CD's By Will Willar, Former Irish Rovers Lead Singer
Here are several of my later CD’s that are always for sale. Listen to a few of the music clips to get a sense of the music on each one. In the last 20 years, I have moved away from the more well-known Irish melodies and pub songs into the more lyrical and classical of Irish Music.
In this, I have been joined by friends and other musicians of great stature such as the late Paul Horn and the late Derek Bell, of the Chieftains.
Each CD costs $25 and includes shipping and handling.
You may also download from I-Tunes Here.
To begin with, however, this is a compendium of some of my favourite songs from over the years.
This CD includes: Irish Rover, Whiskey on Sunday, The Keeper, Galway Races, Unicorn, , Mill on the Braid, Orange and Green, Black Velvet Band, Years May Come, Grandma’s Rockin’ Chair, Reel in Flickerlin’ Light, Athenry, Widow Maloney, Rose, Biplane Evermore, *The Dutchman, Wasn’t That a Party, Circle of Seasons, Music of Healing
For 30 years I have taken the Irish Rovers songs around the world. Often, I felt that the words got in the way of the beautiful melodies.So here is a mellow draught of music that I hope will let your spirit soar and give you some peace and joy.”
This CD includes: * denotes music clip *Lark in the Clear Aire, Slieve Galleon Braes, *Irish Brigade (Bold Fenian men/Hills of Shilo/ Skibereen/Ashoken Farewell) Carrick Fergus-Mary of Dunloe, Bonnie Kellswater, Factory Girls(Mo Mhuirnin Ban/Banks of the Bann/Factory Girls) Flower of Sweet Strabane, Islands (Dark Island/ Mist covered Mountains/Rhumm/Farewell Tarwathie)
Journey of the Celts takes us from the starvation and mass emigration in the 1840’s…to building hopeful new lives…and to the celebration of a people who have found success in every field of endeavour.Will Millar and Paul Horn have both enjoyed storied careers in music and have been recognized as ambassadors of music and culture the world over.
Passing of the Gael (Great Hunger/Leaving the HolyGround/Road to Derry Quay), *Farewell to Erin (Empty Fields/Kildare memory/To cross the Broad Atlantic) *Spirit Unbroken (The Bailiff in Hell/ Irish Recruits) Ships are Sailing (The Last Hornpipe/Off to California) A Fighting Race (Johnnie’s gone for a Soldier/Paddy’s Lament/Minstrel Boys) Music Box Memories ( Blind Mary/Once love a Lass/Parting/Deserted Village) Iron Paddies (Sullivan’s Saloon/Reelin’ in the Pints) Distant Horizons (Shenandoah/Western Plains/Bards and Cowboys/The Immigrant) *Island of Tears
Most of these melodies were born on nights in the North Antrim countryside of long ago. There is a host of fine memories in these tunes. There are faces and laughter and soft loving daydreams that live on and on. The players are my friends and like all good friends, we found a way to celbrate the life and our heritage that gave us this music.
This CD includes: Star of County Down (Rosheen Dubh/Women of Ireland/Star of Co Down/Suzie Maguire), Bird of Peace (Where the Moorcock Crows/ An Eirinn), Spirit of Place (Banks of the Claudy/Curragh of Kildare/ Limerick is Beautiful/Spancial Hill), *Haunted Kenbane(Blue hills of Antrim/Lady McQuillians Lament/Longships of Dunluce), A Terrible Beauty (Boolavogue/Foggy Dew/Valley of Knocknanure), Seascapes and Safe Harbours (Cliffs of Duneen/Carnlough Bay/Mingulay/Tyree Love Lilt), Summer in the Glens (Summer Has Come/Hills of Donegal/ Moved Thru the Faire/ Buachaill O’n Eirne), Atlantic Crossings (Parting Glass/Holy Ground/Farewell to Shamrock Shore/ Women of Ireland Reprise).
“A big Irish balloon full of great kids’ songs for children of all ages.”
This CD contains: *denotes music clipsHey Li Le Li Le, Waltzing with Bears, *The Keeper, Little Bitty Ball, Tree Planting Song, Sailing in the Bay, Biplane Evermore, *The Unicorn, Windy old Weather, Reel in Flickering Light, Rattlin’ Bog, Puff the Magic Dragon, *Whisky On Sunday, Tell Me Ma, All God’s Critters
Here is a link to a fun interview I had with Ronnie Allen out of Pennsylvania last year. It starts with the Unicorn Song and goes on to interview me.