Various Artists
Lament
Label:  Real World 
Date:  4/13/1993
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Folk; World Music
  Category:  folk
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Davy Spillane - Lament For The Dead Of The North    
      2.  
      		 Declan Masterson - The Bright Lady    
      3.  
      		 Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill - Sean O Duibhir A'Ghleanna    
      4.  
      		 Paddy Glackin - An Droighnean Donn    
      5.  
      		 Michael O Suilleabhain - Plunkett    
      6.  
      		 Alanna O'Kelly - One Breath    
      7.  
      		 Tony MacMahon - Port Na bPucai    
      8.  
      		 Christy Moore - Danny Boy    
      9.  
      		 Sean Og Potts - Taim-se Im Chodhladh    
      10.  
      		 Kevin Conneff - Sliabh Geal gCua    
      11.  
      		 John Sheahan - Carolan's Devotion    
      12.  
      		 Sean Potts - An Bonnan Bui    
      13.  
      		 Neil Martin - John O'Dwyer Of The Glenn    
      14.  
      		 Derek Bell - O'Carolan's Farewell    
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      Sean Potts, a co-founder of the Chieftains, his son Sean Og Potts and current Chieftains Kevin Conneff and Derek Bell are just four of the 14 Irish folk musicians who each contributed an unaccompanied slow air to this album, a non-partisan musical memorial for those who have died from the "troubles" in Northern Ireland. There's a long tradition in Irish music of sorrowful songs and mournful tunes, and that legacy is charged anew by the personal connection of most Irish families to the violence in the North. The anguish of these stark solo performances is balanced only by their grave dignity. Highlights include Christy Moore's eerie, radical reinterpretation of "Danny Boy," Micheal O Suilleabhain's tender piano version of O'Carolan's "Plunkett," and Bell's eloquently weary rendition of "O'Carolan's Farewell." --Geoffrey Himes