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Their ability to transcend musical boundaries blending tradition with the contemporary has seen them lauded internationally as one of the most renowned and revered musical groups to this day. \u003ci\u003eChronicles: 60 years of The Chieftains\u003c\/i\u003e, is a stunning career retrospective featuring tracks from across the revered band’s discography, from their very first album release Chieftains 1 right up to their most recent studio album Voice of Ages and includes collaborations with The Rolling Stones, Paulo Nutini, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Van Morrison and Sinéad O’Connor. It also includes previously unreleased recordings from \u003ci\u003eLive at The Royal Albert Hall, Live at The Cambridge Folk Festival\u003c\/i\u003e as well as previously unreleased footage and recordings from the BBC and RTÉ archives. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universal","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50435106996555,"sku":"1136596","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50435108372811,"sku":"1136594","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/65f2d12c-1d28-403f-aa50-d21f78b63c80_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726899887"},{"product_id":"voice-of-ages","title":"Voice Of Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe worlds most celebrated traditional Irish band celebrates their 60th Anniversary with the first-ever vinyl release of their iconic album \u003ci\u003eVoice of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAges\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis imaginative collection of songs sees a collaboration between The Chieftains and a dazzling array of likeminded musical visionaries from the worlds of indie-rock (Bon Iver, The Decemberists, The Low Anthem, Paolo Nutini), country and Americana (The Civil Wars, Pistol Annies, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers), Irish folk (Imelda May, Lisa Hannigan). \u003ci\u003eVoice of Ages\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold affirmation that their inspiring influence, musical brilliance and enduring legacy are more relevant than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.   1. Carolina Rua \/ The Ladies Pantalette (with Imelda May)   2. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (with Pistol Annies)   3.  Pretty Little Girl (with Carolina Chocolate Drops)   4. Down in the Willow Garden (with Bon Iver) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e B.   1. Lily Love (with The Civil Wars)   2. The Lark in the Clear Air \/ Olam Punch (with Punch Brothers)   3. My Lagan Love (with Lisa Hannigan)   4. When The Ship Comes In (with The Decemberists)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e C.   1. School Days Over (with The Low Anthem)   2. The Frost is All Over (with Punch Brothers)   3. Peggy Gordon (with The Secret Sisters)   4. Hard Times Come Again No More (with Paolo Nutini)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e D.   1. The Chieftains Reunion (with Sean Potts \u0026amp; Michael Tubridy)   2. The Chieftains in Orbit (with NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman)   3.  Lundu (with Carlos Núñez) \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Concord","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50507040096587,"sku":"2008981","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Voice_of_Ages_bdfb2275_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727837708"},{"product_id":"bears-sonic-journals-the-foxhunt-the-chieftains-san-francisco-1973-and-1976","title":"Bears Sonic Journals: The Foxhunt, The Chieftains, San Francisco 1973 and 1976","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis never-released-before project from The Owsley Stanley Foundation and Claddagh Records is the last ever by the legendary member of The Chieftains, Paddy Moloney. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBear's Sonic Journals: The Foxhunt, The Chieftains Live in San Francisco 1973 and 1976\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded live by legendary soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley, at Boarding House on 1st October 1973, where The Chieftains appeared at the personal invitation of The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwsley Stanley, known as Bear to his friends, was a diversely talented, iconic figure of the 1960s. While perhaps most widely known as the ‘Acid King’ for his early role manufacturing the highest quality LSD to help fuel the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s, he was a self-educated innovator, scientist, artist, and patron of the arts with wide-ranging interests. As such, he had a profound and well-documented influence on other artists, musicians, and sound engineers, among others. Bear started recording when he was the soundman for the Grateful Dead so he could develop his technique, evaluate his equipment, and fine-tune his mic arrangements. He called these recordings his ‘Sonic Journals’ and they helped to improve his approach to live concert sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBear's Sonic Journals: The Foxhunt, The Chieftains Live in San Francisco 1973 and 1976\u003c\/i\u003e is one of these ‘Sonic Journals’, which are lovingly maintained by The Owsley Stanley Foundation – a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation Owsley’s archive of more than 1,300 live concert soundboard recordings from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including recordings by Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, and more than 80 other artists across nearly every musical idiom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawk Semins of The Owsley Stanley Foundation says: “Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead’s lead guitarist, was playing banjo in the rollicking bluegrass band Old \u0026amp; In The Way, and after Jerry appeared with The Chieftains on Tom “Big Daddy” Donahue’s radio show on KSAN, he wanted them to open for him. During the KSAN broadcast, Jerry explained the influence of Irish traditional music on American country and bluegrass music, saying that ‘the nature of the songs is like what the fathers of country and western music, American music, grew up singing.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Perhaps, Jerry was also resonating with his own heritage when he invited The Chieftains to open for Old \u0026amp; In The Way— after all, his grandfather William Clifford was Irish American. In any event, when Jerry brought these two bands together onstage, he was reuniting two musical traditions separated by an ocean and centuries of migration: bluegrass and its Irish progenitor. 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