''Fire in the Kitchen'' is a
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recorded by
The Chieftains
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, in collaboration with an array of
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folk
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musical guests, and released in 1998.
The Chieftains, who were touring Canada that year, had not originally intended to release an album, but unexpectedly ended up recording a number of informal live sessions with guest musicians. The resulting album was billed primarily as a compilation, rather than a Chieftains album ''
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'', although the Chieftains appear on all of the album's tracks.
Track listing
#"Madame Bonaparte/
Devil's Dream/Mason's Apron" with
Leahy
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#"An Innis Aigh" with
The Rankins
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#"
Lukey/Lukaloney" with
Great Big Sea
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#"
My Bonnie
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" with
Laura Smith
#"My Home/The Contradiction/Julia Delaney" with
Ashley MacIsaac
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#"Come by the Hills" with
Rita MacNeil
#"
Fingal's Cave
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" with
Natalie MacMaster
Natalie MacMaster (born June 13, 1972) is a Canadian fiddler from Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. MacMaster has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, and Alison Krauss, and has recorded ...
#"A Mhairi Bhoidheach" with
Mary Jane Lamond
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#"Rattlin' Roarin' Willie" with
Barra MacNeils
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#"
Red Is the Rose
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" with
The Ennis Sisters
#"Le Lys Vert" with
La Bottine Souriante
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References
The Chieftains albums
Compilation albums by Canadian artists
1998 compilation albums
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