Why aren’t you listening to Irish ☘ music right now?

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Anyone out there with some Irish in them?

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Paul Brady’s first “rock” album - Hard Station from 1981.

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Moving on to his next album, True for you.

This contains the wonderful Steel Claw which Tina Turner covered.

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10 months to Christmas Day, so it must be 3 weeks to St. Patrick’s Day

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A CD single EP from Blink, their wonderful Happy Day

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Which led on to their debut album, not really well known outside Ireland at the time and now virtually forgotten.

It’s on Qobuz, if you want to listen to something a bit different from the mid-90s.

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Released last year, CMAT - CrazyMad, for me.

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The Bothy Band - 1975

Nearly 40 years on and still sounds incendiary.

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Thin Lizzy – Renegade.

Contains possibly the best song charting the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Fats Waller ever written.

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[Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan)]

Many Lizzy fans dump on this album, I however love it.

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Beautiful Vision 1988 CD version.

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[davidh (JimmyTwoTimes)]

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Doing a Bowiesque swivel U2 went wild with this one

Achtung Baby.

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[jb76 (John)]

Her debut album ‘Infinite Space’ is a collection of songs in both Irish and English.

[bandcamp]

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And if anyone wants to listen to a bit of music this St. Patrick’s Day this is as good a place to start as any

https://open.qobuz.com/album/amo99f72nuwtc

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And also worth a listen

Contains @andybob favourite Moving hearts song Irish Ways and Irish Laws

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0085365743335

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