Blackwater (Altan album)

Blackwater (Altan album)

Infobox Album
Name = Blackwater
Type = Album
Artist = Altan


Released = 1996
Recorded = Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Genre = Celtic
Length = 39:33
Label = Virgin
Producer = Altan and Brian Masterson
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pc3tk6rxqkra~T1 link]
Last album = "Island Angel"
This album = "Blackwater"
Next album = "Runaway Sunday"

"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.

Track listing

# "Johnny Boyle's/ King of the Pipers" (Trad/ Trad) (Instr) - 3.30
# "Dark Haired Lass/ Biddy From Muckross/ Sean Maguire's" (Reels) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad) (Instr) - 2:51
# "Stór, A Stór, A Ghrá"' (song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 2:51
# "Strathspey/ Con McGinley's/ The Newfoundland Reel" (Strathspey and Reels) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad) (Instr) -3:11
# "Tá Mé 'Mo Shuí (I am awake)" (song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 4:08
# "An Gasúr Mor/ Bunker Hill/ Dogs Among the Bushes" (Hornpipe and Reels) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad) (Instr) - 2:36
# "Molly Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin (The curly haired Molly)"(song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 4:57
# "Jenny Picking Cockles/ Farewell to Leitrim/ John Doherty's" (Reels) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad) (Instr) - 2:41
# "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Báine" (song) (Traditional) (sung in English and Irish) - 2:38
# "The Dance of the Honeybees" (hornpipe) (Charlie Lennon) (Instr) - 3:24
# "Blackwaterside" (song) (Traditional) (English) - 3:43
# "A Tune for Frankie" (jig) (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh) - 3:25

Personnel

*Mairéad Ní MhaonaighFiddle, Vocals
*Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, Whistle, Vocals (backing)
*Dermot Byrne – Accordion, Melodeon
*Ciaran Curran – Bouzouki
*Mark Kelly – Guitar, Vocals (backing)
*Dáithí SprouleGuitar, Vocals (backing)

Guests Musicians

*Dónal Lunnybouzouki on 10, bodhrán on 4,7,9,12, keyboards on 5,7,9,12
*Steve Cooney – bass on 7,9,10,12, backing vocals on 3,7
*Jimmy Higgins – bodhrán on 1,3,5, darrbuka on 8, snare drum on 7, wood block on 9, clay drums on 3
*Brendan Power – harmonica on 3,7,9
*Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill – backing vocals on 3, piano on 11
*Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill – backing vocals on 3
*Anna Ni Mhaonaigh – backing vocals on 7
*Conan Doyle – backing vocals on 3
*Tommy Kane (Violin), Máire Breathnach (Viola), David James (Cello), Annette Cleary(Cello) – String Quartet

Production

*Brian Masterson – Producer, Engineer
*David Scheinmann – Photography
*The Design Corporation – Design

References

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