Nights from the Alhambra

Nights from the Alhambra
Live album by Loreena McKennitt
Released August, 2007
Recorded September, 2006
Genre Folk, World music
Label Quinlan Road
Loreena McKennitt chronology
An Ancient Muse
(2006)		 Nights from the Alhambra
(2007)		 A Midwinter Night’s Dream
(2008)
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Nights from the Alhambra is a live album and DVD from the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist, Loreena McKennitt and is her first live concert DVD.[2] It was recorded in September 2006, live on location at the Palace of Charles V, in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, and released commercially in September 2007.

Track listing

Disk 1:

Disk 2:

The DVD track listing is the same except that all the songs are on the same disc. The DVD also includes McKennitt's spoken introductions to songs, which are omitted from the CDs.

Personnel

Tal Bergman: Drums and Percussion
Panos Dimitrakopoulos: Kanoun
Nigel Eaton: Hurdy Gurdy
Steáfán Hannigan: Uilleann Pipes, Bodhrán, Percussion
Brian Hughes: Band Leader, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Oud, Celtic Bouzouki
Caroline Lavelle: Cello
Rick Lazar: Percussion
Hugh Marsh: Violin
Tim Landers: Acoustic and Electric Bass
Loreena McKennitt: Vocals, Accordion, Harp, Piano
Donald Quan: Viola, Keyboards, Tabla
Sokratis Sinopoulos: Lyra
Haig Yazdjian: Oud

For a full listing of all personnel see[3].

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Quinlan Road - News and Views, Quinlanroad.com.
  3. ^ Quinlan Road - Explore The Music - Nights From The Alhambra, Quinlanroad.com.
Loreena McKennitt
Studio albums
Elemental (1985)  • To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987)  • Parallel Dreams (1989)  • The Visit (1991)  • The Mask and Mirror (1994)  • The Book of Secrets (1997)  • An Ancient Muse (2006)  • A Midwinter Night's Dream (2008)  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2010)
Live albums
Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts (1995)  • Live in Paris and Toronto (1999)  • Nights from the Alhambra (2007)  • A Mediterranean Odyssey (2009)
EPs
Videos
No Journey's End (1995)  • Nights from the Alhambra (2007)  • A Moveable Musical Feast (2008)
Compilations
A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland (2009)
Box sets
The Journey Begins (2008)
Singles
"The Lady of Shalott"  • "All Souls Night"  • "Courtyard Lullaby"  • "Greensleeves"  • "The Bonny Swans"  • "Santiago"  • "The Dark Night of the Soul"  • "The Mystic's Dreams"  • "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"  • "The Mummers' Dance"  • "Marco Polo"  • "Caravanserai"  • "Penelope's Song"  • "The Seven Rejoices of Mary"  • "Noël Nouvelet!"  • "Dante's Prayer"
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