Not a Sandwich: The Chieftains and Sting with "Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)"

Today's random tune pairs a legendary Irish band with a legendary English singer and bassist. Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero) is performed by The Chieftains with Sting. The Chieftains, an Irish ensemble formed in Dublin in 1962, performs our random song for today, which is called The Wren in the Furze. The Chieftains 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. In this collaboration, they are paired with Sting, a onetime member of the English rock band The Police who has since had a flourishing solo career. Sting is known for incorporating jazz, reggae, classical, new age and worldbeat into his music, has won a variety of awards and is one of the best selling music artists of all time. You can find Mo Ghile Mear on the Chieftains album The Long Black Veil (1995).

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