Tara Music has been producing the highest quality recordings of Irish traditional music and Celtic music for over 30 years. This site contains, news, background information, photos, video and audio 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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Album of the Month
July 11th - 'An Evening with the Music of Shaun Davey, featuring Rita Connolly and Liam O'Flynn, with Béal Tuinne', National Concert Hall,


Phil Callery is back on the road with a series of concerts for 2009.
Phil Callery Bioghrphy
Soprano Emma Kate Tobia confirms concert for July 16th in Kinsale, Co. Cork.

Emma Kate Tobia
Watch for details of US Tour later in 2009 - Coming Soon
Moving Hearts Irish tour dates 2009
Zoë Conway and Michelle Lally to feature in 'Women of Ireland', an innovative and exciting live concert production which showcases the next generation of Ireland’s leading female performers.

Full Tara Catalogue now available online from Backstreetmerch.com.
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Tara Albums now available for download
A number of albums from the Tara Music catalogue are now available for purchase by download from iTunes, Amazon.com, Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk. The albums initially available include classic albums from Planxty, Liam O' Flynn and Shaun Davey. Over the coming months it is planned it greatly increase, the number of artists and albums available for download as well as the number of online stores presenting Tara Music titles.

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May We Never Have To Say Goodbye
Shaun Davey

To coinside with Shaun's concert in Dublin's National Concert Hall on July 11th our CD of the month is May We Never Have To Say Goodbye - TARA 4017. The title track composed for the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Summer Games in 2003 and is presented here with the rest of the music from the unique and exhilarating suite for that occasion. The album, which features an array of Ireland’s leading artists, includes previously unrecorded pieces from Shaun’s dramatic concert work, 'The Pilgrim', featuring the rare and full-blooded combination of bagpipes and orchestra with percussion and choir, and the unusual sound of the Galician Gaita. Also included are the popular and evocative song 'Fill to me the Parting Glass' composed for the film 'Waking Ned', and a magical piece ‘Music of the Spheres’, from the RSC’s production of 'Pericles' which represents Shaun Davey's contribution to theatre both at home and abroad over the past 20 years.

----------------------------------- Elements of Riverdance -----------------------------------
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
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
'Tools of the Trade'
An interview with Liam O'Flynn about the Uilleann Pipes

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Planxty
Concert Programme - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Aug. 1980
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