{"id":550,"date":"2020-02-07T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebow.ie\/extras\/umusic\/backend\/?post_type=news&p=550"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:09:15","slug":"legendary-irish-folk-band-stocktons-wing-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"music-news","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/legendary-irish-folk-band-stocktons-wing-retrospective\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Irish Folk Band Stockton’s Wing Retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[289,290,92,116,291,275,292,287,293],"category_post":[13],"acf":{"intro_copy":"Universal Music Ireland and Tara Music are delighted to announce the release of a very special anthology of Stockton\u2019s Wing\u2019s music. For the first time ever, a definitive career-spanning collection of their legendary and groundbreaking blend of trad, folk, and pop has been compiled onto one wonderful double set.","smudge":false,"section_news":[{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_image","image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green.jpg","image_orientation":"landscape","copy":"

Founded in 1979, Legendary Irish Folk Band Stockton’s Wing is one of the most influential Irish bands<\/a> there is. Spanning four decades of the band’s works, this completely remastered retrospective documents the history of a truly seminal Irish band.<\/p>\n

This collection features everything from soft, introverted ballads, to whirling fiddle tunes. That’s not to mention the out-and-out pop hits like; “Beautiful Affair” and “Walk Away”. Fans will be delighted with a treasure-trove of previously unreleased tracks. In particular, their duet with Christy Moore from the RT\u00c9 Archives. This is a collection that tells the story of an ensemble of musicians, songwriters, and arrangers with a mutual desire to blur the lines between traditional Irish music and pop.<\/p>\n

It includes:<\/p>\n

\u2013 41 newly remastered Jigs, Reels & Hits on 2CDs<\/p>\n

\u2013 14 tracks that have been previously unavailable on CD or digitally<\/p>\n

\u2013 4 unreleased tracks on the 2CD and digital versions<\/p>\n

\u2013 Duets with The Dubliners and Christy Moore<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 Two brand new live recordings<\/p>\n

…making this a must-have album for any lover of great Irish music. Stockon’s Wing also play TradFest<\/a>, and will be performing at Gl\u00f3r in Ennis<\/a>, Clare.<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR: A STOCKTON\u2019S WING RETROSPECTIVE is available on January 17th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Legendary Irish Folk Band Stockton’s Wing “It\u2019s a Beautiful Affair”. Lose yourself in it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"cta","copy":"Pre-Order Stockton's Wing","link":"https:\/\/umi.lnk.to\/BeautifulAffairVinylWE","cta_copy_color":"#ffffff","alignment":"center"}],"block_type":"image-content","thumbnail_size":"height-2","image_thumbnail":{"ID":551,"id":551,"title":"Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green","filename":"Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green.jpg","filesize":8092984,"url":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green.jpg","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/legendary-irish-folk-band-stocktons-wing-retrospective\/stocktons-wing-4_r_v3_vinyl_green\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"stocktons-wing-4_r_v3_vinyl_green","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":550,"date":"2020-02-07 13:00:18","modified":"2020-02-07 13:00:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2362,"height":1575,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":525,"medium_large-height":350,"large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green-1024x683.jpg","large-width":525,"large-height":350,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1366,"twentyseventeen-featured-image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green-2000x1200.jpg","twentyseventeen-featured-image-width":2000,"twentyseventeen-featured-image-height":1200,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stocktons-Wing-4_R_v3_Vinyl_Green-100x100.jpg","twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-width":100,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-height":100}},"display_tag":true,"related":false,"tag_color":"","meta_description":"Legendary Irish folk band, Stockton\u2019s Wing are back with a new release of their \"BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR: A STOCKTON\u2019S WING RETROSPECTIVE\"","social_share_image":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/music-news\/550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/music-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/music-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"category_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_post?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}