Angelgirl and I had an awesome evening Friday night of Irish music and various styles of clog dancing The Chieftains' concert. In spite of the pouring rain and not really knowing where I was going or where to park, we arrived safely at the theater. I just LOVE The Chieftains, and listening to their music you just instantly feel happy and bouncy, and everyone was clapping and toe tapping along. They ended the concert with the dancers leading an old folk line dance out into the audience and gathering up folks to join in. After a few rounds around the theater they all went up on stage for a few circles around the band (the audience members with them were having a grand time up there). The house went crazy with cheers and clapping, ending the evening with a standing ovation and big smiles all around.

Their music lightens your heart and nourishes your spirit, and I find it very inspiring and energerizing. I just want to dance and create and smile when I listen to it.

Here are a couple of videos I found on you tube so you can enjoy a little of the kind entertainment we got to enjoy last night. Erin Go Braugh!

The Chieftains (video 1) and The Chieftains (video 2).


You can sample their music with a mp3 download, here are a few to get you started:
The Chieftains,
Away We Go Again,
The Fairies' Lamentation And Dance,
Galician Medley,
The Ace And The Deuce of Pipering, many more are available too.

Or you can listen to some music samples from their cds:
The Best of the Chieftains,
The Essential Chieftains,
The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early.
Their latest cd is Further Down the Old Plank Road.


Lady Rose, (founder of the Diet Pulpit the blog with fattitude! and coauthor of 2 Witches Blog)