CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1995 Claddagh Records, Dame House, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland phone/fax +1-353-1-679-3664. Retail and international mail-order. email claddagh@crl.ie (Finbar Boyle) AN DARA CRAICEANN. Padraigin Ni Uallachain. CEFCD 174. A new collection of sean-nos songs from the singer who recorded the immensely successful and popular 'A Stor 's a Stoirin'. THE RING SESSIONS. James Kelly & Zan McLeod. SPINCD 999. Fiddle and guitar album by the great Dublin fiddle player with the impeccable Clare pedigree and the Carolina guitarist. This album will be of equal interest to general listeners, fiddle fans and guitar fans. THE GIVEN NOTE. Liam O'Flynn. TACD 3034. Traditional tunes and more by one of Ireland's greatest uilleann pipers. O'Flynn is joined by other well-known musicians, including his former Planxty colleagues, Paul Brady and Andy Irvine. THE ROAD TO GLENLOUGH. James Byrne. CC52CD. First time on CD for the fine album by the great Donegal fiddler. GUSTY'S FROLICKS. Sean Keane. CC17CD. First time re-issue on CD of Sean's 1975 album. Completely unaccompanied, this shows The Chieftains' fiddler at his brilliant best. DIRTY ROTTEN SHAME. Ronnie Drew. COL 481413 2. Ronnie, who has just recently left The Dubliners, has recorded an album of contemporary songs by writers such as Shane McGowan, Christy Moore, Elvis Costello and others. Musical accompaniment is by Keith Donald, Declan Masterson, Anto Drennan, Mike Nolan, Eoghan O'Neill, etc. STORIES. Maura O'Connell. HNCD 1389. New album by the Clare country and western singer. MARY O'HARA SINGS IRISH SONGS. FATCD 317. New recording by the popular Irish harpist. IRISH MUSIC, the only Irish magazine devoted to traditional music, is now in its third issue. It contains articles on Ronnie Drew, Mairtin O'Connor, Captain O'Neill, the US festival circuit, the National Museum's instrument collection, and Suffering Duck,the excellent Limerick record label. Albums reviewed are Many's the Foolish Youth (The Voice Squad), Farewell to Lissycasey (Various artists), Noel Hill & Tony Linnane, Old Time, New Time (Carl Hession), A Treasury of Irish Music (Gael-Linn sampler), Causeway (Nollaig Casey & Arty McGlynn), The Mountain Road (Various artists) and The Wind Among the Reeds (Tommy Keane & Jacqueline McCarthy). One-off copies are available at this address - subscriptions from Irish Music Magazine, Marne Ltd, PO Box 25, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Also available; IRELAND ; A SONG FOR EVERY COUNTY. Various.CHCD 3201 IRISH REBEL BAKLLADS. The Dubliners CHCD 1055 SONGS OF DUBLIN The Dubliners CHCD 1054 IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC. Shaskeen. CD IRISH 010 CLASSIC IRISH SONGS The Guinness Choir. CHCD 1096 IRISH PUB FOLK SINGALONG Barnbrack. CDPUB 024.