 (LP) (p)
(p, e)
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
ian. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period. He is the brother of musician and producer Manus Lunny
Manus Lunny
Manus Lunny is an Irish producer and multi-instrumentalist from County Donegal, Ireland. He is the brother of multi-instrumentalist and producer Dónal Lunny.-Biography:...
.
Background
Born in TullamoreTullamore
Tullamore is a town in County Offaly, in the midlands of Ireland. It is Offaly's county town and the centre of the district.Tullamore is an important commercial and industrial centre in the region. Major international employers in the town include 'Tyco Healthcare' and 'Boston Scientific'. In...
, then moved to Newbridge
Newbridge, County Kildare
The earliest known mention of Newbridge was by traveller and bookseller John Dunton in 1698, though he does not refer to any settlement other than at Ballymany....
, County Kildare
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
, as a teenager he joined a band called Rakes of Kildare, with Christy Moore
Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
. Lunny's Emmet Folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
Group and Michael and Brian Byrne's Spiceland Folk Group joined forces to form The Emmet Spiceland -- what now would be described as his first "boy band". Their debut album The First was released in 1968. As a vocal harmony group, they had a #1 hit in Ireland with the single "Mary From Dungloe" which had earlier been popularised in Dublin's folk clubs by Donal and his Emmet Folk group confrere Mick Moloney (The third Emmet Folk Group member Brian Bolger remains a 'Syd Barrett'-style mystery, although some internet observations claim he runs a pub in southern France. Others say he still teaches in his native Gorey). In 1971 Donal played on Prosperous
Prosperous
Prosperous is the second album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1972. His first album, Paddy On The Road was recorded by Dominic Behan in 1969 and has long been out of print...
, the second album by Christy Moore.
Four of the musicians from Prosperous - Moore, Lunny, Andy Irvine and Liam O'Flynn assembled in 1972 under the name Planxty
Planxty
Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in the 1970s, consisting initially of Christy Moore , Dónal Lunny , Andy Irvine , and Liam O'Flynn...
and first played professionally in public in Slattery's pub in Capel Street, Dublin in January or February of that year. The band became a leading proponent of Irish traditional instrumental music for the next ten years. In 1974 Lunny left them to form The Bothy Band
The Bothy Band
The Bothy Band was an Irish traditional band active during the late 1970s. It quickly gained a reputation as one of the most influential bands playing Irish traditional music...
, playing guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and bouzouki.
They disbanded in 1978. Lunny became a session musician on Davey and Morris, the first album to feature Shaun Davey. Lunny then got together with Christy Moore again in 1981, to form Moving Hearts
Moving Hearts
Moving Hearts is an Irish folk-rock band formed in 1981. They followed in the footsteps of Horslips in combining Irish traditional music with rock and roll, and also added elements of jazz to their sound.-Career:...
. Another founding member was the young uilleann piper, Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane is a songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.early yearsDavy was born in Dublin in 1959 . At the age of 12 he started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres...
. Moving Hearts reunited for a reunion concert in Dublin in February 2007, and has since performed at several concerts in Ireland and the U.S.A. in 2008 and 2009.
Lunny has participated in other projects since, including a solo album (actually an album of him and many guest musicians playing his music and arrangements) titled "Donal Lunny" (Gael-Linn 1987), a similar group project album titled "Coolfin" (1998), and more recently a project with a multicultural group called Mozaik, featuring Bruce Molsky, Nikola Parov, Rens van der Zalm, and ex-Planxty co-performer Andy Irvine.
Dónal Lunny as producer
When Moving Hearts broke up in 1985, Lunny diversified. He learned keyboards and mandolin and became a producer. He had already produced a 45-rpm single for Skid Row (featuring the then 17-year-old Gary MooreGary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
), and in 1975 produced an album A Silk Purse for electric folk band 'Spud' who went on to introduce Paul McGuinness to band management. He was closely involved in the establishment of a new Irish record label: Mulligan
Mulligan
A mulligan, in a game, happens when a player gets a second chance to perform a certain move or action. The practice is also sometimes referred to as a "do-over."-Mulligan in golf:...
records, and produced and played on many of its early releases. He played on several Christy Moore
Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
albums, and was a producer & session musician on Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
albums. He played bouzouki and bodhrán on Shaun Davey
Shaun Davey
- Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...
