The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band formed in Dublin in 1962,
by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which
is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann
pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music and they are
regarded as having helped popularise Irish music across the world.
They have won six Grammys during their career and they were given a
Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
in 2002. Some music experts have credited The Chieftains with bringing
traditional Irish music to a worldwide audience, so much so that the
Irish government awarded them the honorary title of 'Ireland's Musical
Ambassadors' in 1989.The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band
formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael
Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and
largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with
traditional Irish music and they are regarded as having helped
popularise Irish music across the world. They have won six Grammys
during their career and they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award
at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002. Some music experts
have credited The Chieftains with bringing traditional Irish music to
a worldwide audience, so much so that the Irish government awarded
them the honorary title of 'Ireland's Musical Ambassadors' in 1989.The
band's name came from the book Death of a Chieftain by Irish author
John Montague. Assisted early on by Garech Browne, they signed with
his company Claddagh Records. They needed financial success abroad,
and succeeded in this, as within a few years their third album's
sleeve note section was printed in three languages.[citation
needed]Paddy Moloney came out of Ceoltir Chualann, a group of
musicians who specialised in instrumentals, and sought to form a new
band. They had their first rehearsals at Moloney's house, with David
Fallon and Martin Fay joining the original three. The group remained
only semi-professional up until the 1970s and by then had achieved
great success in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which
is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann
pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music and they are
regarded as having helped popularise Irish music across the world.
They have won six Grammys during their career and they were given a
Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
in 2002. Some music experts have credited The Chieftains with bringing
traditional Irish music to a worldwide audience, so much so that the
Irish government awarded them the honorary title of 'Ireland's Musical
Ambassadors' in 1989.The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band
formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael
Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and
largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with
traditional Irish music and they are regarded as having helped
popularise Irish music across the world. They have won six Grammys
during their career and they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award
at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002. Some music experts
have credited The Chieftains with bringing traditional Irish music to
a worldwide audience, so much so that the Irish government awarded
them the honorary title of 'Ireland's Musical Ambassadors' in 1989.The
band's name came from the book Death of a Chieftain by Irish author
John Montague. Assisted early on by Garech Browne, they signed with
his company Claddagh Records. They needed financial success abroad,
and succeeded in this, as within a few years their third album's
sleeve note section was printed in three languages.[citation
needed]Paddy Moloney came out of Ceoltir Chualann, a group of
musicians who specialised in instrumentals, and sought to form a new
band. They had their first rehearsals at Moloney's house, with David
Fallon and Martin Fay joining the original three. The group remained
only semi-professional up until the 1970s and by then had achieved
great success in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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