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Blackwater (Altan album)

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Released
  
5 April 1996

Blackwater (1996)
  
Runaway Sunday (1997)

Release date
  
5 April 1996

Genre
  
Celtic music

Length
  
39:33

Artist
  
Altan

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Producer
  
Altan and Brian Masterson

Places recorded
  
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland

Similar
  
Altan albums, Celtic music albums

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

  1. "Johnny Boyle's/King of the Pipers" (Jigs) (Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 3.30
  2. "Dark Haired Lass/Biddy From Muckross/Sean Maguire's" (Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:51
  3. "Stór, A Stór, A Ghrá" (song) (Traditional) (Irish) - 2:51
  4. "Strathspey/Con McGinley's/The Newfoundland Reel" (Strathspey and Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) -3:11
  5. "Tá Mé 'Mo Shuí (I am awake)" (song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 4:08
  6. "An Gasúr Mor/Bunker Hill/Dogs Among the Bushes" (Hornpipe and Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:36
  7. "Molly Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin (The curly haired Molly)"(song) (Traditional) (Irish) - 4:57
  8. "Jenny Picking Cockles/Farewell to Leitrim/John Doherty's" (Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:41
  9. "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Báine" (song) (Traditional) (sung in English and Irish) - 2:38
  10. "The Dance of the Honeybees" (hornpipe) (Charlie Lennon) (Instr) - 3:24
  11. "Blackwaterside" (song) (Traditional) (English) - 3:43
  12. "A Tune for Frankie" (jig) (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh) - 3:25

Altan

  • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, vocals
  • Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
  • Dermot Byrne – Accordion, melodeon
  • Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
  • Mark Kelly – Guitar, backing vocals
  • Dáithí Sproule – Guitar, backing vocals

    • Guest musicians

  • Steve Cooney – Bass (tracks 7, 9, 10, 12), backing vocals (tracks 3, 7)
  • Conan Doyle – Backing vocals (track 3)
  • Jimmy Higgins – Bodhrán (tracks 1, 3, 5), darrbuka (track 8), snare drum (track 7), wood block (track 9), clay drums (track 3)
  • Dónal Lunny – Bouzouki (track 10), bodhrán (tracks 4, 7, 9, 12), keyboards (tracks 5, 7, 9, 12)
  • Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill – Backing vocals (track 3)
  • Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill – Backing vocals (track 3), piano (track 11)
  • Anna Ní Mhaonaigh – Backing vocals (track 7)
  • Brendan Power – Harmonica (tracks 3, 7, 9)
  • String quartet:
  • Máire Breatnach — Viola
  • Annette Cleary — Cello
  • David James — Cello
  • Tommy Kane — Violin

    • Production

  • Brian Masterson – Producer, Engineer
  • David Scheinmann – Photography
  • The Design Corporation – Design

    • Songs

    1Johnny Boyle's / King of the Pipers3:30
    2Dark Haired Lass2:52
    3'Stór - A Stór - A Ghrá2:51

    References

    Blackwater (Altan album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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