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The Chieftains are a Grammy winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. The band has recorded many albums of instrumental Irish folk music, as well as multiple collaborations with popular musicians of many genres, including Country music, Galician traditional music, Cape Breton and Newfoundland music, and rock and roll. They have performed with Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Roger Daltrey, Elvis Costello, Tom Jones, Sinéad O’Connor, James Galway, Jackson Browne, Nancy Griffith and numerous country-western artists. In 1975, the group won praise for their playing of “Women of Ireland” for Stanley Kubrick’s movie Barry Lyndon.

They have won six Grammy Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. In 2002 they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UK’s BBC Radio 2. The front covers of the first four albums were designed by Edward Delaney.

Paddy Moloney is the band’s leader, and composes or arranges most of the band’s music. While the band’s members changed numerous times in the band’s early history, the membership solidified in 1979 when Matt Molloy replaced Michael Tubridy. From then until 2002, members included:

Paddy Moloney (uilleann pipes, tin whistle, button accordion, bodhrán)
Matt Molloy (flute, tin whistle)
Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals)

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1	The Foggy Dew full track	201
2	Boil the Breakfast Early full track	184
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5	Up Against the Buachalawns full track	125
6	Sea Image full track	106
7	Friel's Kitchen full track	99
8	No. 6 The Coombe full track	89
9	Carolan's concerto full track	85
10	The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve full track	84
10	The Dogs Among the Bushes full track	84
12	Changing Your Demeanour full track	83
13	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down	82
14	The Rocky Road To Dublin full track	80
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marich35 wrote:
October 2009

Alegres y frescos siempre... gran canción :)

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ravschmidt-sas wrote:
June 2009

Лучшие фолкеры когда-либо!!!! best best best!!

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thegaymetaller wrote:
May 2009

Legends! So glad I watched that BBC4 film thing on them; introduced me to them. :)

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LeighBCD wrote:
May 2009

Great bio film on the Chieftains the other night on BBC4 - very interesting.

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blodi_meri wrote:
May 2009

tennessee stud!! omfg!!!

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katiewarman wrote:
April 2009

lovelovelovelove : )

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Haz567 wrote:
April 2009

women of ireland chills my soul

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mangoprophetess wrote:
March 2009

Just got to see them for the first time ever, after being a fan all my life. Amazing! Their version of "Mo Ghile Mear" with Sting is probably my favorite song in the world.

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jockstewart wrote:
March 2009

Did they ever do the Kesh Jig?

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thekidwiththefa wrote:
February 2009

Frank Zappa was a big fan in his dying days, so I'm definitely checking these guys out.

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HannoPho wrote:
February 2009

the foggy dew is so amazing. my dad used to sing it to me every night before i slept.

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ethanethan wrote:
December 2008

i ruv these guys

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hibaideiedra wrote:
December 2008

Cetic Music: www.outlawproyect.com / www.myspace.com/hibaideiedra CD single for free in emule or megaupload

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grimes3fingers wrote:
December 2008

sinead was such a good choice for the foggy dew

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Reicor wrote:
December 2008

The irish legends.For ever.

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ethanethan wrote:
November 2008

so much fun! and so singable. and.. drinkable.

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Sepulchre wrote:
October 2008

Legends. That they are.

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melodionman wrote:
October 2008

What a brilliant band ,I love em

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saiibot wrote:
August 2008

love em

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hoodratsk8r wrote:
July 2008

awsome sounding music

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Jan 14 Celtic Connections 2010 Glasgow (various venues), Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Mar 11 The Chieftains Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA, Boston, United States
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Mar 14 The Chieftains State Theater, New Brunswick, New York NJ, United States
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