V.A. - The Rough Guide To Irish Music (2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The World Music Network's second installment in its excellent Rough Guide to Irish Music series is another high-quality overview of Celtic music both traditional and contemporary that eclipses many of the genre's numerous other anthologies. With a roster that forgoes the emerging industry's more fusion-oriented material in favor of young and older talent with muses that burn bright with forward-thinking -- but ultimately reverent -- renderings of traditional songs and dances, it's an excellent introduction for the curious and a solid collection for the already converted. Highlights include the whistle-heavy trio Flook, the Manhattan-based Celtic folk of the Prodigals and the blistering harmonica and fiddle duo Paul Moran and Fergal Scahill. by James Christopher Monger
Tracklist:
1 Flook – G.D.'s: Hoopers Loop / Pressed For Time 4:02
2 Dervish – An T-Úll 2:17
3 Frankie Gavin – The Night Cap / The Frost Is All Over 2:46
4 Maighread & Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill With Dónal Lunny – Liostáil Mé Le Sáirsint 2:38
5 The Prodigals – The Morning After 3:08
6 Séamus Quinn & Gary Hastings – Paddy Killoran's Highland / Hannah Mhicí Mhicheáil's 2:09
7 Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan – Antara / The Twirly Haired Girl / The Mountain Road 4:04
8 Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola – Bean Pháidín (Páidin's Wife) 2:18
9 Ciarán Ó Maonaigh & Dermot McLaughlin –    Loughisle Castle 1:17
10 Mary McPartlan – Slieve Gallion Braes 2:35
11 Séamus Creagh & Aidan Coffey – Hughie Travers / The Cat In The Corner 3:09
12 Paul Brady – Mary And The Soldier 3:55
13 Matt Molloy – A Stór Mo Chroi / The Primrose Lass / Miss Mcgovern's Favourite 4:11
14 Séamus Begley & Jim Murray – An Seanduine 4:06
15 North Cregg – Polkas (Callaghan's / The Glen Cottage / Is Trua Gan Peata An Mhaoir Agam) 3:59
16 Cran – Taimse 'N Arrears 3:14
17 Paul Moran & Fergal Scahill – The Cúil Aodha Slide / Dan Patsy's Slide / The Toormore Slide 2:20
18 Lúnasa – The Walrus 2:39
19 Helen Roche – As I Roved Out 4:16
20 Paul McGrattan – The Lark On The Strand / The Geese In The Bog / The Eavesdropper 3:50
21 Altan – The Humours Of Castlefin / Nia's Dance / An Dúidin 3:26
22 Gerry O'Connor – Cam A' Lochaigh (The Curve Of The Lake) 3:21