Distant Shore is the second solo album by Irish singer Órla Fallon. It was released in September 2009 under label Spring Hill Music Group.[1] It was also released in 2010 under the label Green Hill Music on 20 April 2010.[2]

Distant Shore
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2009 (2009-09)
StudioWindmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland)
Dark Horse Studios ( Nashville, Tennessee)
LabelSpring Hill, Green Hill Music
ProducerDan Shea
Eoghan O'Neill
Órla Fallon chronology
The Water is Wide
(2000)
Distant Shore
(2009)
Music of Ireland: Welcome Home
(2010)

The album was produced by Dan Shea and Eoghan O'Neill. It was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland and at Dark Horse Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

The album "mixes traditional, contemporary, and original compositions."[4]

Track listing edit

No. Title[5] Composer(s) / Arranger(s) Length
1 Who Knows? Peter Eades, Orla Fallon[6] 4:37
2 Distant Shore Dan Shea, John Bettis 4:29
3 Dancing In The Moonlight Orla Fallon[4] 3:56
4 My Land Secret Garden (Rolf Lovland, Alana Graham, Brendan Graham) 3:56
5 Shooting Star Peter Eades, Orla Fallon 3:15
6 Bean An Ti Eoghan O'Neill, Des Moore[7] 2:51
7 Always There Secret Garden (Rolf Lovland, Brendan Graham) 4:08
8 Voices On The Wind Little Feat[2] 4:47
9 Simple Love Sarah Siskind[2] 4:30
10 My Waking World Ray Fean[8] 3:55
11 Eleanor Plunkett: Trip To Shanbally, Michael O'Dwyer's Turlough O'Carolan, Eoghan O'Neill, Des Moore[9] 4:43
12 You'll Never Be The Sun Donagh Long[10] 4:05
13 Hard Times Stephen Foster[4] 3:44

Note: Track 5 is a song that was originally written earlier for the 2005/2006 Celtic Woman world tours.

Personnel edit

  • Shannon Forrest - drums
  • Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Dan Shea - acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano, keyboards
  • Des Moore - acoustic guitar
  • Noel Eccles - percussion
  • Jim Brickman - piano
  • Dónal Lunny - bouzouki
  • Liam Bradley
  • Orla Fallon - vocals, harp, background vocals
  • Feargal Murray
  • Máíire Breatnach - fiddle, viola
  • Robbie Harris - bodhran
  • Alan Smale - strings
  • Beth "Diva" Davis
  • David James, Jr.
  • Missi Hale - background vocals
  • Todd Denman - whistling, pipe

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References edit

  1. ^ Orla Fallon (2009-09-22), Distant Shore, Spring Hill, ASIN B002LB6ELA
  2. ^ a b c d "Orla Fallon - Distant Shore CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  3. ^ Jones, Tyler. "Orla Fallon". Vitality Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  4. ^ a b c "Orla Fallon - Distant Shore (Album Review)". www.musicbox-online.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  5. ^ Orla Fallon (2009-09-22), Distant Shore, Spring Hill, ASIN B002LB6ELA
  6. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-07), Who Knows?, retrieved 2016-03-28
  7. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-07), Bean An Ti, retrieved 2016-03-28
  8. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-08), My Waking World, retrieved 2016-03-28
  9. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-07), Eleanor Plunkett: Trip to Shanbally, Michael O'Dwyer's, retrieved 2016-03-28
  10. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-08), You'll Never Be The Sun, retrieved 2016-03-28