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  | A post-Luke Kelly live recording. The crew may have changed, but the energy and musical qualities remains. As always on the Dubliners' live recordings, Barney McKenna gets lots of space to show off his banjo skills on rousing instrumental tracks, including a version of "My Love is in America" that has become some sort of a minor classic among Irish tenor banjoists.
The 2002 release includes no less than 9 bonus tracks in addition to the 14 tracks from the original release. |
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  | The last record the Dubliners made for the Transatlantic label was a live recording from Dublin's Gate Theatre and is a rare opportunity to hear how the band performed live at the peak of their powers.
The 2002 CD release includes no less than seven bonus tracks. |
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  | Not to be confused by Sony's recent "Best of Dubliners" album, this is a record released back in 1967, just after the band had left Transatlantic and signed up with Legacy. Not many "hits" here, but a number of great and too often overlooked tracks, including a few instrumentals for McKenna and fiddler John Sheehan to show off their considerable skills. |
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  | The liner notes lists Margaret Barry as the CD artist and Michael Gorman as the "track artist" on each and every track. That sounds a bit strange. In fact the record is very well balanced between the two - on their own and as a duo. If "I Sang Through the Fairs" is the ultimate Margearet Barry collection, this is definitely the perfect companion to it. The two CDs have only three tracks in common, and "Her Mantle So Green" gives an idea of the great variety Barry and Gorman managed to get from their relatively limited instrumentation. Oh, and whoever called Barry's banjo playing simple couldn't possibley have hear "The Boys of Blue Hill" and "The Factory Girl." |
Gerry O'Connor:  Myraid |
 | Gerry O'Connor on the loose! With a breathtaking technique that never becomes just empty virtuosity he wields his banjo, his fiddle and even a guitar. Sometimes he plays wround with the bluegrass style, sometimes it's almost rock'n roll, but even so he never looses touch with his Irish traditional roots. This is perhaps the essential O'Connor record. |
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  | Perhaps the ultimate Margaret Barry CD. Ballads, uptempo songs - even a Margaret Barry banjo instrumental and some excerpts from the interviews Alan Lomax did with her. |
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  | Two CDs crammed with classic Dubliners songs as well as a fair share of instrumentals where Barney McKenna gets a chance to show why he's widely regarded as the greatest Irish banjo player in history. |