No. Thank you!
And thank you for already agreeing to join me in the studio for my next project: Meditative Contemplations of Favorite Ambient Irish Piping Tunes in the American Style on Harpsicord and Low Whistle. Produced by Nicky Ryan. (Windham Hill)
Bloomy-Pie, may I recommend that you try some harmony on this recording, rather than the harmon_ey_ you used on the last one? I found it rather distracting. 
In the interest of preserving the music,
Andrea
Don’t forget the didgeridoo, sitar, tablas, and the tambura!
Back to Irish bands:
Cian
Cran
Moving Cloud
The Kilfenora, Tulla, and Ennis Ceili Bands
Don’t forget the one-off recordings by solo performers, or duet and trio combinations:
Gerry Harrington and Charlie Piggott
Ronan Browne and Peadar O’Loughlin
Matt Molloy
Tommy Keane and Jacqueline McCarthy
Tommy McCarthy
Noel Hill and Tony Linnane
Brian MacNamara and family
Neillidh Mulligan
Mick O’Brien
Tommy Peoples
Kevin Burke
Maeve Donnelly
Seamus Tansey
Johnny B. Connelly
etc.
Tim Britton is KILLER!
http://www.skep.com/britton/
He plays pipes, flute and whistle like nobody’s business and as I understand it makes some of the best Irish pipes around.
Looking forward to being part of the MCFAIPTASHLW (as I call it for short). Have you spoken to the rest of the Corrs about this yet? I’m anxious to get their input. I think the idea about using Britney Spears is a good one and will give us the added exposure we could surely use. Call me soon.
Tim Britton is not irish, he’s originally from Philadelphia, PA. That being said he’s a very formidable musician with an unmistakeable, highly developed and personal style, full of invention and a tremendous swing.
Now keeping in mind that this is just my opinion - I don’t care for his chanters - their volume and tone seem excessively loud and harsh to me and they can be tricky to reed unless you understand the style very well.
Tim sounds great playing his personal set, though, because he has control of his instrument.
Eire Japan:
De’dannan meets Bothy Band
Paddy Keenan, Frankie Gaven, Junji Shirota (He’s the Japan part 
)
Heard their demo. Real smooth.
Can’t wait to see them at the St. Paul Celtic Connection next month.
BL
Planxty
Boys of the Lough
MarkB
Will do. Happy to report also that talks with Lauryn Hill are progressing nicely (she’ll look gorgeous in Gaelic on the cover). Am discussing with Nicky plans along the Sean Nos Nua line, and doing an updated version of Amhrán A Leabhair, Song of the DVDs. It’ll be great with Lauryn on voc, some programming and marimbas.
I take it the idea of Britney and Lauryn in a lip-lock on the cover got nixed? Fuddy-duddies. When is the high-brow ITM crowd going to move out of the 1700s and allow some progress?!?
It was a money thing. It’s much cheaper to have Britney sing than to print a picture of her. In fact, she’ll sing for free.
Please note: The title of this thread is “Let’s post SOME great Irish Bands.” Emphasis on SOME placed by the originator.
Please do not exceed the limitations of this thread by posting ALL the great Irish Bands.
Take it easy guys.
So you want the people on this board to actually stay within the limitations of the thread subject?!?!?
Susan
You mean…they don’t always do that??? 
Can’t you start a new thread with OT stuff like that?
Her singing is definitely a gift. Her rendition of the theme from Titanic was incredible (especially considering that she couldn’t find sheet music for it and had to wing it from memory).
I have no doubt that a collaboration between the various talents we’ve amassed will result in an ITM CD the likes of which have never been heard before.
Speaking of that, Roma and I are trying to set the words of “America, the Beautiful” to the Flogging Reel, but it’s harder than I thought. Really, there is some room for improvement in this Irish stuff. You’d think they get paid by the note, or something.
Tommy Makem
The Makem Brothers
Dorsa
The Armagh Rhymers