Island Angel
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Island Angel is the fourth studio album by Altan, released in 1993 on the Green Linnet label.
All titles are traditional except the following:
Track listing
All arrangements are by Altan.- "Tommy Peoples/The Windmill/Fintan McManus's" – 3:14
- "Bríd Óg Ní Mháille" – 5:00
- "Fermanagh Highland/Donegal Highland/John Doherty's/King George IV" – 4:06
- "An Mhaighdean Mhara" – 2:52
- "Andy de Jarlis/Ingonish/Mrs. McGhee" – 3:34
- "Humours of Andytown/Kylebrack Rambler/The Gladstone" – 3:15
- "DúlamánDúlamánDúlamán is the third studio album by Irish folk group Clannad. It was released in 1976. It is named for its first track, a rendition of the Irish folk song, Dúlamán.-Track listing:# "Dúlamán" – 4:34# "Cumha Eoghain Rua Uí Néill" – 4:09...
" – 3:42 - "Mazurka" – 2:42
- "The Jug of Punch" – 3:29
- "Glory Reel/The Heathery Cruach" – 2:54
- "An Cailín Gaelach" – 3:24
- "Drumnagarry/Pirrie Wirrie/Big John's" – 3:29
- "Aingeal an Oileáin/Island Angel" – 3:40
All titles are traditional except the following:
- "The Windmill Reel" – composed by Ciaran Tourish
- "Angeal An Oileáin/Island Angel" – composed by Mairéad Ní MhaonaighMairéad Ní MhaonaighMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....
- "Humours of Andytown" – composed by Frankie KennedyFrankie KennedyFrankie Kennedy was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh...
- "Fintan McManus's Reel" – composed by Fintan McManus
- "The Kylebrack Rambler" – composed by Finbar Dwyer
- "Andy de Jarlis/Ingonish/Mrs. McGhee" – composed by Mike McDougall
Personnel
- Mairéad Ní MhaonaighMairéad Ní MhaonaighMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....
– FiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, vocals - Frankie KennedyFrankie KennedyFrankie Kennedy was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh...
– FluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, low whistleTin whistleThe tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...
, vocals (backing) - Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, vocals (backing)
- Ciarán Curran – BouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, bouzouki-guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Mark Kelly – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals (backing) - Dáithí SprouleDáithí SprouleDáithí Sproule is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music from Derry, Northern Ireland. His niece is the singer songwriter Claire Sproule.-Biography:...
– Guitar, vocals (backing)
Guest musicians
- Dermot Byrne – AccordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
(tracks 1,6,8) - Steve Cooney – BassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
(tracks 7,9) - Tommy Hayes – Percussion (tracks 7,9,10,12)
- Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
– BodhránBodhránThe bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
, keyboardsMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, bouzouki (tracks 1,2,4,7,9,13) - Neil Martin – CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
(track 2) - Anna Ní Mhaonaigh – Vocals (backing) (track 7)
Production
- Brian Masterson and Altan – Producer
- Brian Masterson – Engineer
- Alister McMillan – Assistant Engineer
- Colm Henry – Photography
- Ross WilsonRoss Wilson (artist)Ross Wilson is an artist from Northern Ireland. He studied Fine Art at the University of Ulster and at the Chelsea College of Art and Design and has been a visiting speaker at Harvard University and the University of Oxford...
– Cover Image - Brian Wittman/Wittman Design – Design