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Lúnasa (album)

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Recorded
  
October 1997

Lúnasa (1998)
  
Otherworld 1999

Release date
  
16 January 1998

Genre
  
Celtic music

Length
  
46:34 / 51:29

Artist
  
Lúnasa

Label
  
Compass Records

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Released
  
16 January 1998, 2001 (re-release)

Similar
  
Otherworld, The Story So Far, The Kinnitty Sessions, Sé, The Merry Sisters of Fate

Lúnasa is an album by Lúnasa that was released twice, first in 1998 on their own label, and again in 2001 on Compass Records. It is the band's first major release. The piping on the album was done by John McSherry, as Cillian Vallely was not part of the group at the time.

Contents

The first eleven tracks are the names of the months in the Irish calendar. 'Lúnasa', the word for August, was omitted.

The first release of the album contained eleven tracks; a twelfth track was added for the re-release.

Wayne Sheehy of Hothouse Flowers is a fan of the album, once commenting that he "loves" it.

Track listing

  1. Eanáir
    (Lord Mayo, Gavotte, The Maids Of Mt. Cisco)
  2. Feabhra
    (An Erc'h War An Enezeg (Snow On The Island), Brenda Stubbert's, Thunderhead)
  3. Márta
    (The Noonday Feast, The Waterbed, Sully's No. 6)
  4. Aibreann
    (The Last Pint)
  5. Bealtaine
    (Hogties, Promenade, Gan Ainm)
  6. Meitheamh
    (Fleur De Mandragore, The Ashplant, Siobhan O'Donnell's)
  7. Iúil
    (Frailock)
  8. Meán Fómhair
    (Colonel Frazer)
  9. Deireadh Fómhair
    (Terry 'Cuz' Teehan's, Alice's)
  10. Mí Na Samhna
    (Jizaique, Baby Rory's, Dub)
  11. Mí Na Nollag
    (The Kerfuntan, Eddie Kelly's, Give Us A Drink Of Water)
  12. Jacky Molard's / The Hunter's Purse (live recording) (bonus track on 2001 version)

Personnel

  • Michael McGoldrick – flute, low whistle
  • John McSherry – low whistle, uillean pipes
  • Donogh Hennessy – guitar
  • Seán Smyth – fiddle, swanee (slide whistle)
  • Trevor Hutchinson – double bass, mixing
  • Joe Chester – mixing
  • Aiden Foley – mastering
  • Earle Hitchner – liner Notes
  • Naoimh Ingram – cover design
  • Griffin Norman – packaging
  • Songs

    1Eanair5:29
    2Feabhra4:32
    3Márta4:31

    References

    Lúnasa (album) Wikipedia