The Singers

These are the singers who make Cantaria possible by providing recordings of the songs and insight into their history and performance. Please take a few moments to visit the web sites of these talented singers. Thanks!

3 Pints Gone

Auld Lang Syne | If I Was a Blackbird | The Braes of Balquidder | Come Out Ye Black and Tans | Drummer Girl | Farewell to Nova Scotia | Finnegan's Wake  | The Foggy Dew  | From Clare to Here  | The Galway Shawl  | Highland Paddy | Lancashire Lads | The Mary Ellen Carter | Barrett's Privateers | Wild Mountain Thyme | Ye Jacobites By Name | The Yew Tree

A Chorus of Two

Keeper, The | Good People | Drive the Cold Winter Away  | Leis A Lurighan | Sae Will We Yet | Three Ravens | The Devil and the Old Woman | Twa Corbies

Alex Sutherland and his Cronies

A Man's A Man For A' That | The Gallowa' Hills | Johnny Cope | Melville Castle | The Work O' The Weavers

Aidan Brennan and Johnny B. Connolly

Biddy Mulligan | The Boys of Mullaghbawn | The Hare's Lament | Spencer the Rover

Andy Irvine

Prince Among Men | Over the Mountain | Arthur McBride | Nancy's Whiskey | Martinmas Time | The Close Shave | The Plains of Kildare | The Creggan White Hare | You Rambling Boys of Pleasure

Andrew Scarhart

All Around My Hat | Amsterdam Maid | Andrew Lammie or The Trumpeter of Fyvie | Babylon | The Ball of Balinour | Bored on the List Field | Ce Fut en Mai | Circles | Do Virgins Taste Better? |  Gypsy Rover | I Care Not For These Ladies | Cruiscín Lán | Kytt hathe lost hur Key | Loch Lomond | Lord Willoughby | Lusty Young Smith | Mary Mac | The Minstrel Boy | The Moose Song | Old Dun Cow | Pastyme With Good Company (The Kynges Ballade) | Peace Round | Rearguard's Lament | The Scotsman | Three Jolly Coachmen | To the Beggin' I Will Go | Wild Mountain Thyme | Wild Rover

Andy M. Stewart

Rantin' Rovin' Robin' | My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose | The Valley of Strathmore  | Patrick Sheehan | Broom of the Cowdenknowes | The Parish of Dunkeld | The Ramblin' Rover | The Queen of Argyll | Golden Golden

Axel the Sot (Scott Hendricks)

Black Velvet Band |  Botany Bay  | Maids When You're Young | The Mermaid | Molly Malone | Red Hair Mary | Spanish Ladies

Bernie and Barbara McDonald

The Trees They Grow High | My Love's in Germanie

Brian Hart

A Stor Mo Chroi | The Lambs on the Green Hills, The | Down the Moor and Among the Heather | My Charming Edward Boyle | Neainsín Bhán | Pleasant and Delightful | Remember Dubh Loch | Thug Mé Grá Duit

Briege Murphy

The Granemore Hare | The Verdant Braes of Screen | In the Month of January | Slieve Gallion Braes | The Creel

Chris Caldwell e-mail

Farewell to Whisky | General Guinness | The Maid of Culmore | The Roaring Baby

Dave Gravis --  MySpace page    FaceBook

The Flower of Sweet Strabane

Donal Hegarty

Tramps and Hawkers | Courtin' In the Kitchen | Raglan Road | Gentleman Soldier | The Sick Note | Kerry Recruit | Willie McBride Satire | Pat and the Donkey | The Bandy Legged Barmaid

Dorsa (singer Stephanie Makem)

On the Banks of Red Roses

Gallowglass

Burning of Auchindoun | Soul Bard | Paddy's Lamentation

Gerald of Leesville

Babylon | Bonnie Susie Cleland | Good Luck to the Barley Mow | Peace Round

Ian O'Donnell

As I Roved Out | German Clockwinder | Reilly's Daughter

Jeff Lee

A Lusty Young Smith

Jill Anderson

On the Banks of the Roses | Sally Gardens | The Fisherman's Song | No Man's Land | Fields of Athenry | Easy and Slow

Jim Brannigan

Bold O'Donahue | Carrickfergus | Dick Darby the Cobbler | I'll Tell My Ma | Killkelly | Muirsheen Durkin | My Singing Bird | Rambles of Spring | 

