Two Horizons is the fifth solo album by Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 singer Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"...

. It is her first full-length release under the name Moya Brennan, as opposed to Máire Brennan. The album was predominantly recorded in her home studio in Dublin and was nominated for a Grammy award. The album was recorded between 2002–2003 and first became available on 23 October 2003. It is also Brennan's first non-Christian

Christian music

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 album since her 1993 recording Misty Eyed Adventures

Misty Eyed Adventures

Misty Eyed Adventures is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan, now known as Moya Brennan. This was the second solo outing for her and features many of her family and friends on the recording...

. It is the most successful of her solo albums to date and the second to be Grammy-nominated.

The album marks a change of direction in production, arrangement and style for Brennan in terms of her solo career, featuring no other vocalists but herself. The album features Irish fiddle

Fiddle

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 player Máire Breatnach

Máire Breatnach

Máire Breatnach is one of the most prominent fiddle players in Ireland. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has had five solo albums, participated in many other albums , with substantive contributions in some cases, and contributed to many music CDs, as well as...

 among others. The album also features much of Brennan's current live band.

Recordings were made in various studios in London, England and Dublin, Ireland during 2003:

• The River (studio), London
• Pulse Recording Studios, Dublin, Ireland
• Mo Studios, Dublin, Ireland

Track listing

All songs written by Moya Brennan & composed by Moya Brennan and Ross Cullum, except where noted:

1. "Show Me" – 4:57
2. "Bright Star" – 4:15
3. "Change My World" – 3:45 (Brennan, Cullum, Fionan DeBarra, Feargal Murray)
4. "Bí Liom" – 4:32
5. "Is It Now [Theme]" – 0:38
6. "Falling" – 4:19 (Brennan, Cullum, DeBarra, Murray)
7. "Tara" – 5:02
8. "Ancient Town" – 3:45
9. "Show Me [Theme]" – 1:08
10. "Sailing Away" – 3:05 (Brennan, Cullum, DeBarra)
11. "River" – 4:08
12. "Is It Now" – 3:50
13. "Mothers of the Desert" – 3:53 (Brennan, Cullum, Murray)
14. "Harpsong" – 3:23
15. "Two Horizons" – 4:29
    • Bonus track
16. "Show Me (Jakatta mix)" – 6:10
    • Hidden track
17. Enhanced content – 15:00 (lists as fifteen minutes in some computer audio players)

Band

• Moya Brennan
  Moya Brennan
  Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"...
  
   – Vocals, Harp, Keyboards
• Ross Cullum – Guitars, Percussion, Keyboards
• Sinéad Madden
  Sinéad Madden
  Sinéad Madden is an Irish singer-songwriter and fiddle player, best known as a member of the Moya Brennan band. She also teaches at Waltons New School of Music in Dublin.- Early life :...
  
   – Fiddle
• Fionán deBarra – Guitar, Bouzouki
• Tiarán Ó Duinnchinn – Uillean Pipes, Whistles
• Paul Byrne
  Paul Byrne
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   – Drums, Percussion
• Ewan Cowley – Mandolin
• Máire Breatnach
  Máire Breatnach
  Máire Breatnach is one of the most prominent fiddle players in Ireland. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has had five solo albums, participated in many other albums , with substantive contributions in some cases, and contributed to many music CDs, as well as...
  
   – Fiddle, Violin
• Éamonn deBarra – Flute
• Robbie McIntosh
  Robbie McIntosh
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   – Guitars
• Anthony Drennan
  Anthony Drennan
  Anthony Drennan is an Irish guitarist noted for his involvement with Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics and The Corrs whom he has played with throughout most of his career. He was born in Luton, England, but moved back to Ireland at a young age. He has also played with Clannad, Paul Brady, Moving...
  
   – Guitars
• Keith Duffy
  Keith Duffy (bassist)
  Keith Duffy is an Irish bass guitarist, best known for his long-standing support role in the folk-pop band The Corrs. He was born Keith Arnold Jacques Duffy on 2 June 1966, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland....
  
   – Bass
• Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley
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   – Whistles
• Nigel Eaton
  Nigel Eaton
  Nigel Eaton is an English hurdy gurdy player. He originally played the piano and cello but switched to the hurdy gurdy in 1981 when his father, Christopher Eaton, began making them. He performed as part of the dance band Blowzabella from 1985 and recorded five albums with them before their split in...
  
   – Hurdy Gurdy
• Bob Love
  Bob Love
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   – Fiddle
• Brendan Monaghan – Bodhran, Lambeg
  Lambeg
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   Drum
• Sandy McLelland – Drums (on Mothers of the Desert)
• Chris Hughes – Rhythm programming (on Mothers of the Desert)
• Martin Carthy
  Martin Carthy
  Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...
  
   – Guitar (on Change My World, Bí Liom)

Additional musicians

• String Quartet
  • Úna Ní Chanainn – Cello
  • Brona Cahill – Violin
  • Tommy Kane – Viola
  • Máire Breatnach – Violin, Viola
• String Arrangement – by Feargal Murray, Ross Cullum

Track listing

1. "Show Me" – 4:57
2. "Bright Star" – 4:15
3. "Change My World" – 3:45
4. "Bí Liom" – 4:32
5. "Is It Now [Theme]" – 0:38
6. "Falling" – 4:19
7. "Tara" – 5:02
8. "Ancient Town" – 3:45
9. "Show Me [Theme]" – 1:08
10. "Sailing Away" – 3:05
11. "River" – 4:08
12. "Is It Now" – 3:50
13. "Mothers of the Desert" – 3:53
14. "Harpsong" – 3:23
15. "Two Horizons" – 4:29
    • Bonus track
16. "Show Me (jakatta mix)" – 6:10
    • Hidden track
17. Enhanced content – 15:00 (lists as fifteen minutes in some computer audio players)

Promotional singles

1. "Show Me
   Show Me (Moya Brennan single)
   "Show Me" was the only commercial single taken from Moya's Grammy-nominated 2003 album Two Horizons. This was Moya's first single under her new name , and her first single available to download...
   
   "
2. "Tara
   Tara (Moya Brennan single)
   "Tara" is the second single from Moya Brennan's Grammy-nominated album Two Horizons, released in the same year. The cover shows a photography by Peer Lindgreen....
   
   "

Release details

• 2003, UK, Universal 980 106-8, Release Date 22 September 2003, CD
• 2003, UK, Universal Moya AL23, Release Date 22 September 2003, Cassette
• 2003, USA, Decca B0001915-12, Release Date 22 September 2003, CD
• 2003, Japan, Universal UICO-1054, Release Date ? September 2003, CD
• 2003, UK, Universal 980 107-0, Release Date ? September, Super Audio CD

External links

• This album at Northern Skyline