Another Sky is the seventh studio album by Irish traditional band Altan. It was released in February 2000 on the Narada Productions label.
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| Released | 29 February 2000 | |||
| Genre | Irish Traditional Folk | |||
| Length | 49:32 | |||
| Label | Narada | |||
| Producer | Altan | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1][a] |
Overview edit
The album title "Another Sky" derives from a line in Steve Cooney's song "Island Girl", which Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh sings on the album with Cooney himself as accompanist. This album is a slight departure from previous Altan albums, in that there is a Bob Dylan song. The album also features the Scots language song, "Green Grow The Rushes" by Robert Burns. A video was released for the Irish track "Beidh Aonach Amárach".
Another Sky was also mixed by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Gary Paczosa.
Track listing edit
- "Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's a Fair Tomorrow)" (Trad. Irish) – 4:20
- "Green Grow the Rushes" (Trad. arr. Robert Burns) – 3:57
- "The King of Meenasillagh/Lamey's/The High Fiddle Reel" (Trad./Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh) – 2:49
- "Island Girl" (Steve Cooney) – 4:09
- "Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin" (Trad. Irish) – 3:48
- "Ten Thousand Miles" (Trad.) – 3:05
- "Gusty's Frolics/Con's Slip Jig/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/The Humours of Whiskey" (Trad.) – 5:07
- Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan) – 3:28
- The Verdant Braes of Screen (Trad.) – 3:25
- "The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/ Siuns Reel" (Trad/Ciaran Tourish) – 3:18
- "Tiocfaidh an Samhradh (Summer Will Come)" (Trad. Irish) – 3:36
- "The Ookpik Waltz" (Trad.) – 4:47
- "The Waves of Gola" (Mark Kelly) – 3:44
Album tracks performed live edit
Altan played live in concert the following tracks:
- "Green Grow the Rushes"
- "Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin"
- "Ten Thousand Miles"
- "Gusty's Frolics/Con's Slip Jig/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/The Humours of Whiskey"
- "The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/ Siuns Reel"
Personnel edit
Altan edit
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, Vocals
- Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
- Dermot Byrne – Accordion
- Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
- Mark Kelly – Guitar, backing vocals
- Dáithí Sproule – Guitar, backing vocals
Guest musicians edit
- Steve Cooney – Bass, guitar
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro
- Jimmy Higgins – Bodhrán
- James Hutchinson (musician) - Bass
- Mick Kinsella – Harmonica
- Dónal Lunny – keyboards
- Neil Martin – Cello, keyboards
- Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill – Piano
- Mick O'Brien – Uilleann pipes
- Bonnie Raitt – Slide guitar
- String quartet:
- Bill Butt
- Niamh Nelson
- Alan Smale
- Gillian Williams
Production edit
- Altan – Producer
- Conal Markey – Engineer
- Gary Paczosa – Mixer
- Doug Sax – Mastering
- Dave McKean – Design, illustration
- Paul McCarthy – Band Photography
- Jan Voster – Landscape Photography
References edit
Notes
- ^ Allmusic errenously refers to 'Maircad Ni Mhaonaigh ' as the lead singer/violinist; they are mistaken and may have misspelled actual bandmember Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's name. This is the case with many Allmusic reviews of Altan's music - other errenous 'variants' include 'Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill' [a wholly different person], 'Maighread Ní Mhaonaigh' and 'Maighread'.
- ^ Widran, Jonathan. Another Sky at AllMusic
External links edit
- Beidh Aonach Amárach on YouTube - Official video
- Another Sky at AllMusic