{"product_id":"frank-harte-donal-lunny-when-adam-was-in-paradise","title":"Frank Harte \u0026 Donal Lunny - When Adam Was In Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Harte (14 May 1933 – 27 June 2005) was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and \u003cbr\u003electurer. He was born in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and raised in Dublin. \u003cbr\u003eHarte's introduction to Irish  traditional singing came, he said, from a chance listening to an itinerant \u003cbr\u003esing \"The Valley of Knockanure\": \u003cbr\u003eHarte won the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil singing competition on a number of occasions and in 2003, \u003cbr\u003ehe received the Traditional Singer of the Year award from the Irish-language television channel TG4. \u003cbr\u003eHarte recorded several albums and made numerous television and radio appearances, most notably \u003cbr\u003ethe Singing Voices series he wrote and presented for RTÉ Radio, which was produced by Peter Browne \u003cbr\u003ein 1987. \u003cbr\u003eHarte's first two LPs, though released with six years between them, were recorded in one session in \u003cbr\u003eEngland by Bill Leader with concertina accompaniment on some songs by Alf Edwards. \u003cbr\u003eIn September 2006, the first Frank Harte Festival was organised and held in Dublin by Jerry O'Reilly \u003cbr\u003eand other members of An Góilín Traditional Singer's Club. The second and third festivals were held in \u003cbr\u003eSeptember 2007 and 2008, again organised by An Góilín, and the festival has continued as an annual \u003cbr\u003eevent taking place on the last weekend of September each year. \u003cbr\u003eThe re-release of When Adam Was In Paradise on 27th June 2025 coincides with the 20th anniversary \u003cbr\u003eof Frank’s passing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DOLPHIN","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53206148153671,"sku":"TRI-66694","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/9a8c83dec4b36e766407cadec7972527.jpg?v=1769368059","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/frank-harte-donal-lunny-when-adam-was-in-paradise","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}