:) I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but I think it would be Planxty, After The Break and Well below The Valley. , ils conservent un certain esprit aventureux sans cependant glisser dans un faux-folk mainstream (pré-Corrs, quoi), qui a parfois entaché la carrière de ce groupe seulement épisodiquement recommandable. C'est bon de retrouver ce très grand classique de la musique irlandaise; mon vinyle craquait un peu...Je me procure la collection !

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. A superb, seminal album that encapsulated the 1970s roots return, this eponymous Planxty record contains the essential Planxty lineup: Donal Lunny (who also was a member of The Bothy Band), Andy Irvine, Liam O'Flynn and Christie Moore. Seems like Planxty restarted the Irish Folk movement and brought it in the 20th century.

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My favorite Planxty - Planxty song is "Follow Me Up To Carlow." From the rousing (Raggle Taggle Gypsy, Jolly Beggar, Arthur McBride, Carlow) to the touching (West Coast of Claire, Only Our Rivers Run Free), this album delivers everything you might desire with crystal clear production highlighting the extraordinary musicianship of all involved. Ils sont des ces traditionalistes du celtic folk irlandais, des gars simples qui ont simplement amplifié leurs instruments pour passer des pubs à la scène sans vraiment changer autre chose si ce n'est, peut être, le taux d'ébriété... De vrais bons irlandais qui sont capables de faire danser ou chialer dans sa Guiness, c'est aussi simple que ça Planxty.

Thirty-nine years too late, I discover Planxty! Right away I was amazed and hooked.

When it comes to trad music,you,ll have to look far and wide to find better.One of the greatest debut albums ever. An absolute classic. , ne font pas d'épate ou de touristique, il font du vrai, reprennent surtout (une seule composition originale, The West Coast of Clare signée  I'm a huge fan of Ewan MacColl, Dick Gaughan, AL Lloyd, Chris Wood, John Langstaff, Martin Simpson, great traditional Folk in general.

This is a beautiful album; lyrical and rousing, and doesn't date. Although all of them are very good.

Perhaps the best of the Planxty albums, it boasts many of the classics of traditional Irish music presented in a rollicking manner (that reel following The Jolly Beggar is fun to try and keep up with on your instrument) complemented by slower pieces such as "Sweet Thames Flow Softly). This group has been around for a long time and it's evident in their playing and authentic pub-like sound. Great tracks from start to finish. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Planxty - Planxty on AllMusic - 1973 - Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Liam O'Flynn, and… M.i.G.

1990), the Wicked Tinkers (1995) and Bad Haggis (1998 on). I thought I had heard about the best of them when it come to Irish / Celtic / Folk / Traditional music. Then came the Bothy Boys in 1974, Kila in 1987, Solas and the Peat Bog Faeries in 1994, Flook in 1995, Lunasa in 1996, and Sharon Shannon and the Woodchoppers I don't know when, and in Scotland, such bands as Shooglenifty (ca.

Go buy it! Simply the best Irish music record I've ever heard, mixing traditional reels and tunes with latter-day folk revival compositions. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I gladly defy anyone to name me a better record of Irish music, and if you can, God bless, please do! If you like folk/trad music you will be blown away by this record.

If you want to introduce a "foreigner" to Irish acoustic music, which in fact was my brief for purchasing, I do not believe there is a single album available which is better qualified. Until I discovered Planxty I thought the Chieftains are the best. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. I know because I am a very happy owner of them all. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

Now I am not so sure anymore. But you will also rock! There are slow airs and ballads and rabble-rousing anthems and it features self-penned numbers by Andy Irvine and a contemporary anthem "only our rivers" which sound as if they have been part of the folk canon for ever. Planxty, one of the best Irish Folk Bands in history!!

Overview. This hour-long live album treat, recorded on 24 th April 1979 at Bremen University (Germany) by Radio Bremen, captures the “original Planxty” lineup (i.e.

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Planxty was one of the first Irish music supergroups. referencing Planxty, LP, Album, 2383 186, 2383-186 A superb, seminal album that encapsulated the 1970s roots return, this eponymous Planxty record contains the essential Planxty lineup: Donal Lunny (who also was a member of The Bothy Band), Andy Irvine, Liam O'Flynn and … Please try again

In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. A great companion whether you are celebrating with friends, drinking alone, or washing the dishes. It is also encompasses a whole gamut of emotions, from rending pathos, to jaunty pleasure and defiance.

Top notch. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Unlike the Fab Four only two are lead vocalists but Donal Lunny is an exceptional harmony singer and Liam's piping is a voice in itself. Like a good Irish Session, it moves from song to tune and back again so that even the casual listener is never allowed to be bored. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations

Moore is the storyteller of the group, while Irvine and Lunny together weave a mandola/bouzouki tapestry backing the tunes, and Liam O'Flynn adds the shivers in his powerful pipe-playing.