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Memento Mori

Memento Mori

  • Overview
  • Cast

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 14, 2008

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Music, Documentary, Drama, Horror

Original Title

The Chieftains

Production Companies

BBC, BBC Four

Description

Profile of the band who has helped to save Irish traditional music from disappearing, spreading its sound and popularity across the world for more than four decades. Featuring interviews with the current four members - fiddler Sean Keane, vocalist and bodhran player Kevin Conneff, flautist Matt Molloy and band leader Paddy Moloney, who plays pipes and whistle - and tributes from fans including Keith Richards, Sting, Elvis Costello, Sir James Galway and Andrea Corr.