The Chieftains

During a career that lasted nearly six decades, the Chieftains delivered Irish traditional music to all corners of the globe, forging a unique path to success that was inclusive and highly collaborative. When they formed in the early '60s, few outside of Ireland were familiar with the country's lively and nuanced instrumental folk tunes played on instruments like the uilleann pipes, tin whistle, fiddle, and bodhran. The Chieftains changed that, bringing an unfussy virtuosity to these otherworldly songs that captivated listeners, first in England, then in the U.S. where they be...