 Maire Brennan's autobiography The Other Side of the Rainbow |
Enya's CD A Day Without Rain has exceeded 5 million sales and the Donegal songestress was voted International Recording Artist of the Year 2001 in Japan where the album has already reached sales of over 1 million. Enya's particular blend of traditional Donegal and world music styles has made her an international star. Enya's million selling albums Watermark (1991); Sheperd Moons (1991); Orinoco Flow with The Taliesin Orchestra (1996) and Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya (1997) are among the best of her work. Enya's sister, Máire Brennan has a new solo CD Whisper To The Wild Water. The CD contains new and traditional airs and songs, sung in Irish and in English, which are unashamedly spiritual and allow Brennan's unique voice to exhibit its full range. Traditional Donegal fiddling is world renowed and is enjoying something of a renaissance both at home and abroad. We recommend recently released Last Orders by Liz Doherty from Buncrana who learnt the fiddle from Dinny McLaughlin and Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music From Donegal which includes fiddle music by Liz Doherty, Dinny McLaughlin and a host of Donegal fiddlers. No collection of Donegal fiddle music is complete without music by Master fiddler Tommy Peoples. Check out The Quiet Glen (1999); Tommy Peoples, Matt Molloy & Paul Brady (1991); High Part of the Road by Tommy Peoples & Paul Brady (1994) and The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples & Dáithi Sprole (1995). Danny Meehan from Mountcharles has been resident in England for many years but his anarchic fiddling style is unmistakeably of the Donegal school as evident in his new CD Navvy on the Shore which is available from Danny's web site. |
| Next to fiddling Donegal singers are world famous for their sean nós style. Donegal Sisters Tríona and Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill are fine exponents of the Donegal style. Listen to Tríona and Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill's No Dowry. Donegal groups Clannad and Altan are leading exponents of traditional Irish music and no collection of Irish music is complete without examples of both of these groups work. Clannad 2 is our favourite Clannad album while Altan's Runaway Sunday is essential listening. Balladeer Daniel O'Donnell, who hails from Kincasslagh, has wooed hearts the world over with his Donegal accent and sweet singing voice. Listen to Daniel's Irish Collection (1997). Daniel's fans will interested in his newly published life story Follow Your Dream. Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour 1974 is now available on DVD. |
 Altan's Runaway Sunday |
| Dheanann Enya é arís! Tá Dlúthcheirnín úr Enya A Day Without Rain iniadh thar 5 mhilliúin cóip a dhíol agus ceapadh í mar Cheoltóir na Bliana sa tSeapáin agus tá níos mó na milliúin albam díolta anseo aici cheana féin. Tá 50 milliúin albam díolta ag Enya ó 1988. Le blianta, tá meascán de cheol thraidisiúnta agus stíleanna eagsula eile ag Enya, a bhain amach clú díthe ar fud an domhan. Dhíol Watermark (1991) agus Sheperd Moons (1991), thar milliúin coip d'Enya chomh maith le Orinoco Flow leis an Taliesin Orchestra (1996) agus Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya (1997) Tá Dlúth cheirnín úr Máire Ní Bhraonáin Whisper To The Wild Water le fáil ar an Idirlíon. Tá amhráin úr agus traidisiúnta ar an dlúth cheirnín agus chomh maith le seo tá na h-amhráin i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Tá rud éigin spioradalta fa na h-amhráin a cheolann Máire mar go bhfuil gúth sainiúla aici. Tá clú agus cáil ar fud an domhan ar fhidléireacht thraidisiúnta Dhún na nGall agus fósta tá athbheochan déanta ag an cheol seo sa bhaile agus i dtíortha eile. Molaimid do dhaoine Last Orders le Liz Doherty as Bun Crannacha a cheannacht. D'fhoghlaim Dinny Mc Laughlin agus Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music From Donegal do Liz an fhidil a sheinm. An cíneal ceol a bhí ar an dlúth cheirnín seo nó ceol fidil le Liz Doherty, Dinny Mc Laughlin agus cuid mhór fidleirí eile as Dún na nGall. |
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Níl cnuasach ceol fidil as Dún na nGall ar bith íomlán gan ceol ó Tommy Peoples. Amharc suas The Quiet Glen (1999); Tommy Peoples, Matt Molloy & Paul Brady (1991); High Part of the Road le Tommy Peoples agus Paul Brady (1994) agus fósta The Iron Man le Tommy Peoples agus Dáithí Sprole (1995) Chomh maith le fidléireacht, tá ceoltoirí Dhún na nGall cailithe mar gheall ar an stíl sean nós atá acu. Beirt dheirfiúir a úsáideann an sean nós seo nó Tríona agus Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill. Éist go hairithe le Tríona agus le No Dowry le Tríona agus Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, albam a scaoil an bheirt acu le chéile. Clannad agus Altan an dhá ghrúpa as Dún na nGall atá amuaigh chun tosaigh i gceol thráidisiúnta gaelach. Níl cnuasach ceoil ar bith íomlán gan samplaí den dhá ghrúpa seo. Is ea Clannad 2 an t-albam is fearr agus is fiú éisteacht fósta le Runaway Sunday, albam chlúiteach Altan. Duine eile a mheallann daoine lena ghúth aitiúil ar fud an domhan nó Daniel O' Donnell mar go bhfuil blas Dhún na nGall ar a chuid cainte agus fósta an ghúth muirníneach atá aige. As an Cheann Caslach, in iarthar na condae do Daniel. Éist le Daniel's Irish Collection (1997). Tá leabhar scríofa ag Daniel Follow Your Dream ag cuir síos ar a shaol agus is cinnte go n-eireoidh go maith leis an leabhar seo. Tá albam Rory Gallagher 1974 Irish Tour le fáil anois ar DVD. |
 Tá 50 Milliúin albam díolta ag Enya ó 1988 |