's Granuaile, and Fiddle on Midnight Well
Midnight Well
Midnight Well are a foursome consisting of Thom Moore, Janie Cribbs, Gerry O'Beirne and Mairtín Ó Connor. They were formed in the mid-seventies and issued one, self-titled, album in 1977...
's "Saw you running". He composed the soundtrack for a Turkish film, "Teardrops", and the Irish film "Eat the Peach
Eat the Peach
Eat the Peach is a 1986 British-Irish comedy film, directed by Peter Ormrod. The title derives from the T.S.Eliot poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. It was written by Peter Ormrod with John Kelleher...
", and played on the soundtrack of the film This Is My Father
This Is My Father
This Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American film directed by Paul Quinn.- Plot :The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn , a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle class family, and Kieran O'Dea , a shy labourer in...
and the TV program The River of Sound. In 1989, he contributed synthesizer on Mary Black
Mary Black
Mary Black is an Irish singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both folk and contemporary material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland, and in many other parts of the world....
's break-through album No Frontiers
No Frontiers
No Frontiers is a music album by Irish singer Mary Black. This ground-breaking album assured Black's status as one of Ireland's most respected artists in Europe and also in the US, where the release of the album greatly increased her popularity. It went straight to the top of the Irish album chart...
.
He was the producer and Music Director of Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records. The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band - a move that further alienated...
. He produced albums for Paul Brady
Paul Brady
Paul Joseph Brady is an Irish singer-songwriter, whose work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age...
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
, Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, Clannad, Maurice Lennon, Baaba Maal
Baaba Maal
Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.-Biography:Born 12 November 1953...
, and Five Guys Named Moe,. He appeared on compilation albums - Gathering (1981) and Common Ground (1996). In 1994, he produced Irish Australian singer/songwriter Mairéid Sullivan's first recording, Dancer He pushed new boundaries with his band Coolfin (1998) which included uilleann piper John McSherry. He appeared at the 2000 Cambridge Folk Festival
Cambridge Folk Festival
The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England. The festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. It occurs...
, and the album that commemorated it. In 2001 Lunny collaborated with Frank Harte
Frank Harte
Frank Harte was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born and raised in Dublin. His father Peter Harte who had moved from a farming background in Sligo owned 'The Tap' pub in Chapelizod...
on the album My Name is Napoleon Bonaparte. He produced the album Human Child (2007) by Faeroese Eivør Pálsdóttir
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Eivør Pálsdóttir is a Faroese singer/songwriter with a distinct voice and a wide range of interests in many kinds of music from rock, jazz, folk, pop, to European classical music. Her roots are in the Faroese ballads....
, which is published in two versions, one English, and one Faeroese
As an arranger he has worked for The Waterboys
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
, Fairground Attraction
Fairground Attraction
Fairground Attraction were a British acoustic pop band. They are best known for their hit single "Perfect", and for helping to launch the career of lead vocalist Eddi Reader.-Career:...
and Eddi Reader
Eddi Reader
Eddi Reader MBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three BRIT Awards and has topped both the album and singles charts...
. Journey (2000) is a retrospective album. In 2004 Lunny was part of the reunited Planxty concert tour.
Dónal Lunny is married to Japanese musician Hidebo Itami, a member of the musical group Soul Flower Union
Soul Flower Union
Soul Flower Union, also known as SFU, is a Japanese musical group that incorporates Asian styles and world music styles into a rock and roll band. They are known for their blend of psychedelic, rock, Okinawan music, Celtic music, chindon , swing jazz, as well as Japanese, Chinese and Korean folk...
. The couple now make their home in Okinawa, Japan. They have a daughter, Sora Chan. He has children from earlier relationships: a son, the DJ Oisin Lunny, by his first wife, Judy. (Oisin was a member of Marxman
Marxman
Marxman were a four-piece Marxist hip-hop group with two MCs formed in London in 1989.Their lyrics expounded socialism and an end to economic and social injustice...
