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August 9, 2002
Lovett, Welch Pick With Chieftans
Irish group celebrates fortieth anniversary with Nashville recording
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The Chieftains, inadvertent prophets of the world-music boom for more than 30 years, have traveled the globe, emphasizing the compatibility of traditional Irish music with local sounds from Nashville to Beijing. Fittingly, this sonic circumnavigation ends up with the world beating a path to the...
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The Chieftains Official SiteBiography
The Chieftains are indisputably the world's leading proponents of
traditional Irish music. As such, their appeal has extended well
beyond Ireland's folk community, engendering international praise
and collaborations with a wide range of musicians, from leading
symphony orchestras to major rock artists. The five original
Chieftains - including current members Paddy Moloney, initially the
group's so...
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