Hail to the chieftain

Paddy Maloney [R with Zuckerberg haircut], founder of The Chieftains and Claddagh Records gone die on Monday in the fullness of his years. The Chieftains put Irish Trad on the world stage not least by listening to music from outside Ireland and riffing on that. Let's just listen:

• Irish Classical - a medley of three tunes by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738)
• who died 20 years before Amadeus "Planxty" Mozart was born.
• Santiago: homage to Galicia
• La Virgen de Guadalupe with Linda Ronstadt
• Santiago de Cuba the other Santiago with Ry Cooder
• With Ry Cooder on the borderline remembering the Brigada San Patricio who fought for Mexico
• Across another border with James Galway
• They did some film music - Braveheart
• Coast of Malabar
• Lakes of Pontchartrain with Paul Brady
• Raglan Road with Van the Man