), a daughter, violinist Cora Venus Lunny
Cora Venus Lunny
Cora Venus Lunny is an Irish violinist. Her father is the musician Dónal Lunny and she is the niece of Manus Lunny.Established as one of Ireland's leading classical musicians since her teens, Cora Venus Lunny is active as a soloist, chamber musician, interpreter of contemporary classical ...
, and a son named Shane born in March 2004 whose mother is Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
.
In addition to his musical activities, Lunny is a skilled gold-and-silversmith, who trained at the National College of Art in Dublin, although he only practised the craft for a short time before devoting his energies to music.
He also produced Jimmy MacCarthy's album entitled Hey-Ho Believe
Hey-Ho Believe
Hey-Ho Believe is the fourth album by Irish singer/songwriter Jimmy MacCarthy. It was released on 12 November 2010 through his own label Ride On Records, the same label used for the previous album The Moment. The tracklisting was announced via MacCarthy's official website.-Chart reception:The album...
, which was released on 12 November 2010.
He is a seminal figure in Irish contemporary music whose contribution to the field is un-equalled.
The Irish bouzouki
Dónal Lunny has some claim to popularising the bouzoukiBouzouki
The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
in the Irish music sphere after its initial introduction by Johnny Moynihan
Johnny Moynihan
John "Johnny" Moynihan , is a folk singer based in Dublin, Ireland. He is often credited as being responsible for introducing the bouzouki and the Irish bouzouki into Irish music in the mid 1960s. Known as "The Bard of Dalymount", as a young man he played in the band Sweeney's Men with Andy Irvine,...
. Lunny ordered a custom-built bouzouki from English luthier, Peter Abnett (who still makes instruments to this day), with a flat back instead of a traditional Greek rounded back. This made it more comfortable to play. In 1981 he went one step further by creating an electric bouzouki, though this failed to catch on.
More recently, he invented an instrument designed to solve the problem of a bass/ percussion instrument in Irish traditional music. The process of building and developing the instrument was featured on his 2010 RTE
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
series "Lorg Lunny".
Solo albums
- Dónal Lunny, live, Gael-Linn, CEFCD133, – 1987
- Coolfin, Donal Lunny – 1998
With Christy Moore
- Prosperous – 1972
- Christy Moore – 1976
- Whatever Tickles Your Fancy – 1976
- Live in DublinLive in Dublin (Christy Moore album)Live in Dublin is a live album by Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore.We recorded this album in April 1978, when we did gigs at The Meeting Place, Pat Dowling's of Prosperous, Trinity College and the Grapevine Arts centre in North Great George's St. One number ' Clydes Bonnie Banks was recorded...
– Christy Moore, Donal Lunny & Jimmy FaulknerJimmy FaulknerJimmy Faulkner was one of Ireland's top guitarists, who in a four-decade career played with many of Ireland's leading rock, blues, folk and jazz musicians....
– 1978 - AntiNuclear, Christy Moore, tracks: "People Will Die", Barry Moore and "Trip to Cransore", Early Grave Band – 1979
- Ninety Miles from Dublin, The Rights of Man, Repeal the Union – 1980
- H-Block, Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, Matt Molloy, Declan Sinnott, a.o. – 1980
- Christy Moore and Friends – Christy Moore e.o. – 1981
- The Time Has Come – 1983
- Ride On – 1984
- The Spirit of Freedom – 1985
- Ordinary Man – 1985
- Unfinished Revolution – 1987
- Christy Moore
- Voyage
With Planxty
- Planxty – 1973
- The Well Below the Valley – 1973
- Cold Blow and the Rainy NightCold Blow and the Rainy Night (album)Cold Blow and the Rainy Night is the third album by the Irish folk group Planxty. The record was released in 1974 and takes its title from the third song on the album, Cold Blow and the Rainy Night.-Track listing:#"Johnny Cope"...
