Traditional Irish folk featuring lots of fiddlin', aye: S/D

Lovely version of 'Carrickfergus' on it.

I recommend Planxty records. In particular I recommend "The Well Below The Valley", the title track of which is the scariest folk tune of all time.

search: live trad sessions in pubs. or anywhere else, but they're mostly in pubs.

regarding records, i'd recommend starting with the 1970s canon and work from there. SEARCH: *anything* by Planxty, Bothy Band, Andy Irvine. Patrick Street are very good too. if you like sean-nos singing, iarla o lionaird (who's also in afro-celt sound system) is excellent. martin hayes, mairtin o'connor, paddy keenan, vinnie kilduff, gerry o'connor, arty mcglynn, mary bergin, and davy spillane are all worth listening to. yes, trad is a slightly male-dominated world.

DESTROY: tendency towards over-production on some trad albums.

some trad rock can be good, but approach with caution. search: horslips, some (but not all) moving hearts. destroy: celtus.

i should mention Dervish because my brother plays with them. their singer is slightly over-mannered at times, but they're great nonetheless. they've recorded more stuff than i've ever listened to.

if you really like fiddle music, check out sean mcguire. also old recordings by michael coleman, james morrison and paddy killoran.

i might think of some more later.

Where do I go for 20s-30s Irish fiddlin' after Paddy Killoran and Michael Coleman?

(big fan of sessions at pubs, not so much contemporary recorded Irish music AFAIK.)

The only James Morrison stuff on ebay is by some John Mayer-lookin dude.

Farewell To Ireland

that looks great!
too bad i never listen to CDs :(

I've been getting really into the The Gloaming album recently. Kind of a contemporary trad supergroup featuring Iarla Ó Lionaird, Thomas Bartlett, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. Contains fiddlin'! And drones.

Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/album/2Jwdu4FkYdbqGFUUUlmPhq

This one really takes off about halfway through:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SnMskdx5R8

gotten kind of obsessed with this kind of music. do not have a trained ear though because a lot of these jigs and reels sound the same to me

actuallly -- interested to see this shout out to the gloaming. i listened to them a little and loved some of the tracks, was left cold by others. wasn't sure this was the kind of group ilx would like. but i'm listening again now. gaelic is a pretty language.

First Gloaming album still holds up imo but the follow-ups were kind of bland.

I put together a playlist of some old and some new things a while back: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6aC0rH8SInsvghcH1AdVCS?si=a-208aHmSiiP1asLswnTkg

Search: Tommy Peoples. Amazing fiddler.

Also: Kevin Burke.

Tommy Peoples recorded an album with Paul Brady - The High Part of the Road. Worth seeking out

Tommy Potts is another fiddlin' Tommy worth checking out