Listings from the Irish Traditional Music Archive
Continued from JMI Sep-Oct

CDS PUBLISHED IN 2004
Arcanadh, vocal & instrumental group, Soundings, Wren WRCD401
Black Family, The, singing in English, Our Time Together, Dara Records TORCD163
Border Collies, The, instrumental & vocal group, Unleashed!, Border Collies BC001
Geraldine MacGowan Band, instrumental & vocal group, Somewhere Along the Road, Geraldine MacGowan Band GER 014
Grasso, Eliot, uilleann pipes, Standing Room Only, Grasso n.n., n.d. [2004]
Heather Breeze Ceili Band, instrumental group, Music in the Glen, Heather Breeze HBCD02, n.d. [2004]
Hill, Noel, concertina, & Tony MacMahon, accordion, I gCnoc na Graí, Gael Linn CEFCD114. Reissue of LP
Iontach, instrumental group, The Half-Gate, Iontach IONCD176
Kane Sisters, The, fiddles, Under the Diamond, Dawross Music DM002
Keegan, Kevin, accordion, The Music of Kevin Keegan, Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD156
Kelly, James, fiddle, Melodic Journeys, Kelly JKM0147
Macalla, instrumental & vocal group, Mná na hÉireann, Gael Linn CEFCD110. Reissue of LP
MacFarland, Jim, singing in English, A Taste of Tradition: Mountain Streams, Jo-Sem Recordings JSCD01
McGrath, John, accordion, John McGrath’s Ceili Accordion, Chart CHCD094, n.d. [2004]
McKeown, Susan, singing in English & Irish, Sweet Liberty, World Village 468029
MacMahon, Tony, accordion, Tony MacMahon, Gael Linn CEFCD033. Reissue of LP
McPartlan, Mary, singing in English, The Holland Handkerchief, Mac P Productions MCPRCD001
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, instrumental, Mise Éire, Gael Linn CEFCD080. Reissue of LP of film music of Seán Ó Riada
O’Connor, Gerry (Louth), fiddle, Journeyman, Lughnasa Music LUGCD962
O’Connor, Gerry (Tipperary), banjo, fiddle, No Place like Home, O’Connor/ Myriad Media MMCD002
Ó Catháin, Darach, singing in Irish, Darach Ó Catháin, Gael Linn CEF CD 040. Reissue of LP
Ó Scanláin, Muiris (Mossie), singing in English and Irish, Teanam Ort!, Ó Scanláin DCMS0103, n.d. [2004]
Rig the Jig, instrumental & vocal group, Passing Through, Toucan Cove Entertainment/ Madacy MLG 2 50668, n.d. [2004]
Seán Ó Riada, Seán Ó Sé & Ceoltóirí Cualann, instrumental & vocal group, Ó Riada sa Gaiety, Gael Linn CEF CD027. Reissue of LP
Skara Brae, singing in Irish, Skara Brae, Gael Linn CEFCD031. Reissue of LP
Stocktons Wing, instrumental & vocal group, Very Best of Irish Jigs, Reels & Song, Tara BCD502 (3 CDs)
Ua Duinnín, Mícheál, singing in Irish, An Duinníneach: Amhráin Sean-Nóis, Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Rathaigh n.n.
Various, instrumental, Foinn Seisiún 1, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann CL61 (2 CDs, accompanying book published 2001)
Various, instrumental & vocal, Drops of Spring Water, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann CL 62
Various, instrumental & vocal, Live from the Katherine Cornell Theater, KCT Concerts KCT1 (2 CDs)
Various, vocal, The Hardy Sons of Dan: Football, Hunting and Other Traditional Songs from around Lough Erne’s Shore. Musical Traditions MTCD329-0 (2 CDs). With booklet
Various, The World Pipe Band Championships Qualifying Heat 2004, Monarch Recordings CDMON858
Various, The World Pipe Band Championships 2004 volume 1, Monarch Recordings CDMON859
Various, The World Pipe Band Championships 2004 volume 2, Monarch Recordings CDMON860
Walsh, Garry, flute, low whistle, whistle, Uncovered, Ossian OSSCD134, n.d. [2004]
West Ocean String Quartet, instrumental group, Unwrapping Dreams, Wren WRCD402

