Artist
The Chieftains
The Chieftains is a jazz artist from Dublin, Ireland formed in 1962. 49 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Dublin, Ireland · Best jazz albums
- 49
- Releases
- 1969–2025
- Active years
- 1962
- Formed
Discography
47
Most popular
The Long Black Veil
1995
Voice of Ages
2012
Tears of Stone
1999
The Bells of Dublin
1991
Santiago
1996
Fire in the Kitchen
1998
An Irish Evening
1992
A Chieftains Celebration
1989
Water From the Well
2000
Celtic Wedding
1987
Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
2002
Another Country
1992
Live From Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell
2005
Film Cuts
1996
The Chieftains 5
1975
The Chieftains 3
1971
The Chieftains 2
1969
The Chieftains 8
1978
The Chieftains 7
1977
The Chieftains in China
1984
The Chieftains 4
1974
The Year of The French
2025
Bonaparte's Retreat
2024
Bear’s Sonic Journals: The Foxhunt, The Chieftains, San Francisco 1973 & 1976
2022
A Celtic Spectacular
2022
Music From Ballad Of The Irish Horse
2021
Chronicles: 60 Years of The Chieftains
2021
The Chieftains: A Celtic Landscape
2021
The Chieftains 10
2021
The Chieftains 1
2021
A Bucket Load O' Irish Folk Songs
2020
In Ireland
2014
James Galway - The Celtic Ministrel
2014
Over the Sea to the Sky - The Celtic Connection
2014
San Patricio
2010
The Essential Chieftains
2006
Further Down The Old Plank Road
2003
The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration
2002
The Best Of The Chieftains
2002
Music Of The Celtic Harp
1993
The Celtic Harp
1993
Over the Sea to Skye: The Celtic Connection
1990
Boil The Breakfast Early
1989
The Chieftains 10: Cotton Eyed Joe
1981
The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early
1980
Live
1977
The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat
1976
Singles & EPs
2
Upcoming shows
Community
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About
The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band formed in Dublin in November 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy. The band had their first rehearsals at Moloney's house, with Tubridy, Martin Fay and David Fallon. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music and they are regarded as having helped popularise Irish music across the world. Paddy Moloney came out of Ceoltóirí Chualann, a group of musicians who specialised in instrumentals, and sought to form a new band. The group remained only semi-professional up until the 1970s, by then they had achieved great success in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In 1973, their popularity began to spread to the United States when their previous albums were released there by Island Records. They received further acclaim when they worked on the Academy Award-winning soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 film Barry Lyndon, which triggered their transition to the mainstream in the US.
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The group continued to release successful records throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and their work with Van Morrison in 1988 resulted in the critically acclaimed album Irish Heartbeat. They went on to collaborate with many other well-known musicians and singers; among them Luciano Pavarotti, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Sinéad O'Connor and Roger Daltrey. The band have won six Grammys during their career and they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002. Some music experts have credited The Chieftains with bringing traditional Irish music to a worldwide audience, so much so that the Irish government awarded them the honorary title of ‘Ireland’s Musical Ambassadors’ in 1989. In 2012, they celebrated their 50th anniversary with the release of their most recent record Voice of Ages.
The Chieftains in brief
- How many The Chieftains releases are on Riffiter?
- 49 releases are catalogued, spanning 1969 to 2025.
- When was The Chieftains formed?
- The Chieftains formed in 1962, in Dublin, Ireland.
- What genre is The Chieftains?
- The Chieftains is catalogued under Jazz.
- What is the most recent The Chieftains release on Riffiter?
- The Year of The French, released in 2025.