Paddy Moloney

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 by BBC

Jul 11, 199935:08Society & Culture

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Paddy Moloney. As the founder of the Chieftains he has taken Irish folk music around the world. No purist, some of his most popular pieces are influenced by other countries folk songs, mos...

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