Traveler's Prayer

by John Renbourn

Overview

Celtic music was quite popular in the late '90s. Blame that faux-Irish RIVERDANCE business, if you must. The fact is that a lot of folk artists made obligatory Irish albums, most of which were pretty forgettable. John Renbourn's A TRAVELLER'S PRAYER is not one of those. It's not the guitarist's most inspired work; of his solo releases, THE LADY AND THE UNICORN retains that honor. But Renbourn's personal style is close enough to traditional Irish music that A TRAVELLER'S PRAYER doesn't sound like too much of a stretch. Renbourn's preferred field is Renaissance and medieval music, meaning that his music is less exclusively British than that of folk artists working in more recent vintages. He therefore has fewer stylistic tropes to unlearn and re-learn. Though some of the Celtic-ized arrangements are a bit soppy, A TRAVELLER'S PRAYER is mostly very pleasant.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/1998
Label:	Shanachie
UPC:	0016351781826
Rank:	44740

Tracks

1. Bunyan's Hymn (Monks Gate)
2. When the Wind Begins to Sing
3. Wexford Lullaby
4. I Saw Three Ships/Newgate Hornpipe
5. Planxty Llanthony/Loftus Jones
6. Fagottanz
7. At the Break of Day
8. Traveller's Prayer
9. South Wind/Feathered Nest
10. Estampie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Renbourn   Primary Artist,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Pipe,Flute,Fiddle,Recorder,Clarinet
Joe McKenna   Guest Artist,Uillean Pipes,Whistle (Human)
Maire Breatnach   Guest Artist,Fiddle
The Voice Squad   Guest Artist
Maighread Ni Dhomnaill   Guest Artist,Vocals
Nik Turner   Percussion
Gerry Cullen   Vocals
Dick Lee   Clarinet,Recorder
Billy Kemp   Percussion
Phil Callery   Vocals
Fran McPhail   Vocals

Technical Credits

John Renbourn   Overdub Engineer,Producer,Composer,Arranger
Nik Turner   Engineer
Joan Pelosi   Design
Paul Ashe-Brown   Engineer
Trevor Hutchinson   Engineer
Traditional   Composer