Various Artists - Whiskey In The Jar - The Best Of Irish Ballads From The Legends of Irish folk

When The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem made their legendary appearance onWtheEhdSuillsivaknSehoywiniNnewYotrkhinMearchJ1a96r1,a young Bob Dylan had just arrived in the city. He mustThe Best of Irish Balladshave sat up and listened. While on the other side of the Atlantic, The Dubliners certainly did.Together, these two groups took up the mantle and an Irish folk revival was born. Their influences spanned seas, oceans and generations and from their cloth legendary musical paths were woven and crossed.Tommy Makem, Paddy Reilly, Johnny McEvoy, Patsy Watchorn, Finbar Furey and many others, have created an enduring appreciation and love of Irish folk music which is firmly entwined in our musical heritage today.Like a good whiskey, this collection is a blend of perfect ingredients. To hear them together is a rare and unmissable treat.