Altan - The Red Crow.txt
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: The Red Crow
Artist: Altan
Year: 1990
Genre: New Age / Folk, World, & Country / Celtic
DESCRIPTION
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Altan has been promoting the traditional music of Donegal for well over a decade now. The Donegal style of Irish fiddle music is known for its high energy, its aggressive bowing, its relation to Scottish music, and for types of tunes such as "Highlands," "Lancers," and "Germans," which are not found in the counties to the South, and it is Donegal's fiddle music that predominates Altan's recordings. The melodic heart of this album is the twin fiddling of Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and Paul O'Shaughnessy, and the flute playing of Mairead's late husband, Frankie Kennedy. Ciaran Curran's bouzouki and Mark Kelly's guitar accompaniment, plus the accompaniment of various guests, are both driving and subtle. The musical sympathy between the musicians is evident in the way that Mhaonaigh's and O'Shaughnessy's different approaches to bowing blend in with and complement each other's, and how tight and polished, yet vibrant and alive this album is. This musical sympathy is not all that surprising, given that Altan's musicians have been playing together at pub sessions and festivals for many years prior to their decision to form a touring band. The Red Crow contains both tunes that are standards of the Donegal fiddler's repertoire, and Donegal settings of tunes known throughout Ireland. There are also some newly composed tunes, including the now widely popular Brenda Stubbert's reel, composed by Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland. Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh's beautiful, soulful voice is heard on several songs sung in Irish, and one in English. The Red Crow is at once exciting, polished, and well-balanced between types of tunes and songs. I agree with the reviewer who said this is Altan's finest recording to date. Its energy and selection of tunes is, I feel, unmatched by their other recordings. You may have your own favorite of Altan's. Certainly whichever of their albums you choose, you can't go wrong. Altan has many imitators, but there's nothing quite like the original.
- Peter Kasin on December 20, 2000 ; https://www.amazon.com/Red-Crow-ALTAN/dp/B000005CO5
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 11
Total Duration: 45:02
Total Size: 240 MBs (including scans, m3u, cue, log, spectrums, and txt)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
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Encoded At: lossless, FLAC / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
TXT Created: 13 June 2017
Tracklist
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01) Yellow Tinker / Lady Montgomery / The Merry Harriers
02) Con Cassidy's / Dusty Millar
03) The Flower Of Magherally
04) Brenda Stubbert's / Breen's / The Red Box
06) Jimmy Lyon's / The Teelin / The Red Crow / The Broken Bridge
07) Moll Dubh A'ghleanna
10) Tommy Bhetty's Waltz
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