planxty

The fire and fury and commitment of Planxty as a hell of a performing unit is there in full force. Live sets are by their nature usually best aimed at the converted, but for someone outside of the established Planxty fan-base One Night In Bremen certainly steers closer into the “worth acquiring” category than the majority of live releases.

Uilliann piper Liam O’Flynn has died after a long period of illness. To most, he will best be remembered as a founding member of the groundbreaking Irish traditional group Planxty in which he played alongside  Christy Moore, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny.

We head back to the Embankment, Tallaght, Co.Dublin 1976 for today’s Song of the Day, a great horse-racing classic – ‘Plains of Kildare’. It’s performed by Andy Irvine, Paul Brady and Dónal Lunny.

Glenn Simpson is an artist from the north of Ireland whose main instrument of choice is a gazouki. By way of introduction we spoke to Glenn about his musical past and his influences from Cohen to Planxty

Masters of Their Craft is a new compilation CD from Tara Music, a label that was set up in 1972 to license the release of Christy Moore’s Prosperous Album. This release picks some of the cream of the crop!

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