The Jolly Rogers

All For Me Grog | Ar Fa La La Low | Clean Song | Cuckoo's Nest | The Dreadnaught | The Dutchman | Haul Away Joe | Holy Ground | Isn't It Grand | Itches In Me Britches | Mrs. McGraw (McGrath) | Nelson's Blood | Pay Me My Money Down | South Australia | Three Score and Ten | Westering Home | William Bloat | Wop Jamboree | A Hundred Years Ago | Little Beggarman | Down By the Glenside | Get Up Jack! John Sit Down | The Ould Triangle | Run Come See | Willie McBride (aka No Man's Land, Green Fields of France) | Shoals of Herring | Mingulay Boat Song | The Ballad of Captain Kidd

Kate Akers

The Humours of Whiskey

Katrina of Coventry

Babylon | Battle of Otterburn | Bonnie Susie Cleland | Peace Round

Leza Mesiah

Ash Grove | Barbara Allen | Rogue of Dundee

Liza Kay

The Chandler's Wife | Red is the Rose | She Moved Through the Fair | Shule Aroon | Susanna Martin | Do You Love An Apple? | Rare's Hill

Mairtin de Cogain

From his CDs "The False Start" (his solo CD), "The Fuchsia Band" and "Gra da Raibh" by the The FuchsiaBand. Eoin Verling of The Fuchsia Band also sings on Colcannon. The songs:
The Auld Triangle | Barrack Street | Brian O'Lynn | Colcannon (The Skillet Pot) | Dick Darby | Gra da Raibh | Johnny Jump Up | Óró, 'Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile | Peg Leg Jack | Poc ar Buile | Taglione | Taimse 'gus Maire | Ten Minutes Too Late

Mary McEvoy

James, I Understand | Northern Sky

Mary Smith

Mary and the Soldier | The Road to Dundee | The Boys of Mullaghbawn | Jock o' Hazeldean | The Lassie wi' the Yellow Coatie |  As I Roved Out | The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie |The Croppy Boy | Curragh of Kildare | The Golden Vanity | The Great Silkie | Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya | Let Mr. McGuire Sit Down | Mattie Groves | The Rocky Road to Dublin | House Carpenter | The Riddle Song | My Boy Willie | P Stands for Paddy, I Suppose

Matt Connolly

Song For Ireland | Eileen Arun | Quare Bungle Rye (Jack Was a Sailor...) | Castle of Dromore | Avondale | My Singing Bird

Mattie Lennon

John Carthy | The Slopes of Sweet Cloonee | Browe's Puckan

Mikal Hrafspa (Mikal the Ram, mka J. Michael Shew)

Gather Ye Pipers | Have You Seen the Army | The Helmsman | They're Hanging Him For Paying His Taxes | Loki's Song | Where Go The Maids | A Valkyrie Song

Monalee Kendall / A Chorus of Two

Johnny Be Fair | The Parting Glass | The Trooper and the Maid

Oisin Mac Diarmada

A Bhean A' Tí  | Peigin's Peadar

Paul and Win Grace

The Roses of Prince Charlie

Pay the Dog

Bonnie Glen Shee | Dumbarton's Drums | The Finest of Them All | It's So Big | The Unquiet Grave

Plain Salt

Gallant Forty-Twa

Rathflaed DuNoir, The Black Bard of Meridies

Dream Warrior | Estrella VIII | For Elizabeth | I'll Fear Nothing With You At My Side | The Jester | The Queen of All Elfhame | Thirty Years

The Sassy Lassies (Liza Kay and Jeannie Henry)

A Health to the Company | Grey Funnel Line | Roll Me Over

Talorgen nei Wrguist

A Song of Thanksgiving

Tullamore

Step It Out Mary

Wild Mountain Thyme

 Mairi's Wedding | Strike the Bell |  | Are Ye Sleepin' Maggie | Banks of the Lee | Mountain Dew | Star of the County Down | Skye Boat Song | Fiddler's Green | Whiskey in the Jar |  Flower of Scotland | Rising of the Moon  | Follow Me Up To Carlow | | Twa Recruitin' Sergeants |   

Wild Thyme

Highland Harry | Maid in a Garret | Rose by the Door | Stitch in Time

Cantaria is always looking for more songs and new bards to contribute recordings. If you would like to be a part of Cantaria, talk to us.