More from the Jimmy McCarthy songbook for you. Mary Black is my favorite Irish artist, and if you look over at my library, you'll see it's packed with her recordings. She has the most expressive voice and the ballsiest catalog of material of just about any singer I know of, and for me, she is Ireland. My maternal great-grandfather was born in County Cork, so that's my connection to that homela...
One of my favorite Nanci Griffith songs is "Going Gone." It's so catchy and sweet, I find myself hitting the replay button at least three or four times whenever I listen to it. Mary Black's version is just as great. It's on Without the Fanfare.