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Harvest Storm

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Released
  
15 April 1992

Producer
  
P.J. Curtis

Artist
  
Altan

Label
  
Green Linnet Records

Length
  
45:42

Harvest Storm (1992)
  
Island Angel (1993)

Release date
  
15 April 1992

Genre
  
Celtic music

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Recorded
  
September – October 1991

Similar
  
Altan albums, Celtic music albums

Harvest Storm is the third studio album by Altan, released in April 1992 on the Green Linnet label.

Contents

D nal agus m rag altan harvest storm


Track listing

All titles arranged by Altan.

  1. "Pretty Peg/New Ships A-Sailing/The Bird's Nest/The Man From Bundoran" (reels) – 3:37
  2. "Dónal Agus Mórag/The New-Rigged Ship" (song and reel) – 4:27
  3. "King of the Pipers" (jig) – 3:08
  4. "Séamus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street" (jigs) – 2:33
  5. "Mo Choill" (song) – 4:10
  6. "The Snowy Path" (slip jig) – 2:12
  7. "Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm" (reels) – 2:57
  8. "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í" (song) – 2:50
  9. "McFarley's/Mill Na Máidí" (reels) – 2:25
  10. "The Rosses Highlands" (highlands) – 2:58
  11. "A Nobleman's Wedding" (song) – 6:35
  12. "Bog An Lochain/Margaree Reel/The Humours of Westport" (strathspey and reels) – 3:34
  13. "Dobbin's Flowery Vale" (slow air and reel) – 4:20

All titles are traditional except the following:

  • "Séamus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street" composed by Paul O'Shaughnessy
  • "The Snowy Path" composed by Mark Kelly
  • "Harvest Storm" composed by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

    • See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.

    "Mo Choill" ("My Love") is a song from a lady called "Rose of the songs" who had so many songs that she was known all over Ireland by a lot of people. It's a sad song about a man who goes off to sea and leaves his beloved one behind.

    Live recordings

    A live recording of the medley "Drowsie Maggie" performed by Altan in 1999 at the Cambridge Folk Festival is available on the Cambridge Folk Festival - A Celebration of Roots Music 1998-99 1-CD collective album. Released in 2000, this compilation includes a total of 17 live recordings from the Cambridge Folk Festivals 1998 & 1999.

    Altan

  • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, vocals
  • Frankie Kennedy – Flute, whistle, backing vocals
  • Ciarán Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
  • Paul O'Shaughnessy – Fiddle
  • Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar
  • Mark Kelly – Guitar, backing vocals
  • Dáithí Sproule – Guitar on "The Rosses Highlands", backing vocals

    • Guest musicians

  • Frieda Gray – Dancing on "Mill na Máidí"
  • Tommy Hayes – Bodhrán, bass bodhrán, percussion, jaw harp
  • Dónal Lunny – Keyboards, bass bodhrán on "Dónal Agus Mórag"
  • Liam Ó Maonlaí – Didgeridoo on "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í"

    • Production

  • P.J. Curtis – Producer
  • Brian Masterson – Engineer
  • Aidan McGovern – Assistant Engineer
  • Ciaran Byrne – Assistant Engineer
  • Greenberg Kingsley – Design
  • Ross Wilson – Artwork
  • Colm Henry – Photography

    • Songs

    1Pretty Peg
    2Dona Agus Morag4:26
    3King of the Pipers3:09

    References

    Harvest Storm Wikipedia
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