Artist
The Chieftains
The Chieftains appears once in our Celtic Traditional list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Celtic Traditional
- Year
- 1973
- Highest placing
- No. 5 in Celtic Traditional
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
The Chieftains 4
1973 · Claddagh
Ranked No. 5 in Celtic Traditional
Paddy Moloney's arrangements gave the tunes counterpoint and dynamics they had never had. Purists objected; the tunes survived, and reached rather more people.