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An Irish Evening: Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast is an album by the Chieftains. The album consists of a live recording of a concert (over two nights) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band invited on stage Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the British band the Who, and American folk singer Nanci Griffith to join them for several songs.
- 31 July and 1 August 1991
- Celtic
- 28 January 1992
- Paddy Moloney
- For The Record…
- Performed Together in Ceoltoiri Chualann
- Became Full-Time Chieftains
- Took Irish Music Around The World
- Collaborated with Pop Performers
- Continued to Win Awards
- Selected Discography
- Sources
Members include Derek Bell (born in 1935 in Belfast, Ireland; joined group, 1974), harp, timpan, dulcimer, harpsichord, synthesizer, organ, piano, keyboard, oboe; Kevin Conneff (born on January 8, 1945, in Dublin, Ireland), bodhran, Chinese gong, percussion, lilting, vocals; Martin Fay (born c. 1937 in Dublin, Ireland), fiddle, bones; Sean Keane (b...
Before 1960, ensemble performances of Irish music were rare. Musicians played solo or in groups of two or three. Sean O Riada, a classically trained composer and performer, envisioned something different and formed Ceoltoiri Chualann, a sort of Irish folk orchestra. He was joined by several future Chieftains; Moloney, Fay, Sean Potts, Michael Tubri...
The year 1975 proved to be a big year in the Chieftains’ career. In January, they signed a managing contract with Jo Lustig, finally gave up their other jobs, added Ronnie McShane on bones, and generally began devoting more time to musical pursuits. The next album, The Chieftains 5, was their first released in the United States; its debut was follo...
As if Texas weren’t far enough from Irish tradition, the Chieftains’ next jaunt took them to China. In 1983 they became one of the first Western groups to perform in China and the first to play with a traditional Chinese folk orchestra. Rather than going to China to simply play Irish music, the Chieftains wanted to blend the Irish and Chinese music...
As the Chieftains experimented with different musical traditions, they began working with an eclectic group of performers. Their fans and collaborators had long included many musical luminaries; Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Jackson Brown, the Rolling Stones, and Don Henley. In 1987, the group recorded and toured with Irish classical ...
After two Grammy nominations in the 1980s—for The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early in 1980, and for Irish Heartbeats 1988—the Chieftains finally received award recognition in the 1990s. They brought home six Grammys for various categories such as Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Traditional Folk Album before the decade was up. The Chieft...
The Chieftains 1,Shanachie, 1964. The Chieftains 2,Shanachie, 1969. The Chieftains 3,Shanachie, 1971. The Chieftains 4,Shanachie, 1973. The Chieftains 5,Shanachie, 1975. The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte’s Retreat,Shanachie, 1976. The Chieftains 7,Columbia, 1977. The Chieftains Live,Shanachie, 1977. The Chieftains 8,CBS, 1978. The Chieftains 9: Boil the ...
Books
Baggelaar, Kristin, and Donald Milton, Folk Music: More Than a Song,Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. Clarke, Donald, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music,Viking, 1989. Sandberg, Larry and Dick Weissman, The Folk Music Sourcebook,Knopf, 1976. Schaeffer, Deborah L. Irish Folk Music: A Selected Discography,Greenwood, 1989.
Periodicals
Billboard,April 7, 1990; April 3, 1993; October 19, 1997. Consumers’ Research,February 1988. Frets,January 1988; October 1988. Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, March 10, 1997. New York Times,March 19, 1988. Pulse!,December 1991. Rolling Stone,June 12, 1980; August 11, 1988; December 12, 1991. St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch,March 12, 1981; February 21, 1985; February 28, 1985; July 19, 1987; March 3, 1988; December 21, 1989. Time,January 12, 1976.
Online
Grammy.com, http://www.grammy.com(February 4, 2002). “The Chieftains,”VH1.com, http://artists.vh1.com/vh1/artists/ (February 4, 2002). “The Chieftains Biography,” RollingStone.com, http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/(February 4, 2002). —Megan Rubiner
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A Chieftains Celebration. ‘A Chieftains Celebration’, released in recognition of their 25th anniversary, includes ‘The Millennium Celtic Suite’, a special piece composed by Paddy Moloney to celebrate Dublin’s 1,000 years, and recorded live at The Gaiety Theatre; it includes music from most of the Celtic countries.
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. [1] She appeared many times on the PBS music program Austin City Limits starting in 1985 (season 10). In 1994 she won a Grammy Award for the album Other Voices, Other Rooms. [2]
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1989 CD release of "A Chieftains Celebration" on Discogs. ... Vocals – Nanci Griffith. Vocals – Nanci Griffith. 3: ...
A Chieftain’s recording made in 1988. Guests include: Van Morrison, Nanci Griffith and Milladoiro. Standout tracks (for me): The Strayaway Child
