Released 5 April 1996 Release date 5 April 1996 | Length 39:33 | |
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Altan blackwaterside
Blackwater is the fifth studio album by Altan, released in April 1996 on the Virgin Records label. Three of the songs are sung in Irish. "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Baine" is sung partly in English and in Irish. "Blackwaterside" is sung in English. The final tune is a tribute to Frankie Kennedy written by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh herself.
Contents
Track listing
- "Johnny Boyle's/King of the Pipers" (Jigs) (Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 3.30
- "Dark Haired Lass/Biddy From Muckross/Sean Maguire's" (Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:51
- "Stór, A Stór, A Ghrá" (song) (Traditional) (Irish) - 2:51
- "Strathspey/Con McGinley's/The Newfoundland Reel" (Strathspey and Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) -3:11
- "Tá Mé 'Mo Shuí (I am awake)" (song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 4:08
- "An Gasúr Mor/Bunker Hill/Dogs Among the Bushes" (Hornpipe and Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:36
- "Molly Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin (The curly haired Molly)"(song) (Traditional) (Irish) - 4:57
- "Jenny Picking Cockles/Farewell to Leitrim/John Doherty's" (Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:41
- "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Báine" (song) (Traditional) (sung in English and Irish) - 2:38
- "The Dance of the Honeybees" (hornpipe) (Charlie Lennon) (Instr) - 3:24
- "Blackwaterside" (song) (Traditional) (English) - 3:43
- "A Tune for Frankie" (jig) (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh) - 3:25
Altan
Guest musicians
Production
Songs
1Johnny Boyle's / King of the Pipers3:30
2Dark Haired Lass2:52
3'Stór - A Stór - A Ghrá2:51
References
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