 Maeve Donnelly
March 2008 release of Maeve's second solo release with the exceptional guitar backing of Tony McManus.
These are the tunes that inspire Maeve and fan the passionate musical flames within and anyone who has seen her in full spate
will understand the extent of this inherent joy of being a fiddler.
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 Cora Smyth
March 2008 release from the wonderfully talented Mayo musician
with equally gifted input by her husband,Sean Horsman.
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 Tim Dennehy
June 2007 release of Tim's 6th album
in which he presents a compilation of his own original compositions and poems set to music.
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 Christy McNamara
July 2007 release by box and concertina player(and singer,mind you)from Crusheen in Co. Clare.
He is ably assisted by his first cousin,Martin Hayes,Denis Cahill,Peadar O' Loughlin and Liam Lewis on fiddles and Eamon Cotter on flute.
It's an album with a load of warmth and easy listening.
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 Feakle Festival
August 2007 release celebrating 20 years of music from the Feakle Festival
from recordings made by Feakle native,Matt Purcell.
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 Mícheál Sexton and Pat Walsh
October 2007 release of the dynamic duo's second release
which includes the Claddagh,Sliabh Fraoch,Clare Lancers and Ballyvourney Jig Sets.
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 Nan Tom Taimín
October release of Nan Tom's second album.
A lovely selection of pure traditional songs,interspersed with traditional and contemporary ballads
six in Irish and six in English,three of which are unaccompanied.
Her eldest daughter,Tara,continues the rich tradition in the Burke family by singing two songs.
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 Dympna O' Sullivan
Launched on 8th Nov. 2007 at the Ennis November Trad Fest,
Dympna's first release is an album of the most beautiful ,rhythmic concertina music.She is probably one of the most self-deprecating musicians I have ever met and the limelight sits heavily on her shoulders
but she plays with the most perfect assurance and her music is indeed a treasure.
Definitely, Mrs. Crotty's re-incarnation.
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 Bobby Casey
November 2007 release of the fiddling of West Clare legend, Bobby Casey.
All the tracks on this album were recorded by Reg Hall and Bill Leader in Camden Town,London in 1966,1967 and 1971.
Bobby played the London pub scene with such musical luminaries as East Galway fiddler,Martin Byrnes,fellow Clare musicians,Tommy McCarthy ,Willie Clancy and Paddy Breen.
In the liner notes,Reg Hall describes Bobby's"lonesome fiddling" as "reeking of rural Ireland".This music gave solace to many the Irish immigrant who settled in north London at that time and indeed ensured the continued good health of traditional Irish music into the future.
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 Macdara
December 2006 release of Macdara O Conaola's first solo singing album.
His sister,Lasairfhíona,has two releases in which he guested on her first.
They are native islanders from Inis Oir,the smallest of the Aran Islands,and the magic of that place manifests in Macdara's singing.
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