| Released: | 13/3/2000 |
| Condition: | New |
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Chieftains - Water From The Well
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On 1999's TEARS OF STONE, the Chieftains' prior effort, the venerable Irish institution collaborated (surprisingly successfully) with a number of pop performers, some of whom (Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne) had little or no discernible connection with traditional Irish music (apart from enjoying it, of course). On the aptly titled WATER FROM THE WELL, the Chieftains return to more authentic Irish turf, and the results, unsurprisingly, are gorgeous; nobody plays this music more ravishingly.
About a third of the album is sung (Frankie Lane--no, not the "Rawhide" guy--guests on the jaunty "Jack of All Trades"), but the strictly instrumental numbers are often the most impressive, with Chieftain Derek Bell's harpsichord lending astonishing orchestral textures on "Lots of Drops of Brandy", the Belfast Harp Orchestra fleshing out the seraphically lovely "Planxty George Brabazon", and Dubliner (and almost Chieftain) Barney McKenna adding piquant banjo on "Within a Mile of Dublin".
| Discs 1 | | 1) | Lots Of Drops Of Brandy | | 2) | Bean An Fhir Rua | | 3) | Jack Of All Trades | | 4) | Within A Mile Of Dublin/The Old Blackthorn | | 5) | Dusty Miller | | 6) | Lovely Sweet Banks Of The Moy | | 7) | An Poc Ar Buile | | 8) | Dingle Set | | 9) | Planxty George Brabazon | | 10) | May Morning Dew/Kilfenora Set | | 11) | An Buinnan Bui | | 12) | County Tyrone/Newry Hornpipe | | 13) | Ballyfin Polkas | | 14) | Casadh An Tsugain | | 15) | Live From Matt Molloy's Pub | | 16) | An Gaoth Aneas |
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