The Chieftains Ireland

Biography

The Chieftains are a Grammy winning Irish musical group founded in 1962 (Dublin, Ireland), known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. The band has recorded many albums of instrumental Irish folk music, as well as multiple collaborations with popular musicians of many genres, including Country music, Galician traditional music, Cape Breton and Newfoundland music, and rock and roll. They have performed with Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones

Popular Songs

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  Wild Mountain Thyme

  Further Down the Old Plank Road

  87 BPM
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  Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)

  The Long Black Veil

  73 BPM
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  When You and I Were Young, Maggie

  In Ireland

  84 BPM
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  The Job of Journeywork

  The Chieftains 8

  138 BPM
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  Star of the County Down

  Irish Heartbeat

  180 BPM

Discography

Voice of Ages

2012

San Patricio

2010

Further Down the Old Plank Road

2003

Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

2002

Water From the Well

2000

Tears of Stone

1999

Fire in the Kitchen

1998

Film Cuts

1996

Santiago

1996

The Long Black Veil

1995

The Celtic Harp

1993

Another Country

1992

The Bells of Dublin

1991

Over the Sea to Skye: The Celtic Connection

1990

A Chieftains Celebration

1989

Irish Heartbeat

1988

In Ireland

1987

Celtic Wedding

1987

The Chieftains in China

1985

The Chieftains 10: Cotton Eyed Joe

1981

The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early

1980

The Chieftains 8

1978

The Chieftains 7

1977

The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat

1976

The Chieftains 5

1975

The Chieftains 4

1974

The Chieftains 3

1971

The Chieftains 2

1969

The Chieftains 1

1963