Bothy

Normally, your eye travels on unimpeded over this roof, around the sloping Bothy Garden.

Jaume Plensa Is Deep in Thought Emma Crichton-Miller 2011

The Bothy Band only produced three studio albums and one live album in their short history, but all traditional Irish music that has come since bears their influence.

The Bothy Band smg58 2007

While I obviously never got the chance to see The Bothy Band perform live -- I've seen all of them, Tommy Peoples included, play separately -- their greatness on record keeps them at a level above all the Irish bands that have followed.

The Bothy Band smg58 2007

The energy level of the playing on The Bothy Band 1975 had not been heard on any traditional Irish recording that preceded it.

The Bothy Band smg58 2007

We would drive at night from job to job, listening to cassette tapes of the Bothy Band.

Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007

The following year saw the release of a live album After Hours, recorded in Paris, but The Bothy Band never returned to the studio, and played their last show in 1979.

The Bothy Band smg58 2007

I had only recently discovered the Bothy Band at that time and didn't really know anything about Nightnoise, but he happily indulged all of my questions about his past, and left a lasting favorable impression with me.

Archive 2006-07-01 digitaldoc 2006

Mícheál and Tríona had bigger things in store for them, however; in 1975 they teamed up with Donal Lunny, Paddy Keenan, Matt Molloy, and Tommy Peoples to form The Bothy Band.

Two Noteworthy Passings smg58 2006

I kept waiting to hear of new work from them, and secretly hoped that I would live long enough to see a Bothy Band reunion concert, but I guess that won't happen now.

Archive 2006-07-01 digitaldoc 2006

Despite a brief four years of existence, the Bothy Band are widely regarded as the very best and most influential of all the Irish traditional bands.

Two Noteworthy Passings smg58 2006