Monday, December 17, 2018

Ring Ding Dinging: The Chieftains and "The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve"



I'm forgoing a rule I have, in which I don't play the same group within the same month. Because it is getting toward Christmas, and a Christmas themed song has come up by the Chieftains, I am going to use it anyway. The Chieftains are an Irish ensemble formed in Dublin in 1962, and they developed their music primarily around the distinctive sound of the uileann pipes. They took their name from the title of a novel by Irish author John Montague. Besides releasing several critically acclaimed albums, they are just as well known for their collaborations with such artists as Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Sinead O'Connor and Roger Daltry. They have released 44 albums. This song, The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve, is from their 1991 album The Bells of Dublin.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chieftains; http://www.thechieftains.com/main/

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