Japanese garden in Kildare Co., Ireland The Rain Book : An Old Irish Song [ purchase ] It's finally March 17th, St. Patrick's Da...

The Roches : The Troubles [ purchase ] "The Troubles" generally refers to the period of unrest in Northern Ireland between ...

The Irish Rovers : The Unicorn [ purchase ] The Irish Rovers were a Canadian band whose members were all born in Northern Ireland. The...

Rosanne Cash: Forty Shades of Green [ purchase (Johnny Cash original) ] The song "Forty Shades of Green" is not native to ...

Big Bag of Sticks : Wake Up Now [ contact Big Bag of Sticks to purchase the album Short Term Memory ] Ireland is an island nation. As s...

The Pogues : Rainy Night In Soho [ purchase ] I remember it well. The table is strewn with empty pint glasses, the ash tray is overfl...

Afro Celt Sound System : Rise Above It [ purchase ] My very first SMM post featured this fantastic group, Afro Celt Sound System. That...

Frank Patterson : Danny Boy [ purchase ] Sam Cooke : Danny Boy [ purchase ] The Pogues : Danny Boy [ purchase ] Richard Thompso...

David Bromberg: Bull Run Paddy [purchase] Despite appearances, David Bromberg is not actually a NY Jew (as I previously suggested) : he...

Joe Ross, Janet Naylor and Friends : O’Carolan’s Welcome [ purchase ] There’s little music as dear to my heart as that of Turlough O...

Horslips : Trouble (With a Capital T) [ purchase ] For a music geek like me, having access to a radio station’s library of music mad...

Hothouse Flowers : Christchurch Bells [ Purchase ] Sorry U2. Hothouse Flowers' 1988 album   People , was the best selling debut in...

Brigan Ensemble: One Set Reel [free download from archive.org] The first name that came to mind for me for "Irish tunes" was...

Luka Bloom : An Irishman in Chinatown [ purchase ] This week, we are going to go a little barmy over St Patrick’s Day here on Star Make...

Martin Newell (with Andy Partridge) : Goodbye Dreaming Fields [ purchase ] If, as I did, you discovered Martin Newell and his song Good...

Jeff Beck: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [purchase] Charlie/Charles Mingus' Goodbye Pork Pie Hat is a song that I have listened to again and ...

John Coltrane : Everytime We Say Goodbye [ purchase ] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye was composed by Cole Porter for a musical called Seven ...

Dick Feller : Goodbye California [ purchase (vinyl only, out-of-print) ] If music fans remember Dick Feller at all, it's most li...

Patty Griffin: Goodbye [ purchase ] First time I heard Patty Griffin’s “Goodbye,” it felt like she was channeling emotions and thou...

The Postmarks: Goodbye [ purchase ] Nothing complex here, and that’s precisely the point. An intricate progression would infer a deep issue ...