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MUSIC VOLUME 3
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Volume 3, Issue 6

Top 10 CD's from Hornpipe

  1. The Bothy Band, Live in Concert
  2. De Dannan - Star Spangled Molly
  3. Mairead ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy - Ceol Aduidh
  4. Seamus Ennis - The Wandering Minstrel
  5. Chieftains, From the Beginning - The Chieftans 1-4
  6. Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Live in Seattle
  7. Paul Brady, Nobody Knows - The Best of Paul Brady
  8. Voice Squad - Good People All
  9. Paul McGrattan and Paul O'Shaugnessy - Within a Mile of Dublin
  10. Dervish, Live in Palma

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Volume 3, Issue 6

Hardcore: News from abroad about Irish music and bands

The Frames, having had a fabulous year last year, are cracking straight on with their plan for world domination. The 2nd half of January sees them racing around the UK and mainland Europe on a whistlestop live tour which is followed by a US tour in February and March; and the band is expecting to be in Australia playing live before the summer. Critically, 2001 was an unmitigated success (high praise from Hot Press and some very honorable mention in Rolling Stone no less!)

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Volume 3, Issue 6

St. Louis Irish Arts Feis

St. Louis Irish Arts Inc. will celebrate 30 years as a branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann this year. There will be a high profile event April 4th to 7th in St. Louis as the branch acts host to the North American Convention of CCE.

The theme of the convention is "The Spirit of St. Louis" as we are the largest branch of junior members in the world and have produced some outstanding musicians and dancers. Every student who joins St. Louis Irish Arts School is given a music lesson with their dance lesson. The combination is magic. An $8.00 Tin Whistle is the initial cost for every student and in time each student progresses to the instrument of their choice.

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...Our aim is to promote and preserve the music and bring it to the standard of our dance worldwide.

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Volume 3, Issue 5

CD Reviews
by David Armstrong

Dancer

Mairéid Sullivan (1994)
Lyrebird Music
PO Box 2087
Hollywood, CA 90078

Thesis: the Celts have a long history of moving to new places and savoring the sounds and rhythms they find there. Antithesis: celtic music has a flavor of its own, like a spice that can be added to any number of cuisines but still remains distinctive. Synthesis: Mairéid Sullivan's Dancer, which stretches the boundaries of Celtic music while remaining reliably pleasing and assessable.

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Volume 3, Issue 5

Hornpipe's Top 10 CD's

  1. The Bothy Band, Live in Concert
  2. De Dannan - Star-Spangled Molly
  3. Altan - Island Angel
  4. Christy Moore, At the Point Live
  5. Chieftains, From the Beginning - The Chieftans 1-4
  6. Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Live in Seattle
  7. Paul Brady, Nobody Knows - The Best of Paul Bradys
  8. Voice Squad - Good People All
  9. Paul McGrattan and Paul O'Shaugnessy - Within a Mile of Dublin
  10. Dervish, Live in Palma

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Volume 3, Issue 5

Hard Core: American and Irish Christmas releases
by James Malone

With Christmas fast approaching the onslaught of new album releases is fast hitting our record store shelves. A long side the main stream artists are the quietly forgotten classic underground sounds of emerging international talent. In this months Issue we take a quick look at some current breakthrough albums on the American and Irish markets.

The Czars - Denver, USA

The Czars "The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People" is one of this years finest records. In a refreshing parody larger than life sounds pay homage to love and the trials of life as narrated by lead vocalist John Grant. Grant's stunningly sublime voice has been compared to that of Ron Sexsmith and Roy Orbison. Sliding somewhere between these and Miles Davis, Grand directs his moody vocals through the collective band sounds. Delving into the more poignant areas in life the albums sound remains positive and self affirming throughout. These sultry bluesy tones from Grant juxtaposed with upbeat musical harmonies provide a solid framework for this outstanding album.

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Volume 3, Issue 5

Irish harp preservation to receive award
by Mairéid Sullivan

It was announced in Dublin on October 2 that Máire Ni Chathasaigh (pronounced Moira Nee Ha-ha-sig) is the recipient of the TG4, Ireland's Irish-language TV station, National Traditional Music Award for Musician of the Year 2001 (the highest possible honor for a traditional Irish musician).

The citation says: "For the excellence and pioneering force of her music, the remarkable growth she has brought to the music of the harp and for the positive influence she has had on the young generation of harpers."

The previous three recipients of this award were Matt Malloy, Tommy Peoples and Mary Bergin, so she's in good company.

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Volume 3, Issue 5

The songs of Aran: Stronghold of Celtic culture

The dawning of a new millennium has forever thrust the global community into an age of technology, the ramifications of which we are yet to see. Yet with all the technical resources at our finger tips, cultural identity remains the crux of the human experience - a yearning for belonging. Though it be dulled by distractions of life, we irrevocably seek our identity.

Ragus, yet another of the Irish culture exports, now in its third year, captures the Gaelic world like no other show. Make no mistake that the dance and music are genuine as other shows, perhaps even more, because the show is based upon the music and lifestyle of the Aran Islands.

Located at the mouth of Galway Bay in the west of Ireland, the group of thee small islands, totaling about 18 square miles, includes Inishmore (or Aranmore), Inishmaan, and Inisheer. Their historical importance is that they contain impressive prehistoric and early Christian forts, and are among the few areas that Irish is spoken exclusively. The Aran people lead a life completely isolated from the rest of the Irish people. It is not easy to get to and from the islands back to the mainland, as the ferry sails according to the tides and is subject to the weather, thus somewhat preserving the Irish identity, even with the onslaught of visitors today.

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Volume 3, Issue 4

CD Reviews
by David Armstrong