Celtic Crossings [Box set]

Disc: 1

1. Land 'Neath the Sea

2. Carrick Fergus

3. Madeleine's Lullaby

4. Tir Na N'Og

5. My Lagan Love

6. Danny Boy

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Disc: 2

1. Peg O'Neil

2. Arduinne of the Frost

3. Hearth and Home

4. White Gails

5. Death of Queen Rhiannon

6. Fields of Gold

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Disc: 3

1. Golden Dream

2. Ballad of Clitheroe

3. When Daddy Played the Fiddle

4. Always

5. Theme from Miller's Crossing

6. Dance With Desire

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Celtic Crossings,Various Artists,St. Clair Records,Celtic,Celtic/Irish,Int'l & World Music,Pop

Average customer rating:

Traditional Music From Clare and Beyond Gearoid O'hallmhurain Manufacturer: Celtic Crossings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003QEF Release Date: 1996-06-15

Tracks:

1. The Munster Bacon & Come Along With Me - Jigs (2:20)
2. The Crosses of Annagh & Jim McCormack's - Reels (2:30)
3. Coilsfield House - Slow Air (3:29)
4. Jenny's Wedding & Miss Thornton - Reels (3:40)
5. The Boys of Bluehill & The Stack of Barley - Hornpipes (3:43)
6. Cecilia's Waltz (4:01)
7. Garrett Barry's & John Naughton's - Jigs (2:37)
8. The Five Mile Chase & The First House in Connaught - Reels (2:35)
9. An Paistin Fionn & An Cuisin Ban - Slow Air & Set Piece (4:37)
10. Miss Walsh & Apples in Winter - Jigs (2:48)
11. Over the Moor to Maggie & Lucky in Love - Reels (2:00)
12. The Tailor's Twist & The High Level - Hornpipes (3:58)
13. Da Sloket Light, Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town, Archie Menzie's & The King of the Clans - Slow Air, Clan March & Reels (7:35)

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Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland & Cape Breton Manufacturer: Celtic Crossings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000621NSK Release Date: 2004-09-15

Tracks:

1. Don't Touch that Green Linnet / Doolish / Grne's Jig (jigs) Tommy Peoples
2. The Maids of Mitchelstown / The Bunch of Keys (reels) GearhAllmhur & Patrick Ourceau
3. Traditional Cape Breton Jig / Dan Hughies / Donald Anguss (jigs) Dougie MacDonald
4. Captain John's / The Queen of May (hornpipes) Geraldine Cotter
5. Caislean r / The Humours of Scarrif / Over the Moor to Maggie (hornpipe / reels) Aidan McMahon & Anthony Quigney
6. The Road to Dunmore (song) Robbie OConnell with Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy
7. An Trs a Rian / The Ballymahon Reel / Caher Rua (reels) Randal Bays & Dhproule
8. The Laddie with the Plaidie / Athole Brose / Captain David Stewart / The Spey in Spate (strathspeys / reels) Barbara MacDonald Magone & Alasdair Fraser
9. Ho Leannan (Scottish waulking song) Navan
10. The Bush in Bloom / The Munster Reel / Captain Kelly's Reel (reels) Geraldine Cotter, Maeve Donnelly, Peadar OLoughlin, Eamon Cotter
11. BrThom Mhurchadha (Irish sean nong) ne Meenaghan
12. An Buachaill Caol Dubh (slow air) MehAlmhain
13. The Boys of Bluehill / The Stack of Barley (hornpipes) GearhAllmhur & Paig O'Dea
14. Shrips Clog / Virtuoso Hornpipe (clog / hornpipe) Maeve Donnelly
15. The Silver Spear / Mullin's Fancy (reels) Mick O'Brien & CaoimhRaghallaigh

Album Description

"The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton" is a gathering of some of the finest performers and instructors of traditional music today. Together, they have likely created the first ever compilation of its kind. Pipers, fiddlers, dancers, singers and more, many names you will know festivals and summer music schools worldwide. Others are treasures whose music has never been broadly available until today.

