The Chieftains – The Chieftains 4

Paddy Moloney's arrangements for the Chieftains are chamber music for traditional instruments, and this 1973 album shows them at their most precise. Pipes, two fiddles, flute, concertina, harp and Peadar Mercier's bodhrán and bones pass the tune between them like a conversation. Drowsy Maggie is the track that shows how each instrument enters and drops out to keep the reel lively.