Altan - Local Ground
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Artist: AltanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-03-01
Music Label: Narada
Soundtracks:
- Éirigh 's Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh (Arise Now and Dress Yourself)
- Tommy Peoples/The Road to Cashel/The Repeal of the Union/Richie's Reel
- Is the Big Man Within?/Tilly Finn's Reel
- Adieu, My Lovely Nancy
- Bó Mhín Na Toitean/Con McGinley's Highland/Seanamhach Tube Station
- Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh
- The Roseville - Altan, Sproule, Dáithí
- As I Roved Out
- Sport - Altan, ORiada, Peadar
- The Humours of Castlefin/Nia's Dance/An Dúidín
- The Wind and Rain
- The Silver Slipper
- Dún Do Shúil (Close Your Eyes)
Free Music Notes for Local Ground
Free Music Review: Excellent Altan album after a series of slumps (the best since Island Angel)
Hit: 5 Stars
In my opinion, Altan hasn't released a single good album since Island Angel until now. After the death of Frankie Kennedy, they got worse and worse, culminating in the horrible Blue Idol with irrelevant guest artists and poorly conceived tracks. However, that appears just to be a slump.
Local Ground picks up right where Island Angel left off, showing a mature band in top form. "Eirigh 's Cuir Ort Do Chuid Eadaigh" is one of my favorite songs and hearing Altan perform it is such a delight. Mairéad ní Mhaonaigh's voice is perfect for this song and it reminds me of Altan's recording of Dulaman several years earlier. The sets on this album are impeccably performed and the guests on this album are both relevant and sensitive to the power of Altan's playing.
Overall, an excellent CD that rivals the playing on their first albums. I highly recommend it!
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For their 10th album, the veteran Irish ensemble has gathered 13 traditional and newly composed tunes. These are transformed via singer/fiddler Mairéad ní Mhaonaigh¹s Gaelic-speaking Donegal birthright and gussied up by the group¹s modern yet reassuringly earthy acoustic arrangements. The set list includes several of the jaunty dance tunes that are the soul of Irish music; Is the Big Man Within/Tilly Finn¹s Reel is an especially fine example. But Ní Mhaonaigh¹s fragile, girlish soprano creates many of the album¹s most memorable moments, Adieu My Lovely Nancy and a lullaby, Dun Do Shuil linger in the heart and ear. She and her husband, accordionist Dermot Byrne, own a pub in a small village called Teelin and it must be a great place for musicians to swap songs and tell tales. Indeed, the entire album has home-town warmth to it, a sense of achieved heritage that is at once soothing and invigorating. --Christina RodenFolk Music CDs
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