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Tara Music has been producing the highest quality recordings of traditional Irish music for over 30 years. This site contains, news, background information, photos, video and mp3 sound clips of Irish artists & Celtic artists such as, Planxty, Clannad, Christy Moore, Shaun Davey, Rita Connolly, Davy Spillane, Liam O'Flynn, Bill Whelan, Moving Hearts, Stockton's Wing, The Voice Squad, and many more.
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Elements of Riverdance
  
Album of the Month

Although the Riverdance Show and its music appeared to be an overnight success, elements of the Riverdance music had been developing over many years prior to the phenomenon that is Riverdance. TARA would like to bring to your attention five albums that would be regarded as precursors to Riverdance.
Bill Whelan's 'The Seville Suite' - 'EastWind' by Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane - 'Out of the Air' by The Davy Spillane Band - Davy Spillane's 'Pipedreams' - 'The Storm' by Moving Hearts
Zoe Conway Interview
Riverdance associated abbum covers
EastWing
Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane
 EastWind CD Cover The EastWind album (TARACD 3027) by Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane is a complex interaction of Celtic Musicians and instruments with World Music rhythms was revolutionary at the time of recording. Subsequently, this album has been acknowledged as one of the key building blocks to the current Riverdance sound.
CD of the Month

 
Features & Articles
Three Great Irish Ballad Albums from the Tara Music Catalogue.
Classic Irish Ballads by Diarmuid O'Leary & The Bards - Memories of Ireland by The Emerald Singers - The Best of Irish Ballads
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'Tools of the Trade'
An interview with Liam O'Flynn about the Uilleann Pipes
Liam O'Flynn talks about the Uilleann Pipes
Planxty
Concert Programme - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Aug. 1980
Frankie Gavin Interview
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