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3 unusual facts about Dáithí Sproule


Hughie Graham

Dáithí Sproule recorded a version with fiddling master James Kelly and button box master Paddy O'Brien (Tipperary) that is still available on the compilation album Traditional Music of Ireland.

Randal Bays

Since then Bays has recorded and performed with many of the leading Irish traditional musicians, including James Kelly, Martin Hayes, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, John Williams, Aine Meenaghan, Dáithí Sproule and James Keane.

In 1995 Bays began releasing his own albums under the Foxglove Records label, which he founded, including "Out of the Woods", "The Salmon's Leap", "House to House" with Roger Landes—voted best traditional album of 2005 by the Irish Times--"Overland" with Dáithí Sproule, and several more.


Frankie Kennedy

Matt Molloy of The Chieftains led the communion with a slow air; Altan members Daithí Sproule, Paul Kelly, Dermot Byrne, Ciaran Curran and Ciaran Tourish blended with mazurkas from fiddler John Doherty, and Paddy Glackin and Dónal Lunny concluded on fiddle and synthesizer playing "Paddy's Rambles in the Park".


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