Altan - Another Sky.txt
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Another Sky
Artist: Altan
Year: 2000
Genre: New Age / Folk, World, & Country / Celtic
DESCRIPTION
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Altan remains among the very finest Irish folk bands, and it just keeps getting better. Another Sky, another triumph of good taste and good music, is especially welcome at a time when many Celtic artists seem to be gravitating to less traditional sounds, with overblown pop production to match. True to its roots, Altan fashions a sound that is at once lush and spare, something only masters can pull off. Some of the songs -- "Green Grow the Rushes," "Ten Thousand Miles," "The Verdant Braes of Screen" -- may be familiar to those who know the Anglo-Celtic tradition, but they're no less welcome for that. A particular treat, and an unexpected one, is Dylan's "Girl from the North Country." Altan returns the song to the tradition -- it's essentially a reworking of the ancient ballad "Scarborough Fair" (from England's, not Minnesota's, north country)-- which inspired it. Steve Cooney's "Island Girl," on the other hand, seems out of place -- a not particularly inspired lyric and a fairly ordinary melody. One wonders what Altan saw in it. Moreover, Maircad Ni Mhaonaigh, ordinarily an assured singer, fails to shave off its sentimental edges. Still, given a host of well-chosen songs and tunes, this is a small complaint.
- Jerome Clark on March 13, 2000 ; https://www.amazon.com/Another-Sky-ALTAN/dp/B000042O0L
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 13
Total Duration: 49:37
Total Size: 308 MBs (including scans, m3u, cue, log, spectrums, and txt)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
Ripped With: NMR
Encoded At: lossless, FLAC / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
TXT Created: 18 June 2017
Tracklist
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02) Green Grow The Rushes
03) The King Of Meenasillagh / Lamey's / The High Fiddle Reel
04) Island Girl
06) Ten Thousand Miles
07) Gusty's Frolics / Con's Slip Jig / The Pretty Young Girls Of Carrick / The Humours Of Whiskey
08) Girl From The North Country
09) The Verdant Braes Of Screen
10) The Dispute At The Crossroads / Columba Ward's / Siuns Reel
11) Tiocfaidh An Samhradh (Summer Will Come)
12) The Ookpik Waltz
13) The Waves Of Gola
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