International musical treasure and multi-Grammy winning traditional Irish ensemble, The Chieftains, will release FURTHER DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, the follow-up to their acclaimed 2002 album, DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, September 9, on Victor.

Featuring a stellar cast of special guest performers, FURTHER DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD continues the groundbreaking collaboration between The Chieftains and some of country and bluegrass music’s most original and influential artists on an exuberant musical journey that celebrates the Irish roots of American country and folk idioms.

FURTHER DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD continues the historic musical and cultural collaboration with sixteen new tracks from an extraordinary array of artists, all backed by the Chieftains and produced by the group’s founder Paddy Moloney, along with Jeff White and Steve Buckingham. The album also contains some of the final performances from multi-instrumentalist Derek Bell, a long-standing Chieftains member who passed away late last year.

The Grammy-nominated DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD brought the Chieftains to Nashville, Tennessee for recording sessions that featured guest appearances by Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck and a host of others. Interest in the project among Nashville artists was so intense that recordings extended far beyond the originally planned schedule and would eventually encompass an encyclopedic array of top performers in country, folk and American roots realms.

In conjunction with the release of FURTHER DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, PBS Television will broadcast DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, a concert special filmed at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and featuring many of the artists heard on the album. Check local listing for time and date.

The Essential Chieftains

Down the Old Plank Road

The Wide World Over

Water From the Well

Tears of Stone

Long Black Veil

The Bells of Dublin

Live From Patrick Street

Cherish the Ladies: Woman of the House

Tannahill Weavers: Arnish Light