Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen

Gleann Nimhe
Studio album by Altan
Released United States 28 February 2012
Europe&Australia 8 March 2012
Republic of Ireland 9 March 2012[1]
United Kingdom 12 March 2012[1]
Recorded

April 2011-January 2012[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] by Billy Robinson at The Steeples Studios, Ramelton, Ireland

Additional recordings:

by Manus Lunny at Stiúidió na Mara, An Bhráid, Tír Chonaill, Na Rosa (The Rosses), Co. Donegal, Ireland

by Alwyn Walker at Westlands Studios, Dublin, Ireland &

by John Walker at The Villa, Savage, Minnesota, USA

Genre Celtic
Length 51:56
Label

Compass Records (US)

Keltia (France)

Producer Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & Altan
Altan chronology
25th Anniversary Celebration
(2010)
Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen
(2012)
The Widening Gyre
(2015)

Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen is the eleventh studio album by Irish folk music group Altan and their tenth studio album of original material, released in late February / early March 2012 on the Compass Records label.[9]

Overview

Presentation

This is the first studio album of original material to be released by Altan in (exactly) 7 years (since the release of Local Ground on 1 March 2005).

About the tracks

The album features An Ghealóg, a song composed by Martin Tourish who would later join the band replacing Dermot Byrne, temporarily starting from the extensive Fall 2013 (mostly) German tour and permanently since Dermot Byrne's departure from the band in early 2014.

Track listing

  1. "A Fig for a Kiss/The Turf Cutter" - 2.47 (Slip Jigs)
  2. "Seolta Geala" - 3.59 (Song)
  3. "The Ardara Girls/The Backdoor Highlands/Fáscadh Mo Léine (The Wringing of my Shirt)/Reel in A/Ciarán Tourish's Reel" - 6.05 (Highlands and Reels) (sometimes called "The Ardara Set")
  4. "An Ghealóg" - 4.57 (Song)
  5. "Caitlín Triall" - 3.22 (Song)
  6. "The New Rigged Ship/Eddie Curran's/The Monaghan Twig/Kitty the Hare" - 4.27 (Reels)
  7. "The Blackest Crow" - 4.50 (Song)
  8. "The Lancers Jig/The Further in the Deeper" - 3.11 (Also known as "John Doherty's Jigs"[nb 1])
  9. "The Lily of the West" - 4.33 (Song)
  10. "The Wheels of the World" - 4.03 (Reel)
  11. "Cailín Deas Crúite na mBó" - 4.23 (Song)
  12. "Tommy Potts' Slip Jig" - 2.48
  13. "The House at the Corner" - 2.31 (Tune)

See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.

Credits

Produced by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Altan.

Recorded at The Steeples Studios, Ramelton, Co. Donegal, Ireland by Billy Robertson.

Additional recordings by:

Mixed by Billy Robinson, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Altan, except track #1, mixed by Alwyn Walker, Billy Robinson, Ciarán Tourish and Altan.

Mastered by Terry McGinty at Valley Studios, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.

All tracks traditional, arranged by Altan except:

Track notes (excerpts)

Live performances

Altan played live in concert the following tracks: "A Fig for a Kiss/The Turf Cutter", "Seolta Geala", "The Ardara Set", "An Ghealóg", "Caitlín Triall", "The New Rigged Ship/Eddie Curran's/The Monaghan Twig/Kitty the Hare", "The Blackest Crow" & "The Lancers Jig/The Further in the Deeper".

Personnel

Altan

Guest musicians

Notes

  1. As these jigs are from the playing of John Doherty, according to Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh who introduced this track that way on stage during a concert on 15 May 2012 in Lyon, France.

References

External links

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