A Few Firsts

Image: Rainbow at Clachnessie beach (photo by Gordon Ritchie, Bon Accord Camera Club)

Week 38 (#2156)
We remember some highlights from across The Thistle & Shamrock’s four decades: 1980s concerts with Battlefield Band, 1990s Irish Festivals at Wolftrap, visits with American folk legends Jean Ritchie and Pete Seeger in the 2000s, and Carnegie Hall’s 2019 Migrations Festival. So many great musical memories!
(See the full
Thistle & Shamrock Highlights list.)

Scarce o’ Tatties/Lyndhurst…by Silly Wizard from Live Wizardry (Green Linnet)
Lads o’ the Fair…by Battlefield Band from After Hours (Temple)
The Morning Dew…by The Chieftains from The Chieftains Collection (Claddagh)
John o’ Dreams…by Jean Redpath from A Fine Song for Singing (Philo)
Riverdance…by Bill Whelan from Riverdance (Atlantic)
Sheila Nee Iyer…by Dervish from Live in Palma (Compass)
Faubert’s Lilt…by Seamus Egan from When Juniper Sleeps (Shanachie)
[ID excerpt] The Lark …by Seamus Egan from When Juniper Sleeps (Shanachie)
The Gale…by Shaun Davey with soloist Liam O’Flynn from The Brendan Voyage (Tara)
The Celts…by Enya from Enya (Atlantic)
Nottamun Town…by Jean Ritchie from Lomax Digital Archive
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore…by Pete Seeger from Children’s Concert at Town Hall (Columbia)
Darlin’ Corey…by Eileen Ivers (with Tommy McDonnell) from a private live recording, also available on Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul (Koch)
Raining at Sunset…by Chris Thile from Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Sugar Hill)