A traditional folk song about a married lady who runs off from her lord, leaving her wealthy life behind to join the gypsy life.
There is a small instrumental melody line which is played as intro and repeated a few times throughout the song. There … Read more
If you want to see, hear and feel the heart of Irish music, you definitely have to watch the movie The Chieftains, Live over Ireland, Water from the Well. This recording from the movie, the tune The Ballyfin Slide from Paddy Moloney, has it all. … Read more
The Rathlin Island reel and Sporting Paddy reel have become famous by this incredible performance of Sharon Shannon on tin whistle. I think this version of Sharon Shannon is absolutely one of the funkiest ones. Beautiful virtuoso tin whistle playing and what a great band! … Read more
The Galway Girl is a song written by Steve Earle and recorded with Sharon Shannon in 2000. Eight years later a cover of the song by Mundy and Sharon broke all download records in Ireland. It is a real party song and seems like the … Read more
Saddle the Pony is a lively and easy to play jig to make you happy. Listen and look to this lovely recording and you feel the sun shining through the fog. A funny detail in the recording I chose to illustrate the tune is that … Read more
This beautiful tune was recorded by Altan on their first album in 1987. On the original recording Frankie Kennedy plays the tune on flute. Unfortunately, Frank passed away in 1994. On this spine-chilling live version it is Ciarán Tourish playing the tin whistle. He normally … Read more
The Battle of Gallipoli was one of the Allies great disasters in World War One. The battle started in April 1915 on on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. The campaign was thought up by Winston Churchill to end the war early by creating … Read more
The Kesh Jig is probably one of the most widely played Irish session tunes. It has become famous by the Bothy Band after they recorded it at their first album in 1975. Flute and tin whistle player Matt Molloy plays the song on flute, but … Read more
Nights on Broadway from the Bee Gees is one of the tracks on the Main course album from 1975. In this post you can find the chords and lyrics of this great song. I love this one (as most of the songs of the Bee … Read more