Leahy (album)
Encyclopedia
Leahy is an album by Canadian folk music
group Leahy
. It was released by Virgin Records
in 1997. The album peaked at number 1 on the RPM
Country Albums chart.
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 Leahy
Leahy
Leahy is the name of a Canadian folk music group. The eight band members, all from the Leahy family of eleven siblings, are from Lakefield, Ontario and have been actively touring Canada and internationally since the early 1980s when they were known as The Leahy Family...
. It was released by Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
in 1997. The album peaked at number 1 on the RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "B Minor" (Traditional) – 3:55
- "Cape Breton Medley" (R. Cooper, Wiley Hunter, Jr., Traditional) – 5:11
- "McBrides" (Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. 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...
, Declan SinnottDeclan SinnottDeclan Sinnott is an Irish musician and producer.Originally from Wexford, where his family ran a record shop in John Street, he came to Dublin in the late sixties. Around 1970 he was a member of the poetry-and-music group Tara Telephone, in which he composed, sang, and played guitar...
) – 4:15 - "The French" (Traditional) – 4:39
- "The Call to Dance" (Gordon DuncanGordon DuncanGordon Duncan was a Scottish bagpiper. He began playing at the age of eight, taught initially by Bill Hepburn then by his father and his older brother Ian Duncan, himself a successful piper and Pipe Major...
, Howie MacDonald) – 4:05 - "Alabama" (G. Cahn, Ned Landry, J. Yeffen) – 3:40
- "Don Messer Medley" (Don Messer, Traditional) – 3:05
- "CsárdásCsárdás (Monti)Csárdás is perhaps the most famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano...
" (Traditional) – 4:04 - "Colm Quigley" (Donnell Leahy, Traditional) – 6:02
- "The Coulin" (Traditional) – 4:44
Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 36 |