Harvest Storm

by Altan

Overview

Altan has long been one of the most consistently thrilling of the current crop of traditional Irish groups, and it's difficult to pick a single highlight from their catalog. But if pressed, many fans and critics would pick either Harvest Storm or the equally fine Red Crow. Although the program is a fairly typical collection of traditional reel sets, jigs, Gaelic songs, and slow airs, every track feels as if it were chosen for a unique sort of loveliness -- the soaring beauty of the "Rosses Highlands" set, the curiously eerie hush of the traditional wedding song "Donal Agus Morag," the chugging energy of "Drowsy Maggie." The singing of fiddler Maighread Ni Mhaonaigh is particularly noteworthy on "Donal Agus Morag" and "'Si Do Mhaimeo I" (the latter of which offers the unusual opportunity to hear a didgeridoo part on an Irish album). This is one of the last albums the group made with flutist Frankie Kennedy, who died of cancer after making one more album with them, the excellent Island Angel. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	01/05/1993
Label:	Green Linnet
UPC:	0048248111720
Rank:	93286

Tracks

1. Pretty Peg/New Ships a Sailing/The Bird's Nest/The Man From Bundoran
2. D¿¿nal Agus M¿¿rag
3. King of the Pipers
4. S¿¿amus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street
5. Mo Choill
6. The Snowy Path
7. Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm
8. S¿¿ Do Mhaimeo ¿¿
9. McFarley's/Mill Na M¿¿id¿¿
10. The Rosses Highlands
11. A Nobleman's Wedding
12. Bog An Lochain/Margree Reel/The Humours of Westport
13. Dobbin's Flowery Vale

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Altan   Primary Artist
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh   Fiddle,Vocals
Paul O'Shaughnessy   Flute,Fiddle
Tom Hayes   Bass,Bodhran,Jew's-Harp,Percussion
Ciaran Tourish   Fiddle,Whistle (Human),Vocals (Background),Whistle (Instrument),Flute
Mark Kelly   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Frankie Kennedy   Flute,Whistle (Human),Vocals (Background),Whistle (Instrument)
Donal Lunny   Bass,Bodhran,Keyboards
Liam O Maonlai   Didjeridu
Daithi Sproule   Guitar
Ciaran Curran   Guitar,Bouzouki

Technical Credits

Sean Devitt   Engineer
Ciaran Byrne   Assistant Engineer
Paul O'Shaughnessy   Composer
Colm Henry   Photography
Frieda Gray   Dancer
Proinsias O'Maonaigh   Translation
Greenberg Kingsley   Design
Ross Wilson   Artwork
P.J. Curtis   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Mark Kelly   Composer
Frankie Kennedy   Composer
Brian Masterson   Mixing,Engineer
Aidan McGovern   Assistant Engineer
Altan   Arranger
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh   Composer