Signature performances are provided by fiddlers Tommy Peoples, Maeve Donnelly, Dublin piper Mick O'Brien with fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Kilfenora Céilí Band's Aidan McMahon and Anthony Quigney, Randal Bays with Altan guitarist Dáithí Sproule, Cape Breton fiddler Dougie MacDonald, Ireland's piano maven Geraldine Cotter, flute virtuoso Mícheál Ó hAlmhain, singer Robbie O'Connell, concertina master Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin with fiddler Patrick Ourceau, Cape Breton pianist Barbara MacDonald Magone & master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, Celtic-language quartet `Navan' and finally, a rare preview recording from Connemara's beloved sean nós singer Áine Meenaghan.

Most compilations promote the work of a single label's stable of artists. Others have an impressive collection but still include tracks from commercial labels or from live performances. This is an historic collaboration rather than compilation by the individual self-produced artists themselves, teaming together to share their music from their recordings on a larger level --an enormous undertaking with 18 artists spread across the world!

The last 20 years has seen an upsurge in collaboration between Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton musicians. Until the 1980s, the genres were primarily kept separate, substantially due to lack of opportunity to meet and play together. While separation from commercial labels is a relatively new event in Irish and Scottish music, Cape Breton artists have self-produced their recordings for decades.

Over the last 10 years, traditional music fans have supported independently recorded traditional artists. With hundreds of releases annually, music fans are clamoring for a discernable way to experience the broadest range in the most affordable way possible. According to Celtic music reviewers, the majority of recordings today are self-released. Earle Hitchner's Top 3 in 2003 and overall 60% were self-issued, (up from 50% in 2002.)

Customer Reviews:

Toe Tapping Music.......2006-10-27

This carries me back to Cape Breton in memory to a small community center where singers, dancers, and fiddle players performed for their friends and neighbors. As a passing tourist, I was enchanted by the distinctive sound created. I've listened to a lot of celtic music and love it dearly. Cape Breton music always makes me want to dance.
This includes a sprightly collection of Scottish and Irish tunes as well.

Average customer rating:

Celtic Crossings Various Artists Manufacturer: St. Clair Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006B98CO Release Date: 2004-11-23

Tracks:

1. Land 'Neath the Sea
2. Carrick Fergus
3. Madeleine's Lullaby
4. Tir Na N'Og
5. My Lagan Love
6. Danny Boy
7. Only a Woman's Heart
8. Ere I Roam
9. Theme from Harry's Game
10. Watermark

Tracks:

1. Peg O'Neil
2. Arduinne of the Frost
3. Hearth and Home
4. White Gails
5. Death of Queen Rhiannon
6. Fields of Gold
7. Shallow Sea
8. Avondale
9. Clearing
10. This Time

Tracks:

1. Golden Dream
2. Ballad of Clitheroe
3. When Daddy Played the Fiddle
4. Always
5. Theme from Miller's Crossing
6. Dance With Desire
7. Banshee
8. And She Moved Through the Fair
9. My Love Has Gone Away
10. Maiden of Treviri

Average customer rating:

Celtic Crossings Elizabeth Farr , Anne Jackson , and Donna Lann ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTKYYS Release Date: 2004-12-21

Tracks:

1. Water Is Wide/Skye Boat Song
2. All Through the Night/Loch Tay Boat Song
3. Lullaby Goldberg
4. Gartan Mother's Lullaby/Goodnight
5. Bridget Cruise/Lament
6. O, Can Ye Sew Cushions/Suo Gan
7. Snowy Breasted Pearl/Fanny Poer
8. Greensleeves
9. Hush Thee, My Baby/Marble Halls
10. Oh, All the Airts/Father Francis Cameron
11. She Moved Through the Fair/Christ Child's Lullaby
12. Come Rest in the Bosom/Hush a Bye

Pop Music:

1. Cenas [Import]
2. Cheguei Na Lua [Import]
3. Club 60: I Numeri Uno V.4 [Import]
4. Club 60: I Numeri Uno V.5 [Import]
5. Club 70: I Numero Uno V.2 [Import]
6. Cocoon [Import]
7. Coisas Do Norte [Import]
8. Confusão Urbana, Suburbana E Rural [Import]
9. Convida [Import]
10. De Coleccion [Import]

Pop Music