The Rough Guide to Irish Music (1996 album)

The Rough Guide to Irish Music
The Rough Guide to Irish Music
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	1 October 1996
Genre	World, Irish music
Length	70:20
Label	World Music Network
Full series chronology
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Released1 October 1996

Length70:20

The Rough Guide to Irish Music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1996. The fourth release of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,^[1] the album covers both the Republic and The North, with an overall focus on tradition and revival. The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.^[2]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Solid Ground"	Dolores Keane	3:54
2.	"Tommy Peoples / The Windmill / Fintan McManus'"	Altan	3:17
3.	"Coinleach Ghlas An Fhómhair"	Clannad	5:46
4.	"On Horseback"	Eileen Ivers	3:10
5.	"Season of Mists"	Kevin Crawford	2:49
6.	"The Lakes Of Pontchartrain"	Déanta	5:01
7.	"The White Petticoat / The Kerry Jig / Katy Is Waiting"	Patrick Street	4:37
8.	"Terry 'Cuz' Teahans Polka / Murphy's Polka / O'Sullivan's Polka"	Sliabh Notes	2:59
9.	"Molly and Johnny"	Dervish	3:51
10.	"Humours Of Lissadell / Music In The Glen / Johnson's"	Joe Derrane with Carl Hession	4:18
11.	"The Boys Of Malin / The Gravel Walks"	Ciaran Tourish & Dermot McLaughlin	3:06
12.	"Dulman / Charlie O'Neill's Highland"	Cran	3:29
13.	"Mist On the Mountain / Three Little Drummers"	Brendan Larrissey	3:04
14.	"Untitled / Untitled / Hand Me Down The Tackle"	Siobhan O'Donnell, Karen Tweed, and Andy Cutting	3:05
15.	"Colm Cille Na Féile"	Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill	4:52
16.	"Sod of Turf / Katie Goes to Granny"	Martin Murray	3:02
17.	"O'Connel's March/ Galway Bay Hornpipe / The Banshee's Wail / Over The Mangle Pit"	Martin Hayes	5:18

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

v t e World Music Network Rough Guide albums (complete list)
1994–1997	World Music West African Music Scottish Music Irish Music Kenya & Tanzania India & Pakistan The Andes Zimbabwe North Africa Classic Jazz One Voice: Vocal Music from Around the World Flamenco Reggae Salsa
1998–1999	English Roots Music African Blues South Africa Brazil Cuba Eastern Europe Portugal Cajun & Zydeco Native American Music Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Australian Aboriginal Music World Roots Tango Japan Rhythm-Time: World Percussion
2000–2005	Indonesia Unwired: Africa Unwired: Latin America Central America Highlife Canada Ethiopia Morocco Dub
2008–2013	Congo Gold Blues Revival Greek Café Bhangra Afghanistan Desert Blues Morocco Psychedelic Africa Ethiopia Voodoo Senegal Arabic Revolution African Disco Acoustic Africa

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