Good irish music DVDs?

Poststructural Pub
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Hi folks,

I am planning to do a DVD evening with some musician friends in a week or two and was thinking about what band’s DVD to get. I already have the Gráda DVD, but it has only six tracks and that obviously won’t fill up an evening. So I’m happy to read your own top list of recommended irish music (but not necessarily straight ITM) DVDs.

Thanks in advance!

Gabriel

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I suggest Solas’ 10 years anniversary cd/DVD reunion. The latest album of Téada has also a DVD.

I haven’t seen these two but guess they are nice too: Planxty 2004 live, and One Night Stand by Danú.

Gruesse nach Muenster


Moritz (brotherwind)

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I’d recommend the Planxty DVD. They’ve improved with age.

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I like both the Planxty 2004 and Danú DVDs. I have no use for Solas, but that’s just me. Don’t forget RTÉ’s “Come West Along the Road” DVD which isn’t as good as the tape of the same name that preceeded it. If you can find both the tape and DVD get them, as they are two different collections.

Does it have to be DVD? Liam O’Flynn has a nice VHS tape out from Tara called “The Piper’s Call” and Shanachie has a good tape of The Boys of the Lough in concert. There are also several tapes of The Chieftains, if you like that sort of thing.

There are other tapes with a lot of talking in them like “To Erin and Back” with Joe Burke and others who play in St. Louis. If you like ceílí band stuff, there are many many tapes of past fleadhs put out by CCÉ.

djm

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Also The Chieftains “Water from the well” is a good DVD.
They perform live in different places and among with different players (such as Ashley Mac Isaac and Altan).

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Come West Along the Road

covers some lovely playing and dancing from the RTE archives.
Slightly less ‘modern’ then the other dvd’s you mentioned.

enjoy the DVD evening. Sounds like fun.
Jeroen

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I highly recommend this one. Maybe not high on the modern entertainment scales, but musically, a treasure.

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There is now a second DVD of Come West Along the Road for those interested.

djm

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I say old Solas DVD recorded in times of Words That Remains
and as well Midsummers Night by Dervish

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Not everyone agrees with their later material, but the chieftains are tough to beat in my book.

They aren’t strictly traditional, but I also like Colcannon:

http://www.colcannon.com