– 1974 - After The BreakAfter the BreakAfter The Break is a studio album by the Irish folk music band Planxty released in 1979. Now available to download from most major online retailers as well as on CD.- Track listing:#"The Good Ship Kangaroo"...
– 1979/1992 - The Woman I Loved So WellThe Woman I Loved So WellThe Woman I Loved So Well is a studio album by Planxty released in 1980. Now available to download from most major online retailers as well as on CD.- Track listing:# "True Love Knows No Season"# "Out On The Ocean / Tiocfaidh Tu Abhaile Liom"...
– 1980/1992 - "Timedance" (12" single) – 1981
- Words & Music – 1983
With the Bothy Band
- 1975 – 1975
- Old Hag You Have Killed Me – 1976
- Out of the Wind, Into the Sun – 1977/1985
- Afterhours (Live in Paris) – 1978/1984
- Live in Concert – 1994
With Moving Hearts
- Moving Hearts – 1982
- The Dark End of the Street – 1982
- Live HeartsLive Hearts (album)Live Hearts is the only live album by the Irish folk rock band Moving Hearts, recorded in 1983 at the Dominion Theatre London by the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit. Steve Turner produced and engineered the album...
– 1984 - The Storm – 1985
- Moving Hearts Live in Dublin – 2008
With Patrick Street
"Patrick Street", Andy Irvine, Jackie Daly, Kevin Burke, Arty McGlynn, GreenLinnet, SIF 1071, 1987 (LP) (p)
With Altan
"Altan", Frankie Kennedy & Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, Green Linnet, GLCD 1078, 1987(p, e)
Guest Appearances
- Mark Knopfler's "Golden Heart" – 1996
- Sinéad O'ConnorSinéad O'ConnorSinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
's 2002 Irish traditional album Sean-Nós NuaSean-Nós NuaSean-Nós Nua is the sixth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor. It consists of traditional Irish songs, the title meaning "new old-style".The album sold 225,000 copies worldwide.-Track listing:#"Peggy Gordon" – 5:45...
, Hummingbird Records - Albert Fry's "Tráthnona Beag Areir" – 2008, Gael Linn
- Mairéad Ní MhaonaighMairéad Ní MhaonaighMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....
's "ImeallImeall- Personnel :*Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - vocals, Irish fiddle, Hardanger fiddle*Manus Lunny - bouzouki, programming, vocals, guitar*Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill - piano*Dónal Lunny - bodhrán*Michael McGoldrick - flute, uileann Pipes*Jim Higgins - percussion, bodhrán...
" – 2008, Moon - Ceol Cheann DubhrannCeol Cheann Dubhrann-Singers:* Máire Ní Bhraonáin* Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh* Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill* Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill* Gearóidín Breathnach* Dónall Mac Ruairí* Connie Mhary Mhicí Ó Gallchóir* Bernard Ó Duibheannaigh* Aodh Óg Ó Duibheannaigh* Aodh Mac Ruairí...
(Various artists), 2009 - Mary BlackMary BlackMary Black is an Irish singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both folk and contemporary material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland, and in many other parts of the world....
's "No FrontiersNo FrontiersNo Frontiers is a music album by Irish singer Mary Black. This ground-breaking album assured Black's status as one of Ireland's most respected artists in Europe and also in the US, where the release of the album greatly increased her popularity. It went straight to the top of the Irish album chart...
"- 1989, Dara - Midnight WellMidnight WellMidnight Well are a foursome consisting of Thom Moore, Janie Cribbs, Gerry O'Beirne and Mairtín Ó Connor. They were formed in the mid-seventies and issued one, self-titled, album in 1977...
's "Midnight WellMidnight WellMidnight Well are a foursome consisting of Thom Moore, Janie Cribbs, Gerry O'Beirne and Mairtín Ó Connor. They were formed in the mid-seventies and issued one, self-titled, album in 1977...
" 1976, Mulligan
DVD
- The Transatlantic Sessions Series 3 (various artists) – 2007
- Moving Hearts Live in Dublin (Moving Hearts) – 2008