Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Irish Music [Third Edition] [Special Edition] [Bonus CD]

Two CD set. The music of Ireland is a tradition that is alive and kicking. Right the way across the country music fills every corner of life warm pubs bubble with musicians taking part in impromptu sessions and rousing late-night sing-songs are commonplace. This album features musicians old and new, from Waterford to Donegal and Kerry to Belfast. Revel in the sounds of Altan, Karan Casey, Sharon Shannon and Brendan Mulholland. Bonus CD: Bob Brozman, John McSherry and Dónal O Connor, Six Days in Down. On Six Days in Down two cutting-edge talents on the Irish music scene, the masterful uilleann piper John McSherry and fiddle virtuoso Dónal O Connor, join forces with the globetrotting slide guitarist Bob Brozman to explore fresh perspectives on the living tradition.

1) The Duke of Leinster/Gardiner's/John Stenson's #2
2) A Sailor's Life
3) Tommy Potts' Slip Jig
4) The Bay of Biscay
5) The King of the Pipers/Behind the Haystack/The Maid on the Green
6) Paddy Cronin's/If I Had a Wife
7) The Close Shave/East at Glendart
8) Moving Cloud
9) The Heart of the World
10) Neckbelly
11) Kiss the Maid Behind the Byre/T Do Mhargadh D Anta
12) D Nal Na GR Ine
13) Sore Point
14) The Hut on Staten Island/The De'il Among the Tailors
15) Belfast: Back to Belfast/Anne Lacey/Eroticon VI
16) At First Light
17) Wedding Dress
18) Hardiman the Fiddler
19) Brelydian
20) A MH Ire Bruineall
21) Portaferry Swing
22) R Ise Na Bhfonn [Tuneful Rose]
23) Pota M R Fata
24) The Slide from Grace: Dusty Miller's/Dan O'Keefe's/The Slide from Grace
25) Bean An Fhir Ruaidh [The Red Haired Man's Wife]
26) Beer Belly Dancing
27) The Beauty Spot
28) Cailleach a SH Sa [The Hag in the Blanket]