Claddagh Records
Claddagh Records is a record label which was founded in 1959 by Garech Browne and Ivor Browne. It specialises in Irish traditional music and spoken word. Garech had been taking lessons at the time from the master piper Leo Rowsome. Leo, who had made many recordings in the 1920s and 1930s with H.M.V. and Decca, was to be the first artist to record on the Claddagh label. Leo, on the first-ever Claddagh album "Rí na bPíobairí" (King of the Pipers), produced virtuoso uilleann piping. The second album released by Claddagh was the Chieftains' first recording. The most arguably well-known artists in their roster are The Chieftains.
Notable artists
- Leo Rowsome
- The Chieftains
- Ronan Browne
- Peter O'Loughlin
- Harry Bradley, Jesse Smith, John Blake
- Peadar O'Loughlin, Maeve Donnelly
- Seamus Heaney (1995 Nobel Prize in Literature)
- Liam O'Flynn
- Tommy Potts
- Bernadette Greevy
- Conal O'Grada
- Derek Bell
- Dolores Keane
- John Doherty
- Matt Molloy
- Sean Keane
- Rita Keane
- Siobhán O'Brien
- Caladh Nua
- Len Graham
- Martin Tourish
- Paul O'Shaughnessy
See also
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