 Check
out our all new selection of video
clips from Liam O'Flynn's 'The
Piper's Call' album. In addition to Liam
and The Piper's Call band the clips also include
guest appearances by Mark Knopfler,
Sean Keane, Matt Molly,
Carlos Nunez as well as the Irish
Chamber Orchestra.
An interview with Liam O'Flynn about the Uilleann
Pipes
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Tara Music (formerly known as Tara
Records) have, since the 1970's, been regarded by
many as the leading traditional Irish music label.
Their first release was an album called 'Prosperous'
by a young Irish folk Singer Christy Moore,
at that stage a lowly cult figure. Then in the early
eighties there were two albums from Irish traditional
music stars Planxty and two further
solo albums from Christy. These were followed two
albums from traditional Irish groups Clannad
' and the first of numerous albums from a promising
new Irish group called Stockton's Wing.
All four acts above are now legendary names in Irish
music.
In the late seventies, Tara recorded Shaun
Davey's 'The Brendan Voyage' a ground-breaking
album which featured Liam O'Flynn
on uilleann (Irish) pipes and a full orchestra. The
Brendan Voyage launched Shaun Davey as a contemporary
Irish orchestral composer of international standard
and led to several further albums on the Tara Music
label. Most of Shaun's works feature the truly exceptional
vocalist Rita Connolly and the Irish
piping ledgend Liam O'Flynn - both of whom have also
recorded numerous solo albums for the Tara label under
Shaun's supervision as producer.
Although the Riverdance show and
its music appeared to be an overnight success, elements
of the music had been developing over many years prior
to the Riverdance event. Andy Irvine
together with Davy Spillane introduced
Eastern European music and time signatures to Irish
traditional for the first time on the EastWind album
which was produced by Riverdance composer Bill
Whelan this album is now widely regarded
as first seeds of what later became Riverdance. While
albums such as Davy Spillane's 'Out of the Air' and
'Pipedreams' as well as 'The Storm' by Moving
Hearts feature some of the musical elements
and instruments that are easily recognisable in their
influence on the Riverdance music.
In recent years Tara Music's releases have included
the cream of Irish traditional music artists including,
The Voice Squad, Zoe Conway,
Alan Kelly, Emma Kate Tobia,
Mairtin O'Connor, Frankie
Gavin, Beal Tuinne and Michelle
Lally.
You will find a wealth of information on these artists
and albums through this site.
The full Tara Music CD Catalogue
now available online from Backstreetmerch.com.
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The
Pilgrim
Shaun Davey
 The theme of Shaun
Davey's powerful suite 'The Pilgrim' is the spread of Celtic
Christianity during the dark ages. In stunning progression,
players and instruments representative of the seven Celtic
countries and regions - Wales, Scotland, Brittany, Ireland,
the Isle of Man, Cornwall and Galicia - are highlighted
against the backdrop of a classical orchestra and chorus.
The work includes stunning interplay between orchestra and
scotish pipes on tracks like 'The Land of the Picts' and
'Iona' as well as two beautiful songs 'The Deer's Cry' and
'A'Grian' written especially for and sung by Rita Connolly.
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