Blackwater (Altan album)

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Blackwater
Blackwater cover
Studio album by Altan
Released 1996
Genre Celtic
Length 39:33
Label Virgin
Professional reviews
Altan chronology
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Blackwater, an album by Altan, was released in 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 partly in Irish. "Blackwaterside" is sung in English. The final tune is a tribute to Frankie Kennedy.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Johnny Boyle's/ King of the Pipers" (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) (Gaelic) - 2:51
  4. "Strathspey/ Con McGinley's/ The Newfoundland Reel" (Strathspey and Reels) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad) (Instr) -3:11
  5. "Tá Mé 'Mo Shui (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 Chuilleaníin (The curly haired Molly)"(song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 4:57
  8. "Jenny Picking Cockles/ Farewell to Leitrim/ John Doherty's" (Reels) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad) (Instr) - 2:41
  9. "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Baine" (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 Ni Mhaonaigh) - 3:25

[edit] Credits

Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, backing vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion, melodeon), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, backing vocals), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, backing vocals).

Guests: Donal Lunny (bouzouki on track 10, bodhrans on 4,7,9,12, keyboards on 5,7,9,12), Steve Cooney (bass on 7,9,10,12), backing vocals on 3 and7, Jimmy Higgins (bodhran on 1,3,5darrbuka on 8, snare drum on 7, wood block on 9, clay drums on 3), Brendan Power (harmonica on 3,7,9), Triona Ní Dhomhnaill (piano on 11, backing vocals on 3), Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill (backing vocals on 3), Anna Ni Mhaonaigh (backing vocals on 7), Conan Doyle (backing vocals on 3) . There is a string quartet on "Blackwaterside", including Máire Breathnach on viola.

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