Chieftains, The Live Over Ireland

Starring: The Chieftains Director: Maurice Linnane Original UK Premiere: 2000 Dvd Release: 12th April, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: German

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If youve ever been to Dublin or the west of Ireland & enjoyed the music & the company in the music bars, then this is for you.

The Chieftans & many guests from the Irish folk scene, including a local priest, perform live in various locations: pubs & bars & even someones dining room.

The best bit for me featured the Chieftans with Altan - no DVD available from them as yet unfortunately. A good one to watch with a nice bottle of wine - put your glass down for the dancing though!

The Chieftains is an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing & popularizing Irish traditional music. The band has recorded many albums of instrumental Irish folk music, as well as multiple collaborations with popular musicians of many genres, including Country music, Galician traditional music, Cape Breton music & rock & roll. They have performed with Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Tom Jones, Sinead OConnor, James Galway & numerous Country-western artists. In 1975, the group won an Academy Award for Women of Ireland from Stanley Kubrick s movie Barry Lyndon. They have won six Grammy Awards & have been nominated eighteen times. In 2002 they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UK s BBC Radio 2. Moloney is currently the bands leader & composes much of the music not taken directly from traditional sources. Kevin Conneff replaced Peadar Mercier in 1976. Derek Bell passed away on October 17, 2002. of The Chieftains & Ziggy Marley covering Bob Marley s Redemption Song.

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