Charity concert in aid of
the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Featuring Rita Connolly
& Liam O'Flynn at the Dublin's National
Concert Hall on 12th Sept 2010. Also appearing will be Sean
Keane (Chieftains), Donal Lunny,
Seamus Begley, Neil Martin,
Rod McVey, Shaun Davey, and Noel
Eccles.
Rita Connolly
& Shaun Davey
will appear at the Clifden Arts Festival
on Sept 18th in company with Gerry O'Beirne and Eóin
Ó Beaglaoich.
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An increasing number of Tara titles are now available
to purchase by download from the top online stores.
Click Here for more details**
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 anú 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
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The full Tara Music CD Catalogue now available online
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The
Given Note
Liam O'Flynn
 Liam O'Flynn has long been
acclaimed throughout the world as the greatest living exponent
of the uilleann pipes. With "The Given Note" he once
again asserts his mastery of his chosen instrument. "The opening
moments of Liam O'Flynn's album 'The Given Note' are swept
up in a gloriously languid version of 'O'Farrell's Welcome
to Limerick', a slip jig where the Planxty style is updated
for the 90's. Most of the music here is a return to his traditional
roots as in O'Rourke's, a trilling set of reels and 'Joyce's
Tune', a haunting slow air. A Galician touch is added by the
guest members of Milladoiro on three native pieces. The album
also includes Steve Cooney, Arty McGlynn, Sean Keane and if
that wasn't enough, Paul Brady turns in a stunning 'Rocks
of Bawn' and Andy Irvine's "come With Me Over the Mountain'
tops it off."
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