"Over the years it has been The Chieftains great fortune to share the wonderful gift of our musical heritage with many of the world's finest musicians. But of all these sessions perhaps non stands out more sweetly or more poignant than those of "Tears of Stone". For more than three years, balanced between the continents, the cultures and the impossible schedules of intersecting careers, we labored in love. Our goal was to marry the many-faceted voices of contemporary women artists from around the world with the simple beauty of traditional Irish music. Our dream was that through the interpretive power of these many voices a new voice might be created to accompany that tradition into the future. Here, etched in the laughter, the love and the loss, are the stories they have told."

- Paddy Moloney

The Essential Chieftains

Further Down the Old Plank Road

Down the Old Plank Road

The Wide World Over

Water From the Well

Long Black Veil

The Bells of Dublin

Live From Patrick Street

Cherish the Ladies: Woman of the House

Tannahill Weavers: Arnish Light