Local Ground
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Local Ground is the ninth studio album by Altan. It was released in 2005 on the Narada
label.
Narada Productions
Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label and distributed by MCA Records. Now a fully owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar...
label.
Track listing
- "Éirigh's Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh (Arise Now and Dress Yourself)" – 3:18
- "Tommy Peoples/The Road to Cashel/The Repeal of the Union/Richie's Reel" – 3:46
- "Is the Big Man Within?/Tilly Finn's Reel" – 3:48
- "Adieu, My Lovely Nancy" – 3:15
- "Bó Mhín Na Toitean/Con McGinley's Highland/Seanamhach Tube Station" – 4:01
- "Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh" – 3:54
- "The Roseville" – 2:21
- "As I Roved Out" – 4:20
- "Sport" – 3:02
- "The Humours of Castlefin/Nia's Dance/An Dúidín" – 3:26
- "The Wind and RainThe Twa Sisters"The Twa Sisters" is a murder ballad that recounts the tale of a girl drowned by her sister. It is first known to have appeared on a broadside in 1656 as "The Miller and the King's Daughter." At least 21 English variants exist under several names, including "Minnorie" or "Binnorie", "The Cruel...
" – 4:03 - "The Silver Slipper" – 3:32
- "Dún Do Shúil (Close Your Eyes)" – 3:56
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 - Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, 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...
, backing vocals - 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...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single... - 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...
, bouzouki, backing vocals - 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....
- 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, backing vocals
Guest musicians
- Stephen Cooney
- Graham Henderson
- Jim Higgins
- 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...
- Tríona Ní DhomhnaillTríona Ní DhomhnaillTríona Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer, pianist, and composer, considered one of the most influential female vocalists in the history of Irish music. She is famed for her work with traditional Irish groups such as Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Relativity, Touchstone, and Nightnoise.-...
- Carlos Núñez