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Irish Music
Students enrolled in the Irish Studies Program may pick up a
free CD sampler of contemporary Irish pop, rock, and folk music (in MP3 format) from Dr.
Nordquist (nordqudi@mail.armstrong.edu)
in Solms 211 any time after May 3, 2006.
"The Irish went out and rescued and rediscovered their music in the 1950s and
1960s, at a time when this precious tradition seemed to be in decline, under threat from
the modern changes in society. Since then the revival has gathered pace, and today
the music is everywhere--fiddlers in village pubs, solo singers of sad ancient airs, stout
matrons gathering for bouncy ceili dances; and scores of summer festivals large and
small." (277)
(John Ardagh, Ireland and the Irish, 1995)
Below you will find links to a sampling of contemporary Irish singers and musicians.
Altan (from Donegal)
Local
Ground (2005)
The Bothy Band 
1975:
The First Album
The
Best of the Bothy Band
The Chieftains (from
Dublin)
Long
Black Veil
The Corrs (from
Dundalk)
Best
of the Corrs
Damien Rice (from Dublin)
O
(2003)
Frames (from Dublin) 
Burn
the Maps (2005)
Planxty (from Kildare)
Planxty
The
Planxty Collection
Pogues
(from Dublin)
Rum,
Sodomy, and the Lash
Ultimate
Collection
The Saw Doctors (from Tuam, near
Galway) 
Sing
a Powerful Song
Sinead
O'Connor (from Dublin)
I
Do Not What What I Cannot Get (1990)
U2 (from
Dublin) 
How
to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
Best
of 1980-1990
Best
of 1990-2000
Van Morrison (from Belfast)
Astral
Weeks (1968)
Moondance
(1970)
Tupelo
Honey (1971)
It's
Too Late to Stop Now (1974)
Into
the Music (1979)
No
Guru No Method No Teacher (1986)
Too Long
in Exile (1993)
Down
the Road (2002)
Magic
Time (2005)
Anthologies
Celtic
Woman, Vol. 1
Music
at Matt Malloy's
The Sound of Ireland
Traditional Irish Lyrics
"After the Ball Is
Over"
"Arthur
McBride"
"The Lark in the Clear Air"
"Sweet Carnlough
Bay"
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