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The Chieftains - Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003)

2014-09-14T15:46:31Z

The Chieftains - Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003)

1. Chieftains /w Nickel Creek - The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - 3:09
2. Chieftains /w John Hiatt - Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel - 3:29
3. Chieftains /w Allison Moorer - Hick's Farewell - 4:27
4. Chieftains /w Tim OBrien - Shady Grove - 2:18
5. Chieftains /w John Prine - The Girl I Left Behind - 3:13
6. Chieftains /w Jerry Douglas - Rosc Catha Na Mumhain/Arkansas Traveller/The Wild Irishman - 4:19
7. Chieftains /w Emmylou Harris - Lambs In The Greenfield - 3:19
8. Chieftains /w Joe Ely - The Moonshiner/I'm A Rambler - 3:13
9. Chieftains /w Don Williams - Wild Mountain Thyme - 3:55
10. Chieftains /w Chet Atkins - Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe - 1:55
11. Chieftains /w Carlene Carter - Bandit Of Love/The Cheatin' Waltz - 3:13
12. Chieftains /w Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff - 3:15
13. Chieftains /w Patty Loveless - Three Little Babes - 4:09
14. Chieftains /w Doc Watson - Fisherman's Hornpipe/The Devil's Dream - 2:10
15. Chieftains /w Ricky Skaggs - Talk About Suffering/Main Of The House - 4:34
16. Chieftains /w Rosanne Cash - The Lily Of The West - 4:21

Chet Atkins - Guitar
Barry Bales - Bass (Upright)
Derek Bell - Harp, Keyboards, Tiompan
Kevin Bents - Piano
Paul Brewster - Vocals (Background)
Mike Bub - Bass (Upright)
Steve Buckingham Associate Producer
Barry Carroll - Harp
Rosanne Cash - Vocals
T. Michael Coleman - Bass
Kevin Conneff - Bodhran, Vocals
Margaret Dorn - Vocals (Background)
Jerry Douglas - Guitar (Resonator)
Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
Jeff Ely - Vocals
Jimmie Fadden - Drums, Harmonica
Béla Fleck - Banjo
Shannon Forrest - Drums
Adam Frehm - Guitar (Resonator)
Carol Lee Goodgold - Vocals (Background)
Mike Gordon - Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
Jeff Hanna - Guitar, Vocals
Emmylou Harris - Vocals
John Hiatt - Guitar, Vocals
Byron House - Bass (Upright)
David Hungate - Bass
Jimmy Ibbotson - Guitar
Hank "Bones" Kahn - Trombone
Seán Keane - Fiddle
Randy Kohrs - Guitar (Resonator)
Frankie Lane - Guitar (Resonator)
Caroline LaVelle - Cello
John Leventhal - Guitar (Acoustic)
Patty Loveless - Vocals
Deborah Lyons - Vocals (Background)
Kenny Malone - Drums
Triona Marshall - Harp
Edgar Meyer - Bass
Matt Molloy - Flute
Paddy Moloney - Tin Whistle, Uillean Pipes
Allison Moorer - Vocals
Tim O'Brien - Mandolin, Vocals
Máirtín O'Connor - Accordion
Tom Partington - Drums
John Prine - Vocals
Matt Rollings - Piano
Sharon Shannon - Accordion
Ricky Skaggs - Vocals
Bryan Sutton - Banjo, Hi String Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin
Jeffrey Taylor - Accordion
Chris Thile - Mandolin, Vocals
Teddy Thompson - Vocals (Background)
Pete Wasner - Keyboards
Sara Watkins - Fiddle, Vocals
Sean Watkins - Guitar (Acoustic)
Doc Watson - Guitar
Merle Watson - Guitar (Rhythm)
Jeff White - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Vocals
Don Williams - Guitar, Vocals
Glenn Worf - Bass (Upright)

In 2002, the legendary and insanely prolific Irish ensemble the Chieftains released Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions. Utilizing American icons like Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, and Lyle Lovett alongside the blossoming Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, their interpretations of traditional Irish and Appalachian staples yielded a surprisingly lucid bounty. Not surprisingly, the sessions also yielded another record. Further Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions follows the same thread on the neo-traditional loom, pitting the Celtic heroes against such heavyweights as Doc Watson, John Prine, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, while incorporating younger artists like Nickel Creek. the Chieftains, possibly the tightest veteran band still performing, have made a career out of effortless creativity and sheer enthusiasm, especially for projects like this one. On the gorgeous "Chief O'Neil's Hornpipe," Paddy Maloney's bittersweet piping effortlessly segues into Chet Atkins' understated picking. It's like listening to a couple of old friends sharing a beer on a Sunday evening. Emmylou Harris croons "Lambs in the Greenfield" that'll leave a lump in your throat, and Tim O'Brien tears through a version of "Shady Grove," fueled by the ancestral flames of its birth. Only the forced soul of Allison Moorer's "Hick's Farewell" and Don Williams' generic rendering of the classic ballad "Wild Mountain Thyme" keep Further Down the Old Plank Road from being a major achievement. --- James Christopher Monger, Rovi

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The Chieftains - The Wide World Over (2002)

2014-03-14T16:56:32Z

The Chieftains - The Wide World Over (2002)


