The Essential Chieftains
Released: Feb 21, 2006
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Released: Feb 21, 2006
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RCA Legacy's The Essential Chieftains breaks the legendary Irish collective's career into two sections. The first disc focuses on 18 of the group's finest traditional works like "Boil the Breakfast...
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Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell
Released: Feb 22, 2005
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Released: Feb 22, 2005
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Harp player/multi-instrumentalist Derek Bell, a member of the Chieftains since 1972, was -- unlike his co-conspirators -- a classically trained musician. His love for the traditional music of...
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Further Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
Released: Sep 9, 2003
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Released: Sep 9, 2003
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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...
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Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
Released: Sep 17, 2002
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Released: Sep 17, 2002
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In the wake of the success of O Brother Where Art Thou?, this collaboration between Irish supergroup the Chieftains and some of country's best known neo-traditionalists was almost inevitable....
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Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration - JAPAN BONUS TRACK
Released: Mar 19, 2002
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Released: Mar 19, 2002
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For many of the people who discovered Celtic music in the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s, the Chieftains are the ultimate Irish band. But that doesn't make them purists. While leader/founder Paddy...
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The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration
Released: Mar 5, 2002
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Released: Mar 5, 2002
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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...
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The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early
Released: Feb 19, 2002
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Released: Feb 19, 2002
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The big change on their ninth album, in Chieftains terms anyway, was the departure of founding members Sean Potts and Martin Tubridy, to be replaced by flutist and tin whistler Matt Molloy,...
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