- celtic, folk
- 46 min
- 13 tracks
- Green Linnet
Altan is the second (studio) album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, originally released in 1987 by Green Linnet Records. The musicians appearing on this album are substantially those that became the early incarnation of the band Altan. The band later (retroactively) called Altan their debut album.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1The Highlandman / The Cliffs of Glencolumbkille / Old Cuffe Street3:17
- 2An tSeanchailleach Gallda / Dermot Byrne’s3:09
- 3Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh5:16
- 4The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie3:14
- 5Ceol a’Phíobaire3:54
- 6Tommy Peoples’ / Loch Altan / Danny Meehan’s3:29
- 7Rogha an Ghabha / Charlie O’Donnell’s2:45
- 8The Sunset3:42
- 9Thug Mé Rúide4:27
- 10Humours of Whiskey / The Fairy Jig / Humours of Whiskey3:20
- 11Jimmy Lyon’s / Leslie’s Reel2:24
- 12Cití na gCumann3:59
- 13Con Cassidy’s Highland / Neilly O’Boyle’s Highland & Reel3:06
13 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Green Linnet
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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