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Track Listing
1. March Of The King Of Laois / Paddy's Jig / O'Keefes/Chattering Magpie
2. Foggy Dew, The - (with Sinead O'Connor)
3. I Know My Love - (with The Coors)
4. Cotton-Eyed Joe - (with Ricky Skaggs)
5. Magdalene Laundries, The - (with Joni Mitchell)
6. Live From Matt Molloy's Pub
7. Shenandoah - (with Van Morrison)
8. The Munster Cloak / An Poc Ar Buile / Ferny Hill / Little Molly
9. Morning Has Broken - (with Diana Krall/Art Garfunkel)
10. Morning Dew (from "Barry Lyndon") / Women Of Ireland
11. Mo Ghile Mear - (with Sting)
12. Carolan's Concerto - (with The Belfast Harp Orchestra)
13. Guadalupe - (with Linda Ronstadt/Los Lobos)
14. Full of Joy - (with Chinese Ensemble)
15. Here's a Health to the Company
16. Chasing the Fox - (with Erich Kunzel/The Cincinnati Pops)
17. Long Journey Home (Anthem) - (with Elvis Costello/Anuna)
18. Rocky Road to Dublin, The - (with The Rolling Stones)
19. Redemption Song - (with Ziggy Marley)
Album Notes
This a companion disc to a later release of 2002, DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Chieftains.
The Chieftains include: Kevin Conneff (vocals, bodhran); Sean Keane (fiddle); Derek Bell (harp, keyboards, tiompan); Matt Molloy (flute); Paddy Moloney (whistle, Uilleann pipes).
Additional personnel includes: Sinead O'Connor, The Coors, Ricky Skaggs, Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall, Sting, Linda Rondstat, Los Lobos, Erich Kunzel, The Cincinnati Pops, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones.
Engineers include: Brian Masterson, Jeffrey Lesser, Warren Peterson.
Recorded between 1987 and 2002.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
There are few groups so closely and unalterably associated with their home country as the Chieftains. These carriers of the traditional Irish folk torch had spent 40 years as Ireland's musical ambassadors by the time of this commemorative collection. On the one hand, they're unquestionably fine at laying down Irish tunes in the grand old style with bodhran and pipes blazing away (as on such tradition-minded fare as "Mo Ghile Mear" and the medley involving "King of Laois" and "Paddy's Jig." On the other, they've always been open to collaboration with artists from every corner of the music world, whether it's a former new wave hellion like Elvis Costello searching for his roots on "Long Journey Home" or countryman Van Morrison sounding entirely at home joining the lads for the evocative folk song "Shenandoah." As THE WIDE WORLD OVER makes abundantly clear, a large part of the Chieftains gift is in knowing how to mix the old and the new without compromise on either side of the equation.
Industry Reviews
...The Chieftains aren't just a group, they're a social history...
Mojo (04/01/2002)
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