BOOKS & ARTICLES PUBLISHED 2004
Brennan, Helen, The Story of Irish Dance. Brandon, Dingle. 188 pp. ISBN 0 86322 328 1. Pb. [paperback] reissue of 1999 hb. [hardback]
Farrell, Hazel, ‘Minimalism in Irish Contemporary Composition: Eric Sweeney’s String Quartet (1996)’, in Barra Boydell, ed., Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland NUI Maynooth, 2-3 May 2003, Society for Musicology in Ireland, Maynooth, pp. 143-50
Friel, Mary, Dancing as a Social Pastime in the South-East of Ireland, 1800-1897 (Maynooth Studies in Local History no 54). Four Courts Press, Dublin. Pb. 58 pp. ISBN 1 85182 815 X
Harper, Colin, & Trevor Hodgett, Irish Folk, Trad & Blues: A Secret History. Collins Press, Cork. Hb. x+422 pp. ISBN 1 903464 45 5
Ní Mhunghaile, Lesa, ‘An Lucht Cinsil in Éirinn san Ochtú hAois Déag: Joseph Cooper Walker mar Bhall Lárnach den Chiorcal Liteartha’, in Ruairí Ó hUiginn & Liam Mac Cóil, eds, Bliainiris 2003. Carbad, Ráth Cairn, pp. 154-74
Ó Canainn, Tomás, Seán Ó Riada: His Life and Work. Collins Press, Cork. 214 pp. ISBN 1903464404. First pb. reprint
Towards a Policy for the Traditional Arts/ I dTreo Bheartas um na hEalaíona Traidisiúnta. The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin/ Baile Átha Cliath. Pb. 76 pp. ISBN 1 904291 09 0
Vallely, Fintan, ‘Scenting the Paper Rose: The Ulster-Scots Quest for Music as Identity’, in Barra Boydell, ed., Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland [as at Farrell above], pp. 131-36
Vallely, Fintan, ed., The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Cork University Press, Cork. xviii+478 pp. ISBN 1 85918 148 1. Pb. reissue of 1999 hb.

SERIALS PUBLISHED 2004
Complete Musical Traditions, The, vol. 5, Stroud, Gloustershire. MTCD2004. CD-ROM containing all issues of internet
magazine Musical Traditions with much Irish content 1983-2003 incl., see www.mustrad.org.uk
Hornpipe vol. 6, no 2 (May-June), Austin, TX. ISSN 1526 9078
Irish Dancing vol. 7, no 7-8 (Aug.-Sept.), Bristol
Irish Music vol. 10, no 2 (Oct.), Dublin. ISSN 1393 211 X
JMI, The: The Journal of Music in Ireland vol. 4, no 5 (Sept.-Oct.), Bray. ISSN 1649 0215
Píobaire, An, vol. 4, no 27 (Sept.), Dublin
Set Dancing News (Oct.-Nov.), Kilfenora
Treoir vol. 36, nos 1-2, Dublin. ISSN 790 004X
Voice, The: Newsletter of the Nenagh Singers Circle vol. 9, no 1 (Sept.), Nenagh

DVDS & VIDEOS PUBLISHED 2004
Hurley, Olive, dancing & instrumental, Irish Dancing Step by Step vol. 1, Hurley DVD 001; vol. 2, Hurley DVD 002. Reissue of videos
Planxty, vocal & instrumental group, Planxty Live 2004, Columbia Sony Music 202534 9 ( DVD, video)
Various, vocal & instrumental, Gael Force, Union Square Pictures USPDVD007 (DVD). Reissue of video
Various, dancing & instrumental, Beirt Eile. Físeán Rincí Beirte/ A Video of Two-Hand Dances, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann n.n.
Various, dancing & instrumental, Rince Céilí: Céilí Dancing 2004, Cairde Rince Céilí na hÉireann n.n. (video)

Compiled by the staff of the Irish Traditional Music Archive. All items are available for reference listening, reading and viewing in the Archive’s premises at 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 (for details consult www.itma.ie or phone 01-6619699).