 1. March of the King of Laois; Paddy's Jig; O'Keefe's - Chattering Magpie (Reels) - 4:23
 2. The Foggy Dew (feat. Sinead O'Conner) - 5:00
 3. I Know My Love (feat. The Corrs) - 3:24
 4. Cotton-Eyed Joe (feat. Rickey Skaggs) - 2:46
 5. The Magdalene Laundries (feat. Joni Mitchell) - 4:56
 6. Live From Matt Molloy's Pub - 2:19
 7. Shenandoah (feat. Van Morrison) - 3:52
 8. The Munster Cloak; An Poc Ar Buile; Ferny Hill-Little Molly - 6:11
 9. Morning Has Broken (feat. Diana Krall & Art Garfunkel) - 2:54
10. Morning Dew; Women of Ireland - 2:57
11. Mo Ghile Mear (feat. Sting) - 3:19
12. Carolan's Concerto (feat. The Belfast Harp Orchestra) - 3:01
13. Guadalupe (feat. Linda Rondstadt & Los Lobos) - 3:30
14. Full of Joy (feat. the Chinese Ensemble) - 3:22
15. Here's A Health to the Company - 3:03
16. Chasing the Fox (feat. Erich Kunzel & The Concinnati Pops Orchestra) - 4:09
17. Long Journey Home (feat. Elvis Costello & Anuna) - 3:20
18. The Rocky Road to Dublin (feat. The Rolling Stones) - 4:17
19. Redemption Song (feat. Ziggy Marley) - 4:23

Ry Cooder - electric guitar, mandocello
Van Morrison
Art Garfunkel
Don Was - percussion
Paddy Moloney - tin whistle, Uilleann pipe
Ziggy Marley - vocals, guitar, percussion
Derek Bell - harp, keyboards
Sean Keane - fiddle
Kevin Conneff - vocals, bodhran
Matt Molloy - flute
Carlos Nunez - bagpipe
Jean Butler - dancer
Faith Chorale
Sharon Riley

From their roots as a traditional Irish band to their later decades of border-crossing collaborations, the Chieftains are a cultural force unto themselves. This album shows them in all their collaborative glory, playing with Sinead O'Connor, Sting, the Chinese Ensemble and even Ziggy Marley. Revelations include "Guadalupe," "Full of Joy" and "Live From Matt Molloy's Pub." ---Sarah Bardeen, rhapsody.com

In the Chieftains' four decades of recording, they've changed labels a handful of times, and each label has seen fit to record at least one or two collections of the band's output under their tenure. At this point they have so many best-ofs and greatest-hits compilations, it's tough for the listener to know the best of what they're actually hearing. New millennium -- new collection: the band's longtime label, RCA Victor, has done the Celtic community a favor by releasing a collection that deals more with the band's journey through their different phases as opposed to trying to reassemble a hits package. The end result is almost like listening to a radio station that only plays Chieftains songs. There are some live tracks, their countrified romp through "Cotton-Eyed Joe"; Van Morrison's adult-contemporary "Shenandoah"; an unusual introduction of the bandmembers in Chinese; appearances from Sting, Diana Krall, and Art Garfunkel; and a couple of new recordings. The breezy cover of "Morning Has Broken" fares better than the hybridized "Redemption Song" (in fact, it's a challenge to think of any instances of a successful Celtic/reggae alloy). The album will be enjoyed by Chieftains fans as a fun collection of songs they have never heard back-to-back before, and those looking for a greatest-hits collection will have plenty of other places to look. –-Zac Johnson, Rovi

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The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder - San Patricio (2010)

2010-06-17T19:01:52Z

The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder - San Patricio (2010)


01. La Iguana 
02. La Golondrina 
03. A La Orilla De Un Palmar 
04. Danza De Concheros 
05. El Chivo 
06. San Campio 
07. The Sands Of Mexico 
08. Sailing To Mexico 
09. El Caballo 
10. March To Battle (Across The Rio Grande) 
11. Lullaby For The Dead 
12. Luz De Luna 
13. Persecucion De Villa 
14. Cancion Mixteca (Intro) 
15. Cancion Mixteca 
16. Ojitos Negros 
17. El Relampago 
18. El Pajaro Cu 
19. Finale

"In equal measure a curio, a lament, a history lesson and a hoedown, San Patricio is one of those albums that happily transcends its parts. If you only buy one Irish-Mexican album this year, in fact, The Chieftains and Ry Cooder should do you nicely.

The Californian guitarist and the Irish folk heavyweights are seasoned collaborators as well as inveterate globetrotters. It was while they were recording together in Havana in the 1990s that the Irishmen introduced Cooder to the musicians who would star in his nostalgic world music bestseller, the Buena Vista Social Club.

This time, though, the focus is on another historical gem: the little-known story of the Irish conscripts who deserted from the American army to fight with Santa Anna's Mexicans in the 1840s border war. And while the first hearing of tin whistles with Mexican guitars is a little disorienting, Chieftains founder Paddy Moloney brews up a winning mixture.

Bumping cheeky mariachis up against Celtic ballads, and abutting the warm warble of Cooder's tenor with the stately harmonies of Los Cenzontles, the stellar cast includes Linda Ronstadt (with a song learned from her Mexican grandfather), legendary arranger Van Dyke Parks, the sensational Mexican singer Lila Downs, Moya Brennan from Clannad, and battalions of crack instrumentalists.

Among the highlights are the ribald capering of Latin Grammy winners Los Tigres del Norte, and the mournful, sashaying bolero sung by 90-year-old Chavela Vargas. And if the production doesn't attain the all-embracing smoky ambience of the Buena Vista record, it fiercely affirms that “Guinness or tequila“ these are two musical cultures that know how to party.

It's a coming thing, too, this business of music as narrative documentary. Moloney first tried it in the 1970s, addressing matters Irish-French on the 15-minute Bonaparte's Retreat. At an hour, though, the Irish-Mexican theme could frankly do with more storytelling; Liam Neeson's effective but brief reading, March to Battle, is no substitute for the sort of explanation Cooder superbly wove into his earlier Chavez Ravine.

Still, this is a transatlantic musical campaign whose virtuosity, verve and sheer eccentric heart make it hard to resist." ---BBC Review

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