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- Date Released: January 1, 1992
- Genre: International
- Style: Traditional Folk, Celtic/British Isles, Fusion
- Label: Green Linnet / The Orchard
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Altan has long been one of the most consistently thrilling of the current crop of traditional Irish groups, and it's difficult to pick a single highlight from their catalog. But if pressed, many fans and critics would pick either Harvest Storm or the equally fine Red Crow. Although the program is a fairly typical collection of traditional reel sets, jigs, Gaelic songs, and slow airs, every track feels as if it were chosen for a unique sort of loveliness -- the soaring beauty of the "Rosses Highlands" set, the curiously eerie hush of the traditional wedding song "Dónal Agus Mórag," the chugging energy of "Drowsy Maggie." The singing of fiddler Maighread Ní Mhaonaigh is particularly noteworthy on "Donal Agus Morag" and "'Si Do Mhaimeo Í" (the latter of which offers the unusual opportunity to hear a didgeridoo part on an Irish album). This is one of the last albums the group made with flutist Frankie Kennedy, who died of cancer after making one more album with them, the excellent Island Angel.
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| 01. |  |
Pretty Peg / New Ships A Sailing / The Bird's Nest / The Man From Bundoran |
3:37 |
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| 02. | |
Donal Agus Morag |
4:27 |
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| 03. | |
King Of The Pipers |
3:08 |
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| 04. | |
Seamus O'Shanahan's / Walking In Liffey Street |
2:33 |
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| 05. | |
Mo Choill |
4:10 |
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| 06. | |
The Snowy Path |
2:12 |
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| 07. | |
Drowsy Maggie / Rakish Paddy / Harvest Storm |
2:57 |
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| 08. | |
'Si Do Mhaimeo I |
2:50 |
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| 09. | |
McFarley's / Mill Na Maidi |
2:25 |
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| 10. | |
The Rosses Highlands |
2:58 |
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| 11. | |
A Nobleman's Wedding |
6:35 |
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| 12. | |
Bog An Lochain / Margaree Reel / The Humours Of Westport |
3:34 |
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| 13. | |
Dobbin's Flowery Vale |
4:20 |
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13 Total Tracks, 45:46 Total Length
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Credits
- Altan - Arranger // Altan - Main Performer // Dónal Lunny - Bass // Dónal Lunny - Keyboards // Dónal Lunny - Bodhran // Frankie Kennedy - Flute // Frankie Kennedy - Vocals (Background) // Frankie Kennedy - Whistle (Human) // Frankie Kennedy - Whistle (Instrument) // Daíthí Sproule - Guitar // Daíthí Sproule - Guitar // Ciarán Curran - Bouzouki // Ciarán Curran - Guitar // P.J. Curtis - Producer // Sean Devitt - Engineer // Frieda Gray - Dancer // Tom Hayes - Bass // Tom Hayes - Percussion // Tom Hayes - Jew's-Harp // Tom Hayes - Bodhran // Mark Kelly - Guitar // Mark Kelly - Vocals // Mark Kelly - Vocals (Background) // Brian Masterson - Engineer // Brian Masterson - Mixing // Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - Fiddle // Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - Vocals // Proinsias O'Maonaigh - Translation // Liam Ó Maonlaí - Didjeridu // Paul O'Shaughnessy - Fiddle // Paul O'Shaughnessy - Flute // Ciarán Tourish - Fiddle // Ciarán Tourish - Flute // Ciarán Tourish - Vocals (Background) // Ciarán Tourish - Whistle (Human) // Ciarán Tourish - Whistle (Instrument) // Aidan McGovern - Assistant Engineer // Ciaran Byrne - Assistant Engineer // Greenberg Kingsley - Design // Colm Henry - Photography // Ross Wilson - Artwork
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